A now 15 yr old mare has been 'outted' by some people that knew her years ago.  When she was 3 she had to have a major surgery and then be stall bound.  When she was turned out, she was turned into a too-small area for alot of horses, and no hay to chew on.  Fights ensued.  The 3 yr old mare killed another horse.  (The horse was not hurt and had to be put down, the mare actually killed it.)

 

Two weeks later the mare killed another horse that challenged her.

 

Since that time the horse has shown no more aggression than any other mare exhibiting mare-ish behaviors.

 

Question:  should the owner of the facility where the mare is being boarded tell new boarders that this mare killed two horses years ago?   If the owner does not tell them and a horse does perhaps get injured (as can always be the case) will the facility owner be liable?    With dog laws it is usually the case that if you knew your dog had a history and did not tell then you would be liable.  Not sure with horses.

 

What are the legal issues of this situation?    And what would you, as a horse owner bringing your horse in, think?   Would you want to be told, or not?   Serious situation here and would appreciate some serious answers.  Thx Friends.

he's ok around hoses like when we wash him he doesnt really like it but he's not scared of it or anything

we did water training last sat and sun and that went quite well he wouldnt go in the water on sat so i tried what a friend suggested i do and back him into the water, which we did and it worked! i was pretty happy with him because at the end he just walked into the water and on sun he walked in to we had a bit of trouble getting him to step down into the water, i ended up in the water in my (new!) leather jodpur boots asking him to come in and he did (but not after drenching me first!) so he has much improved and we have another comp this sun so hopefully he'l be alright i'l put a post telling you how it went :)

thanks for the suggestions :D