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Tennessee Pre-Purchase Recommendations - Horse Equine Forms

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Animals - Horses

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Tennessee

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TN-13-06

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About this form

The Pre-Purchase Recommendations form is a valuable tool for anyone considering purchasing a horse. This informational document provides a series of recommendations aimed at guiding potential buyers through the purchasing process. It emphasizes the importance of having a horse vetted and understanding the inherent risks involved, setting it apart from general sales agreements or purchase contracts.

Form components explained

Identification of the buyer and proposed horse
Recommendations for a pre-purchase veterinary examination
Guidance on evaluating personal limitations as a rider
Encouragement to ask questions and seek clarification
Disclosure of inherent risks associated with horse ownership
Reminder to consider the condition and history of the horse

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Situations where this form applies

This form should be used when you are contemplating the purchase of a horse. It serves as a guide to highlight key considerations and risks to ensure that you make an informed decision. Whether you're a first-time buyer or someone returning to horse ownership, this form will help you navigate the complexities involved in purchasing a horse.

Who needs this form

First-time horse buyers seeking guidance
Experienced riders looking to purchase a new horse
Parents buying a horse for their child
Individuals interested in understanding their rights and responsibilities when buying a horse

How to prepare this document

Identify yourself as the buyer and specify the horse you intend to purchase.
Consult with a veterinarian and arrange for a pre-purchase examination.
Evaluate your riding experience and discuss any limitations with the seller.
Document any questions you have and seek answers from sellers or experts.
Understand and acknowledge the inherent risks of horse ownership as outlined in the form.

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Mistakes to watch out for

Not having the horse vetted before purchase.
Overestimating personal riding abilities or experience.
Failing to ask important questions regarding the horse's history.
Ignoring the inherent risks associated with horse ownership.
Assuming the horse will perform in the same manner as it did with previous owners.

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Legal use & context

This form helps clarify buyer rights and responsibilities in the context of horse purchases.
Utilizing this form aids in documenting the buyer's awareness of risks and recommendations, which may protect against liability issues.

Summary of main points

Consider veterinary examinations essential before making a horse purchase.
Understand and evaluate your abilities and limitations as a rider.
Engage actively with sellers to clarify all doubts.
Be aware of the inherent risks associated with horse ownership and training.

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Pre-Purchase Recommendations - Horse Equine Forms

Tennessee Equine Activity Statutes

44-20-102

Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires

(1) (A) "Engages in an equine activity" means riding, training, assisting in medical treatment of, driving, or being a passenger upon an equine, whether mounted or unmounted or any person assisting a participant or show management.

(B) "Engages in an equine activity" does not include being a spectator at an equine activity, except in cases where the spectator places such spectator's person 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) Equine shows, fairs, competitions, performances, or parades that involve any or all breeds of equines and any of the equine disciplines, 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;

(D) Riding, inspecting, or evaluating an equine belonging to another, whether or not the owner has received some monetary consideration or other 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) Rides, trips, hunts, or other equine activities of any type, however informal or impromptu, that are sponsored by an equine activity sponsor; and

(F) Placing or replacing horseshoes on an equine;

(4) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether or not the sponsor is operating for profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an equine activity, including, but not limited to, pony clubs, 4-H clubs, hunt clubs, riding clubs, school and college-sponsored classes, programs and activities, therapeutic riding programs, and operators, instructors, and promoters of equine facilities, including, but not limited to, stables, clubhouses, ponyride strings, fairs, and arenas at which the activity is held;

(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation:

(A) In instructing a participant or renting to a participant an equine for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine; or

(B) In renting equipment or tack to a participant;

(6) "Inherent risks of equine activities" 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 persons on or around them;

(B) The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movements, and unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals;

(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, such as failing to maintain control over the animal or not acting within the participant's ability; and

(7) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the equine activity.

44-20-103

Limitation on liability for injury or death of participant.

Except as provided in § 44-20-104, an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person, which shall include a corporation or partnership, shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities. Except as provided in § 44-20-104, no participant or participant's representative shall make any claim against, maintain an action against, or recover from an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person for injury, loss, damage, or death of the participant resulting from any of the inherent risks of equine activities.

44-20-104

Applicability - Where liability not prevented or limited.

(a) This chapter shall not apply to the horse racing industry as regulated in title 4, chapter 36.

(b) Nothing in § 44-20-103 shall prevent or limit the liability of an equine activity sponsor, an equine professional, or any other person if the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person:

(1) (A) Provided the equipment or tack, and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and such equipment or tack was faulty to the extent that it did cause 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 determine the ability of the participant to safely manage the particular equine based on the participant's representations of the participant's 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 to the equine activity sponsor, equine professional, or person and for which warning signs have not been conspicuously posted;

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

(4) Intentionally injures the participant.

44-20-105

Warning signs and notice.

(a) Every equine professional shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (b). Such signs shall be placed in clearly visible locations on or near stables, corrals, or arenas where the equine professional conducts equine activities if such stables, corrals, or arenas are owned, managed, or controlled by the equine professional. The warning notice specified in subsection (b) shall appear on the sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch (1") in height. Every written contract entered into by an equine professional for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or an equine to a participant, whether or not the contract involves equine activities on or off the location or site of the equine professional's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection (b).

(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) shall contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

Under Tennessee Law, an equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities, pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, title 44, chapter 20.

Pre-Purchase Recommendations - Horse Equine Forms

Tennessee Equine Activity Statutes

44-20-102

Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires

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

(3) "Equine activity" means:

(B) Equine training or teaching activities, or both;

(E) Rides, trips, hunts, or other equine activities of any type, however informal or impromptu, that are sponsored by an equine activity sponsor; and

(F) Placing or replacing horseshoes on an equine;

(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation:

(A) In instructing a participant or renting to a participant an equine for the purpose of riding, driving, or being a passenger upon the equine; or

(B) In renting equipment or tack to a participant;

(6) "Inherent risks of equine activities" 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 persons on or around them;

(B) The unpredictability of an equine's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movements, and unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals;

(D) Collisions with other equines or objects; and

(7) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the equine activity.

44-20-103

Limitation on liability for injury or death of participant.

44-20-104

Applicability - Where liability not prevented or limited.

(a) This chapter shall not apply to the horse racing industry as regulated in title 4, chapter 36.

(1) (A) Provided the equipment or tack, and knew or should have known that the equipment or tack was faulty, and such equipment or tack was faulty to the extent that it did cause the injury; or

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

(4) Intentionally injures the participant.

44-20-105

Warning signs and notice.

(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) shall contain the following warning notice:

WARNING

Tennessee Pre-Purchase Recommendations - Horse Equine Forms

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