Buyer education
Guides that make you harder to fool
An educated buyer is Dar Faras's best trust feature. Start with the calculator and the red flags.
The real monthly cost of a horse in the UAE
Interactive calculator: livery, feed, farrier, vet, insurance and training by emirate and ambition.
Anti-scam guide: 9 red flags in UAE horse sales
Stolen photos, seller's-vet-only exams, fake escrow links — how each scam works and the counter-move.
Buying your first horse in the UAE
Discipline fit, budget bands, lease-first strategy and the viewing checklist.
The pre-purchase exam, explained
What 2-stage vs 5-stage covers, what X-rays add, and how to read the report.
Horse prices in the UAE: what horses actually cost
Real AED bands by breed and discipline, what drives price, and how to judge a fair ask.
Horse passports & papers: WAHO, EAHS and what they mean
The registries that matter in the UAE, how to verify papers, and what 'in process' really means.
Importing a horse to the UAE
Quarantine, WAHO export papers, transport quotes and landed-cost math.