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South Carolina Stallion Service Contract - Horse Equine Forms

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Animals - Horses

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South Carolina

Control #:

SC-16-06

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The Stallion Service Contract is a legally binding agreement for breeding services between a mare owner and a breeding farm. This contract defines the terms under which a registered mare will be bred to a designated stallion, including financial obligations related to booking fees, stud fees, veterinary care, and mare boarding. Unlike standard breeding agreements, this contract outlines specific conditions related to live foal guarantees and associated responsibilities of both parties, ensuring clarity and protection for everyone involved in the equine breeding process.

Form components explained

Parties involved: Identification of the breeding farm and mare owner.
Booking and stallion fees: Details regarding nonrefundable booking fees and overall stallion service fees.
Mare care and board: Daily costs for caring for the mare while at the breeding facility.
Live foal guarantee: Condition that defines a "live foal" and terms for a return breeding if not met.
Health and vaccination requirements: Necessary documents for the mare's arrival at the breeding facility.

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When this form is needed

This Stallion Service Contract should be used when a mare owner intends to breed their registered mare with a specific stallion at a breeding farm. It is essential when establishing clear financial responsibilities and expectations pertaining to breeding services. This contract can also serve as protection for the mare owner, ensuring they receive agreed-upon services and outlining recourse in the event of unexpected circumstances, such as the mare not producing a live foal.

Who needs this form

Mare owners looking to breed their registered mares with a specific stallion.
Breeding farms providing stud services to mare owners.
Equine professionals requiring a formal agreement to govern breeding activities.

How to complete this form

Identify and fill in the names of the parties involvedâbreeding farm and mare owner.
Provide information about the mare, including her registered name and registration number.
Specify the breeding fees, including booking and care costs for the mare.
Include any conditions regarding the live foal guarantee and health certification requirements.
Sign and date the contract to finalize the agreement.

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Not providing complete information about the mare or stallion.
Failing to clarify the total costs involved, including additional fees.
Overlooking health and vaccination requirements for the mare.
Not securing proper signatures from both parties.
Neglecting to read and understand the live foal guarantee conditions.

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This contract is binding and enforceable, provided that all parties meet the stipulated conditions.
It helps mitigate disputes related to breeding services and fees.
Understanding the limitations of liability can help protect both the mare owner and the breeding facility in cases of unforeseen events.

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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.

Stallion Service Contract - 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 Stallion Service Contract - Horse Equine Forms

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