Back                             Okanagan Breeders Group Showcase

                      Armstrong Fairgrounds, Armstrong, BC

                                       RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RISK                                 

         AGREEMENT FOR RIDERS & HANDLERS

Name of  Participant_______________________________________________________

Parent or Guardian (if under 18)_____________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________

2012 Horse Council #______________________________________________

Assigned Participant Number _____________________ (office)

Every rider/handler requesting to use the facilities shall carefully read this notice before signing. No rider will be allowed to participate in any activity prior to reading and signing this release and acknowledgement form.

TO: Okanagan Breeders Group Showcase, Okanagan Breeders Group, Armstrong Parks & Rec,  (name of sanctioning association, stable, property owner)

their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, instructors, officials, volunteers, business operators and site property owners (all of them collectively called the HOST)

I am aware and understand that there are inherent Dangers, Hazards and Risks (collectively called RISKS) associated with Equine Activities. I acknowledge that these inherent RISKS of Equine Activities mean those Dangerous conditions which are an integral part of equine activities, including but not limited to:

- the propensity of any equine to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm or death to persons on or around them and /or damage to property in their vicinity.

- the unpredictability of an equine’s reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movements and unfamiliar objects, persons or other animals;

- the equine’s response to certain hazards such as surface and subsurface objects;

collisions with other equines, animals, people and objects;

- the potential of any 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 equine or to act within his or her ability.

I understand that injuries resulting from such RISKS are a common and ordinary occurrence associated with Equine Activities. I freely accept and fully assume all the RISKS and the possibility of personal injury, death, property damage or loss as a result of being a Participant. I acknowledge that it remains my sole responsibility to act in such a manner as to be responsible for my safety and to Participate within my own limits.

 In consideration of the HOST permitting my Participation in the SHOWCASE or any such EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES, I together with my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns (collectively called my LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES) agree as follows:

-To waive all claims that I may have against the HOST; and,

-To release the HOST from Any and All Liability for any loss, damages, injury, or

expense that I or my Legal Representatives may suffer as a result of my Participation in the CLINIC or any such EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES due to any cause whatsoever INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE HOST; and

-TO HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFY the HOST from any and all liability for any property damage or personal injury to any third party resulting from my Participation in the CLINIC or other such EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.

I have read and understand the Rules of  OKBGS (Okanagan Breeders Group Showcase) which apply to me. I agree to abide by these Rules and Acknowledge that a Breach of the Rules may, among other things, result in my expulsion from the said activities. Before I signed this Release and Acknowledgement, I read it and state that I understand it. I am aware that by signing this Release and Acknowledgement, I am waiving certain legal rights which I may have against the HOST, or, if I die, by signing this Release and Acknowledgement, I am waiving certain rights that my LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES may have against the HOST.

SIGNED this____________ day of ___________________________, 2010

Participant  ___________________________________________________________________________

OR IF THE PARTICIPANT IS A MINOR (UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AT DATE OF SIGNING)

I am the legal guardian of the PARTICIPANT named herein and am executing this Release and Acknowledgement on behalf of the Participant in my capacity as guardian and with the intent that this Release and Acknowledgement be binding on the infant Participant for all legal purposes. Before I signed this Release and Acknowledgement, I read and I state that I understand it. I am aware that by signing this Release and Acknowledgement I am waiving certain legal rights which I might have against the HOST, and which the infant Participant has against the HOST. In the event of my death or the death of the infant Participant, by signing this Release and Acknowledgement, I am waiving all legal rights which my Legal Representatives or the Legal Representatives of the infant Participant may have against the HOST.

Guardian  (if under 18) ___________________________________________________________________

Witness_______________________________________________________________________________

                                                                 Please print out and submit with Consignor Fees!

                                              Mail to: Cathie Cross 1948A Rosedale Ave East  Armstrong BC  V0E 1B8