Participant Agreement

Release and Assumption of Risk

It is mandatory that all riders wear a protective helmet and hard soled shoes that have a heel.

In consideration of the services of the Riding Coach, their agents, owners, volunteers, participants, employees and all other person or entities acting in any capacity on their behalf (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Riding Coach), I hereby agree to release, indemnify, and discharge Riding Coach, on behalf of myself, my spouse, my children, my parents, my heirs, personal representative and estate as follows:

1. I acknowledge that my participation in the therapy programs with horses and horseback riding activities entail known and unanticipated risks that could result in physical or emotional injury, paralysis, death, or damage to myself, to property, or to third parties. I understand that such risks simply cannot be eliminated without jeopardizing the essential qualities of the activity.

The risks may include, but is not limited to: exposure to and travel in rugged terrain, exposure to potentially dangerous wild animals, insect bites, and hazardous plant life; exposure to temperature and weather extremes; losing control of your horse and falling; my own physical condition, and the physical exertion associated with this activity.

A horse, regardless of its training and usual past behavior, may act unpredictably at times based upon instinct or fright which may cause you to be thrown from your horse or injured by the horse. Horses may do such things as bite, kick, buck, lie down, or stumble. Saddles my slip and other tack or saddle problems may develop as a result of normal use and wear. Your horse may collide with obstacles or encounter variations in terrain such as creeks, water, bridges, traveled roads, wild animals, birds, stumps, forest growth, debris, rocks, cliffs and other obstacles whether obvious or not and whether man made or natural. Riding a horse requires the participant to balance on the saddle. Accidents or illness can occur in remote places without medical facilities and emergency treatment or other services rendered. Furthermore, Riding Coach employees have difficult jobs to perform. They seek safety, but they are not infallible. They might be unaware of a participant’s fitness or abilities. They might misjudge the weather or other environmental conditions. They may give incomplete warnings or instructions, and the equipment being used might malfunction.

2. I expressly agree and promise to accept and assume all the risks existing in this activity. My participation in this activity is purely voluntary, and I elect to participate in spite of the risks.

3. I hereby voluntarily release, forever discharge, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless Riding Coach from any and all claims, demands, or cause of action, which are in any way connected with my participation in this activity or my use of Riding Coach’s equipment or facilities, including any such claims which allege negligent acts or omissions of Riding Coach.

4. Should Riding Coach or anyone acting on their behalf, be required to incur attorney’s fees and costs to enforce this agreement, I agree to indemnify and hold them harmless for all such fees and costs.

5. I certify that I have adequate insurance to cover any injury or damage I may cause or suffer while participating, or else I agree to bear the costs of such injury or damage to myself. I further certify that I am willing to assume the risk of any medical or physical condition I may have.

6. In the event that I file a lawsuit against Riding Coach, I agree to do so solely in the state of California, and I further agree that the substantive law of that state shall apply in that action without regard to the conflict of law rules in that state. I agree that if any portion of this agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remain portions shall remain in full force and effect. By signing this document, I acknowledge that if anyone is hurt or property is damaged during my participation in this activity, I may be found by a court of law to have waived my right to maintain a lawsuit against Riding Coach on the basis of any claim from which I have released them herein. I have had sufficient opportunity to read this entire document. I have read and understood it, and I agree to be bound by its terms.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE

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PARENT’S OR GUARDIAN’S ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION

(Must be completed for participants under the age of 18)

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In consideration of above named minor being permitted by Riding Coach to participate in its activities and to use its equipment and facilities, I further agree to indemnify an hold armless Riding Coach from any and all claims which are brought by, or on behalf of Minor, ad which are in any way connected with such use or participation by minor.

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