How Mount works

For buyers

• Find. Search by discipline, height, age, budget and the state the horse is standing in. Save a search and it waits for you under your account.
• Evaluate. Read the seller’s own description, the competition record and the disclosures. A good listing says what a horse is not ready for.
• Ask. Message the seller about the horse. The thread stays attached to that listing, so you are never guessing which horse you were discussing.
• Try. Request a trial. The seller confirms a day or suggests another.
• Vet. Ask for the veterinary file. Nothing medical is published on a listing; the seller releases it to you, or does not.
• Offer. Make an offer. The seller can accept, decline or counter, and you can see where it stands.

For sellers

• Build a listing in about ten minutes: photographs, the facts a buyer filters on, your own account of the horse, your disclosures, and what you will take.
• Save a draft and come back. Nothing publishes until you say so.
• Answer inquiries, offers and trial requests from one place, then mark the horse sold when it is sold.

What Mount does not do

Mount does not take payment for a horse, does not hold money in escrow and is not a party to any sale. It does not vet horses, verify competition records or confirm who owns an animal. Those things are between you, the seller and your own veterinarian and lawyer.

Mount also makes no claim that a seller is verified. Nothing on Mount has been through a verification process yet, so no listing carries a verified badge. How to deal safely.