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Dealing safely

Horses are high-value, hard to verify and easy to misrepresent. Mount does not check any of it for you, so here is what to check yourself.

Before you send money

  • See the horse in person, or send somebody who knows what they are looking at.
  • Have your own veterinarian do the pre-purchase examination. Not the seller’s.
  • Ask to see proof that the seller owns the horse and that nobody else has a claim on it.
  • Be wary of any seller who will not let you visit, rushes you, or wants payment by a method that cannot be reversed.
  • Put the agreement in writing, including what happens if the vetting turns something up.

What Mount does not guarantee

Mount does not inspect horses, confirm competition records, check veterinary documents or establish who owns an animal. No seller on Mount has been verified. A listing is the seller’s own account of their horse and nothing more.

Reporting

Every message thread has a report control. In this demonstration a report is not sent anywhere. On a live Mount it would reach a moderation team who can remove a listing, suspend an account and preserve the thread as evidence.

If you believe a horse is being neglected or mistreated, that is a matter for your local authorities and welfare organisations, not for a marketplace.