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Hi, sorry if in wrong place. Just wondering if anyone on here would know if you bought a child's pony as a gelding which now has turned out to be a stallion (have had the pony for nearly two months) can you go back to the seller (private). Still have original email saying he's a gelding.

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I can't imagine how in two months no-one noticed that it was a stallion?! Do you perhaps mean he is a rig?

Was he bought privately or via a dealer?
Was he vetted?
Do you have a copy if his advert as well?
Did you get a receipt when you paid for him?
 
I am not sure how you could not notice that it was a stallion when you saw it, unless you mean it's a rig?

If that is the only issue you have can you not geld and see if seller will help with costs, otherwise approach seller about returning pony.
 
Are you sure it IS a stallion? I had a client who had a gelding with a ball bag (sorry) that most of the time was small and less noticeable, but sometimes had fluid and was big and noticeable. It was always soft though. It had been recently gelded before they bought it, and it still happened 4 months on. The vet was not unduly worried, and it did not seem to cause pain.

I presume you did not have it vetted before purchase, so I think now may be a good time to have the vet out to have a look.

Edited to add... I just saw from your other posts that you have a new mare. Are you basing the fact that the pony is a stallion as he is mounting the mare? Geldings do reasonably frequently get randy, and can even mount mares, but not get them pregnant.
 
If pony is an obvious stallion (and how didn't you notice!?) I think you'd have grounds to send the pony back or (if its ok in every other way) ask for the seller to pay to geld it

If you suspect the pony is a rig I think you'd probably need to be sure that the seller knew and didn't disclose it, a lot trickier
 
You say the seller was a private individual - if so then you have very limited recourse in law. But there have been occasions where people acting as private sellers have been found to in fact be running a business. I do echo the surprise of others that this wasn't spotted - at least by the vet or on the passport. Stallions are quite physically obvious and the gender status has to be recorded on the passport. You would certainly have recourse against a vet who did not spot a gelding which was in fact a stallion; but possibly not if it is a gelding who is in fact a rig - unless you asked for bloods.
 
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