Trainer's Facility Use Agreement - Horse Equine Forms
Utah Equine Activity Statutes
78-27b-101
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Equine" means any member of the equidae family.
(2) "Equine activity" means:
(a) equine shows, fairs, competitions, performances, racing,
sales, or parades that involve any breeds of equines and any equine disciplines,
including dressage, hunter and jumper horse shows, grand prix jumping,
multiple-day events, combined training, rodeos, driving, pulling, cutting,
polo, steeple chasing, hunting, endurance trail riding, and western games;
(b) boarding or training equines;
(c) teaching persons equestrian skills;
(d) riding, inspecting, or evaluating an equine owned by another
person regardless of whether the owner receives monetary or other valuable
consideration;
(e) riding, inspecting, or evaluating an equine by a prospective
purchaser; or
(f) other equine activities of any type including rides, trips,
hunts, or informal or spontaneous activities sponsored by an equine activity
sponsor.
(3) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, group, governmental
entity, club, partnership, or corporation, whether operating for profit
or as a nonprofit entity, which sponsors, organizes, or provides facilities
for an equine activity, including:
(a) pony clubs, hunt clubs, riding clubs, 4-H programs,
therapeutic riding programs, and public and private schools and post secondary
educational institutions that sponsor equine activities; and
(b) operators, instructors, and promoters of equine facilities,
stables, clubhouses, ponyride strings, fairs, and arenas.
(4) "Equine professional" means a person compensated for an equine
activity by:
(a) instructing a participant;
(b) renting to a participant an equine to ride, drive, or be a passenger
upon the equine; or
(c) renting equine equipment or tack to a participant.
(5) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional,
who directly engages in an equine activity, regardless of whether a fee
has been paid to participate.
(6) (a) "Person engaged in an equine activity" means a person who
rides, trains, leads, drives, or works with an equine.
(b) Subsection (6)(a) does not include a spectator at an equine
activity or a participant at an equine activity who does not ride, train,
lead, or drive an equine.
§ 3.1-796.133
Liability of equine activity sponsors, equine professionals.
No provision of this chapter shall prevent or limit the liability
of an equine activity sponsor or equine professional who:
1. Intentionally injures the participant;
2. Commits an act or omission that constitutes negligence for the
safety of the participant and such act or omission caused the injury, unless
such participant, parent or guardian has expressly assumed the risk causing
the injury in accordance with subsection B of § 3.1-796.132; or
3. Knowingly provides faulty equipment or tack and such equipment
or tack causes the injury or death of the participant.
