ACKNOWLEDGMENT of RISK and RELEASE of LIABILITY

For Participants 18 or Older


Participant’s Name:____________________________________________________________________

Date of Birth:____________________Address: _____________________________________________

City:__________________________________ Prov.___________________ Postal: ________________


Every Person must Read and Understand this form before Participating in Equine Activities


To:__________________________their directors, employees, volunteers, business operators, and site property owner.
(Name of Person, Organizatiion or Company Providing the Equine Activity)                                                            (all of them collectively called the HOST)

        

Initial each item below After Reading and Understanding Item

 

_____ 1.  I Understand there are inherent DANGERS, HAZARDS, AND RISKS, (collectively called RISKS) with Equine Activities and injuries resulting from these “RISKS” are a common occurrence.

 

_____ 2.  I Acknowledge that the Inherent “RISKS” of Equine Activities and those DANGEROUS conditions are an integral part of Equine Activities, including but not limited to:

* The propensity of any equine to behave in ways that might result in injury, harm or death to persons around them and to potentially collide with, bite or kick other animals, people or objects.

* The unpredictability of an equine’s reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movement, termors, unfamiliar objects, persons or other animals and hazards such as subsurface objects.

* The potential for other participant(s) to act in a negligent manner that might contribute to injury to themselves or others, such as failing to act within their ability or to maintain control over an equine.

 

_____ 3.  I Freely Accept and Fully Assume All Responsibility for the Inherent “RISKS” and the possibility of personal injury, death, property damage or loss resulting from my Participating in Equine Activities.

 

_____ 4.  I Acknowledge that it remains my Sole Responsibility to act in such a manner as to be responsible for my own safety and to Participate Within My Own Limits.

 

_____ 5.  In addition to consideration given for my Participate in Equine Activity, I and my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns (collectively called my “Legal Representatives”) agree

                                * To Waive All Claims that might have against the “HOST”; and

* To Release the “HOST” for Any and All Liability for any loss, damages, injury, or expenses my “legal Representatives” might suffer as a result of my Participation due to any cause whatsoever including any NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE “HOST” and

* To HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFY THE “HOST” from any and all liability for any damage or personal injury to any third party qhich might result from my Participation in Equine Activities.


Before signing this form I read it (as indicated by my initials above) and I state that I understand it. I know that signing this form, waives certain legal rights I or my “Legal Representatives” might have against the “HOST”.


SIGNED This ____________________________ day of ________________________20_____


_______________________________________        _________________________________

 (Print Name of HOST Witness to signing and Initialling)                           (Signature of Participant)

 

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(Signature of HOST Witness)

Please do not sign until you understand all the items above.