The Dar Faras trust system
Horses here sell for AED 4,000 to over a million — and until Dar Faras, they changed hands through Instagram DMs on trust alone. We adapted the verification playbook that fixed the UAE’s used-car market and rebuilt it on equine ground truth.
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The UAE already has world-class equine ground truth: EAHS red passports, DNA parentage records, ISO microchips, ERA racing records. Sellers submit documents; our team matches passport, registration number and microchip against the registry before the badge is granted. Forged papers are the scam we kill first.
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Photos can be stolen; a horse cannot. Horse Verified means a physical check within the last 60 days — a geofenced visit or a seller video containing a unique code we issue — with the microchip scanned and matched to the papers on file.
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A pre-purchase exam ordered by the seller is marketing. One ordered by you is protection. Every listing declares whether the seller welcomes an independent exam, so you know before you travel — and a seller who has already commissioned one earns the dated Vet Checked badge. Commission yours from any UAE clinic you trust; the vet you engage reports to you.
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Dar Faras takes no commission and never holds money between buyer and seller — you pay the seller directly, which means one rule is absolute: no seller-supplied payment links, ever. That is the dominant scam vector in this market. Dar Faras never sends payment links for purchasing a horse; listing fees and vet examinations are paid only through the official checkout on darfaras.com. Verify the horse and the papers in person before a dirham moves, and report any “escrow” link to report@darfaras.com.
Two axes, fixed shapes and colors, everywhere: listing badges say what is verified about the horse; seller tiers say who you’re dealing with.
Passport, registration number and microchip verified against the registry record.
Physically verified in the last 60 days — microchip scanned and matched to papers.
Independent pre-purchase exam on file, dated within 90 days.
Walk, trot and canter footage available on this listing.
Seller welcomes an independent vet examination of the buyer's choice.
Ridden trial offered before purchase.
A full radiograph set is available to serious buyers.
Identity verified with Emirates ID and phone.
UAE trade licence and premises verified.
Studbook membership verified with the registry.
We add horses one at a time, in person. Tell us what you want and we look for it two ways — automatically against every new entry, and by hand when we visit stables.
