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Old 06-22-2012, 01:03 PM
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There were four sedatives/analgesics found on the drug screen. The vet said he only gave two. Or maybe three. Only two are documented in the medical record. Seems the seller's agent also had a problem with honesty. All those steroid injections over the years. Then, there was the vet colluding with the seller via the agent.

Seems the legal owner, the seller - Mitt Romney - was selling a known lame horse that couldn't show nor perform any longer at the level intended at time of sale. Sold as an upper level dressage horse in spite of previous medical records indicating it had longstanding low ringbone, treated, and the horse couldn't be shown. The horse was drugged to pass the pre-purchase sound. And Romney took $125,000 for it.

Read the entire complaint. It's very ugly.
I am very familiar with this case. The vet said he only gave 2 or maybe 3 or maybe 4??? AND he can't remember if he took the drug screen before he gave the sedation. If anyone here has ever been involved with a purchase exam, the vet you hire to do the exam should provide you with a written account of everything done during this exam, including copies of x-rays. If the horse had to be sedated for x-rays or a full mouth exam (not unusual to have to sedate), it should be noted in the purchase exam and the drug screen taken BEFORE sedation. This client got a shoddy exam (including x-ray readings) and does have a lawsuit against the vet.
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