Q&A: HORSE RIDING CONTRACT- How Do I Go About This?
Question by BUNNY[forever]: HORSE RIDING CONTRACT- How Do I Go About This?
I am planning on having a girl “on call” to come ride my horse in exchange for mucking her stall and taking care of her when I can’t make it out. In return I’ll let her ride my horse that day, or if she only has enough time to take care of her, I’ll arrange another day for her to come out. I want to make up a contract for her dad (she’s 17) to sign that would protect both parties and especially my horse. This would NOT a lease contract and NO money will be exchanged. I would watch her ride a few times then she would just come out on her own and ride… I’m hesitant to do this since I’ve never let someone ride my horse when I wasn’t there! But coming out to watch her would ruin the point of having her take care of my horse at all.
How would I go about writing such a contract and what must it include? I am so confused and don’t know how to properly word it to make it legal… I realize that nothing I write myself is 100% a binding legal document, but it can at least be provided as evidence in court if something happens.
Here’s what I’d like in the contract:
*They are responsible for (at least) 50% of any vet bills directly resulting from her riding or neglegence or failure to comply to rules
*She is liable to reimburse me 50% of my horse’s worth ($ 1,250) in the case incident of the death of my horse directly resulting from her riding, neglegence, etc.
*She is NOT responsible for any other fees or bills besides those mentioned above
*She must wear a helmet and my horse must wear boots
*She must have written permission to take my horse off of the property (I board my horse at at NAMELESS barn, so I’m not sure how I’d legally write that!)
*She must remain inside the gates of the stable
*She has no rights to make any medical decisions for my horse without my verbal permission (I’d like it to say that if the owner of the barn cannot be reached and I can’t be reached, that she could make emergency decisions, but IDK how you’d right that.)
*She has no rights to allow ANYONE other than herself to ride or handle my horse for any reason
*Any time she rides or cares for my horse MUST be arranged between us first
*She must abide by the rules of the stable
*The contract lasts until Spring
*I can terminate the contract at any time for any reason
I tried looking at sample lease agreements, but none of those helped at all… Is there any links to a contract like this online? It would be GREAT if you could write me out a sample yourself, but just a list of what it should include would be great.
Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Melissa S
Because its just a contract between you two, it isn’t that important about the wording, as long as the point is clear. You could just list the things like you have done there, then put a line at the bottom, such as:
I agree to all the above rules, signed ……………….
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