The small print

Terms of use

• We’re an advertising service. Thoroughbred Exchange carries ads for horses, Wanted ads, share swaps, nominations and stallion shares. We don’t buy, sell or broker anything, we aren’t a party to any sale, and we never hold money for buyers or sellers.
• Ads are the seller’s own words. We don’t inspect horses or check every claim in an ad. Racing and sales records come from our database and can be incomplete or out of date.
• Your account. You must be 18 or over, give true details, keep your password to yourself and use one account per person (a yard can add team logins).
• What we may do. Remove an ad or close an account that breaks these rules or the law — and tell you why.
• Responsibility. Any deal is between buyer and seller. We aren’t liable for a sale, a horse or anyone else’s ad — except where the law says that can’t be excluded.
• These terms are governed by Irish law.

Privacy

• What we keep: your name, email, and — if you give them — phone number and county; your ads, messages, saved horses and searches; a record of what you’ve paid for.
• Payments are taken by Stripe. We never see or store your card.
• Who sees what: your ads and public profile are public; your phone number only if you choose to show it; your email never.
• Why: to run the site and your account, keep it safe from scams, send the emails you’ve chosen, and keep the records the law requires.
• Your rights: you can see, correct or delete your information, and close your account. You can complain to the Data Protection Commission.

Cookies

We use only the cookies the site needs to work: one that keeps you signed in and one that protects your forms. No advertising or tracking cookies, so there’s nothing to accept or decline.

Advertising rules

• Advertise only a horse, share or nomination that is yours to sell — and only one ad for each.
• Describe it honestly, including any vices or health problems you know of.
• Every horse needs its passport and microchip, as the law requires; they go with the horse when it’s sold.
• Shares and nominations are sold on the stud’s terms and the syndicate agreement — say if any transfer fee or approval applies.
• Use your own photos and videos, or ones you have permission to use.
• Never ask for a deposit or payment for a horse the buyer hasn’t seen, or send buyers to pay through another website.
• Ads that break these rules are removed; you’ll be told why.

Fees & refunds

• You pay for advertising only — the prices are here, in euro or pounds. We take no commission on any sale.
• An ad goes live as soon as you’ve paid (or once a moderator has checked it). If we turn it down before it goes live, you get your money back.
• Because the ad starts straight away at your request, you can’t cancel for a refund once it’s live — unless we were at fault.
• A receipt for every payment is on your account page.

Report illegal content

Every ad has a Report link. A moderator looks at every report, acts on it, and lets the people involved know what was decided and why. Authorities and rights-holders can also write to us at the address below.

Contact us

Thoroughbred Exchange · thoroughbredexchange.com