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South Carolina Facility Release Agreement - Show Or Clinic - Horse Equine Forms

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SC-15-06

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Understanding this form

The Facility Release Agreement - Show or Clinic is a legal document that establishes the terms of use for facilities during an equestrian show or clinic. This agreement is essential for ensuring clear responsibilities and protections for both the facility owner and the user. It includes vital provisions regarding indemnification, acknowledgment of inherent risks, and liability releases which differentiate it from other general facility use agreements.

Key components of this form

Identifying information about the Farm (facility owner) and User.
Description of the facility's purpose and defined usage dates.
Details on payment terms and conditions for using additional areas like concession stands.
Provisions related to indemnification and release of liability.
Acknowledgment of inherent risks related to equine activities.
Clauses regarding the health and safety of the horses permitted on the premises.

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Situations where this form applies

This form is necessary when an individual or organization wishes to organize and conduct a horse show or clinic at a commercial stable. It ensures that both the event organizer and facility owner understand their rights and liabilities. It is particularly important to use this agreement to safeguard against potential legal claims that may arise from accidents or injuries that could occur during the event.

Who needs this form

Equestrian event organizers planning a horse show or clinic.
Stable owners renting out facilities for equine events.
Individuals or groups offering services such as riding lessons or exhibitions.
Participants or clients engaging in equine activities at the aforementioned venues.

How to complete this form

Identify the parties involved by entering the names of the Farm and User.
Specify the facility location and details of the event, including the dates.
Outline the total payment due for the facility use.
Check and indicate whether the User will utilize the concession stand.
Sign and date the agreement to ensure mutual consent.

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Mistakes to watch out for

Not fully identifying all parties involved.
Leaving out specific dates or facility details.
Failing to indicate if the concession stand will be used.
Overlooking the acknowledgment of inherent risks involved in equine activities.

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Facility Release Agreement - Show Or Clinic - Horse Equine Forms

South Carolina Equine Activity Statute

47-9-710

Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Engages in an equine activity" means riding, training, providing, or assisting in providing medical treatment of, driving, or being a passenger upon an equine, mounted or unmounted, or a person assisting a participant or show management. It does not include being a spectator at an equine activity, except in cases where the spectator places himself in an unauthorized area and in immediate proximity to the equine activity.

(2) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny.

(3) "Equine activity" means: (a) an equine show, fair, competition, performance, or parade that involves a breed of equine and an equine discipline, including, but not limited to, dressage, hunter and jumper horse shows, grand prix jumping, three-day events, combined training, rodeos, driving, pulling, cutting, polo, steeplechasing, English and western performance riding, endurance trail riding and western games, and hunting;

(b) equine training or teaching activities, or both;

(c) boarding equines;

(d) riding, inspecting, or evaluating an equine belonging to another, whether the owner has received monetary consideration or another thing of value for the use of the equine or is permitting a prospective purchaser of the equine to ride, inspect, or evaluate the equine;

(e) a ride, trip, hunt, or other equine activity, however informal or impromptu, that is sponsored by an equine activity sponsor;

(f) placing or replacing a horseshoe on an equine;

(g) examining or administering medical treatment to an equine by a veterinarian. (4) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, a group, a club, a partnership, or a corporation, whether the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity, including, but not limited to, a pony club, 4-H club, hunt club, riding club, school and college-sponsored class, program, and activity, therapeutic riding program, and an operator, instructor, and promoter of an equine facility, including, but not limited to, a stable, clubhouse, ponyride string, fair, and an arena at which the activity is held.

(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation in: (a) instructing a participant or renting to a participant an equine for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine;

(b) renting equipment or tack to a participant; or

(c) examining or administering medical treatment to an equine as a veterinarian. (6) "Inherent risk of equine activity" means those dangers or conditions which are an integral part of equine activities, including, but not limited to: (a) the propensity of an equine to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to a person on or around the equine;

(b) the unpredictability of an equine's reaction to sound, sudden movement, an unfamiliar object, a person, or another animal;

(c) certain hazards such as surface and subsurface conditions;

(d) collisions with other equines or objects; and

(e) the potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or others, as failing to maintain control over the animal or not acting within the participant's ability. (7) "Participant" means a person, amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the equine activity.

47-9-720

Equine liability immunity; exceptions to grant of immunity.

(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from an inherent risk of equine activity, and no participant or participant's representative may make a claim against, maintain an action against, or recover from an equine activity sponsor, or an equine professional, for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting from an inherent risk of equine activity.

(B) Nothing in subsection (A) prevents or limits the liability of an equine activity sponsor, or an equine professional, if the equine activity sponsor, or equine professional: (1)(a) provided the equipment or tack and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and the equipment or tack was faulty to the extent that it caused the injury; or

(b) provided the equine and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the equine activity and to manage safely the particular equine based on the participant's representations of his ability;

(2) owns, leases, rents, or otherwise is in lawful possession and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant sustained injuries because of a dangerous latent condition which was known or should have been known to the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person and for which warning signs have not been conspicuously posted;

(3) committed an act or omission that constitutes wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and that act or omission caused the injury; or

(4) intentionally injured the participant. (C) Nothing in subsection (A) prevents or limits the liability of an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional under liability provisions as set forth in the products liability laws.

(D) The provisions of this article shall not cover or apply to any liability arising from the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle.

47-9-730

Warning signs; contract to contain warning notice; immunity revoked for failure to comply.

(A) An equine professional and an equine activity sponsor shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (B). These signs must be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, or arenas where the equine professional or the equine activity sponsor conducts equine activities. The warning notice specified in subsection (B) must appear on the sign in black letters with each letter a minimum of one inch in height. A written contract entered into by an equine professional or by an equine activity sponsor to provide professional services, instruction, or rental of equipment, tack, or an equine to a participant, whether or not the contract involves equine activities on or off the location or site of the business of the equine professional or the equine activity sponsor, must contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (B).

(B) A sign and contract described in subsection (A) must contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

Under South Carolina law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in an equine activity resulting from an inherent risk of equine activity, pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 9 of Title 47, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976.

(C) Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this section prevents an equine activity sponsor or equine professional from invoking the privileges of immunity provided by this article.

Facility Release Agreement - Show Or Clinic - Horse Equine Forms

South Carolina Equine Activity Statute

47-9-710

Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(2) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey, or hinny.

(b) equine training or teaching activities, or both;

(c) boarding equines;

(e) a ride, trip, hunt, or other equine activity, however informal or impromptu, that is sponsored by an equine activity sponsor;

(f) placing or replacing a horseshoe on an equine;

(b) renting equipment or tack to a participant; or

(b) the unpredictability of an equine's reaction to sound, sudden movement, an unfamiliar object, a person, or another animal;

(c) certain hazards such as surface and subsurface conditions;

(d) collisions with other equines or objects; and

47-9-720

Equine liability immunity; exceptions to grant of immunity.

(3) committed an act or omission that constitutes wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and that act or omission caused the injury; or

(D) The provisions of this article shall not cover or apply to any liability arising from the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle.

47-9-730

Warning signs; contract to contain warning notice; immunity revoked for failure to comply.

(B) A sign and contract described in subsection (A) must contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

South Carolina Facility Release Agreement - Show Or Clinic - Horse Equine Forms

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