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I've gotten messages from people outside of Sweden that was interested in buying Lastizo and found my blog. The long text below about her may be hard to translate in full - so, for the people outside of Sweden, in short:
I bought this horse in 2017, got problems in the riding very soon after bringing her home (from the first ride at home), tried working with her for a couple of months before I went to the clinic to get her checked because her behaviour worried me.
During the months before we went to the clinic I got in contact with two previous owners that told me she had been very difficult to ride all her life, "she can do anything" - that's why they sold her.
During the months before we went to the clinic I got in contact with two previous owners that told me she had been very difficult to ride all her life, "she can do anything" - that's why they sold her.
When I went to the clinic the x-rays showed abnormalities on four places in the neck and accordning to several vets these findings were pretty serious and explained the difficulties under saddle very well; the abnormalities caused some neurological errors and often cause nerve pain, either when the neck and head is in a specific position or all the time.
The seller doesn't "agree" with these findings. She considers this horse to be perfectly well.
I would never return her to the seller (after going to court) if there was nothing wrong with her.
The horse is the sweetest horse, she has a lovely character and the rare days when she was feeling good you got a taste of how great she could be. This is not a difficult or "special" horse - it's a very easygoing and willing horse that is in discomfort when training.
To me - with these findings (and problems she does show when working) it's a horse for easy trailrides, it's not a horse to train for competition.
My nightmare is that someone buys her without knowing these things about her, puts pressure on her - and then punish her for being bad, when she's just telling you she's in discomfort.
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