What Our Training Agreement Package Includes

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Purpose and Intended Use:

Equine forms designed for professional trainers who take horses in for training or travel to other facilities to train clients’ horses.  Includes provisions for providing riding instruction to training clients.  Is not designed for lesson-only situations – see Equine Legal Solutions’ Riding Instructor Package 

Included Documents:

• Horse training application form and detailed instructions.
• Horse training agreement form (includes liability releases) and detailed instructions.

Document Format:

• Each agreement is a fillable, savable PDF.
• Each document comes with detailed instructions on how to fill out and understand each portion of the agreement.

The Basics:

• Clauses in every Equine Legal Solutions contract.
• Information identifying the horse(s) to be trained (breed, gender, age, registration number, etc.).
• Client represents that he/she is sole lawful and registered owner of horse(s) to be trained OR Client provides information about leased horse and agrees to indemnify trainer against claims brought by horse owner.
• Contact information for client, client’s farrier, veterinarian and emergency contact.

Horse Training Services:

• Horse training application includes consent to a credit check and asks for detailed information on client, horse, past training and training goals.
• Horse trainer can check off options for full or partial training, or trainer can describe another type of training program.
• Section for client’s role in the training program, with options that the trainer can check off requiring client to take lessons, observe trainer working with horse, compete in certain competitions and more.
• Location of horse during training, with options that trainer can check off for board and payment, including having client contract separately with a boarding facility.
• Section for competitions, including payment and reimbursement of fees and ownership of winnings, with different options that trainer can check off.
• Sections for farrier care, routine and emergency veterinary care, medications and supplements and other types of therapeutic treatments, including options for trainer to check off re: arranging for care and responsibility for payment.
• Detailed, customizable price list with training, boarding, sales commissions and other related services.

Horse Training Liability Releases:

• All liability releases include the trainer and related parties as well as the property owner and its related parties.
• Specific hold harmless clauses where client assumes all risks of loss or injury to self, personal property and horses.
• Specific release clause for helmets and other protective attire.
• Specific waiver for trainer hauling horse for client.
• Specific hold harmless agreement for trail riding, which includes all types of riding outside an arena.
• Client is financially responsible for all property damage beyond normal wear and tear.
• Client solely responsible for insuring horses.
• If client is injured, client authorizes trainer to seek medical care for client and client agrees to pay for it.
• Clause limiting horse trainer’s liability to amount client has paid to trainer.

Payment Terms:

• Can specify when payments are due and when payments are late.
• Penalties and interest for late payments.
• Fees for returned checks and other dishonored payments.
• Payment/reimbursement of competition-related expenses.

Horse Trainer's Lien:

Horse trainer has lien on horses in trainer’s possession for all unpaid fees.  If trainer terminates agreement and horses or other property are still in trainer’s possession after termination, trainer can take ownership of horses and property and sell them.

Term and Termination:

• Can check off options for month-to-month or a specified period of time.
• Either party can terminate agreement for any reason.  Can specify amount of notice required.
• Trainer can terminate agreement for cause (e.g., client not paying, not following trainer’s instructions).
• Client can't remove horses until all fees paid in full.

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