**WE require ENTIRE ownership billing % Breakdown And ALL CONTACT information for EACH owner** PRIOR TO ANY MARE BEING BOOKED OR BRED

(Upon approval of your mare a Signed Breeding Contract will be returned to you) This application does not guarantee a booking. All Mare approval/denials will be completed around January 20th, 2025.

1. Purchaser agrees to purchase a breeding nomination to the Standardbred stallion ECURIE D DK and as payment in full purchaser agrees to pay the sum of $7,500 to SOUTHWIND FARMS. Section (a) does not apply to Syndicate or Complimentary Breeding’s.
2. Each mare shall be booked specifically by name and the booking may not be transferred to another mare without prior written consent of the Syndicate Manager.  There is no guarantee of another booking.
3. If an embryo/ovum transfer is attempted on the above named mare without prior consent of the Syndicate Manager, this contract will be deemed null and void.  Mares that are not at least three years of age may not be booked to the stallion for purposes of embryo/ovum transfer.  The Syndicate Manager shall issue only one mating certificate for the registration of a single foal resulting from embryo/ovum transfer, regardless of the number of resulting foals.  If a mare booked to ECURIE D DK is bred to some other stallion after being bred to ECURIE D DK the breeding contract for said mare shall be deemed null and void even if the mare delivers only one foal for that breeding season and that foal is found to be by ECURIE D DK.
4. ECURIE D DK Syndicate, its agents, employees, and the owners of the Stallion shall not be liable for injury, death or disability suffered by any mare from any cause whatsoever while in its custody or control or while on Southwind Farms, and the owner specifically assents to such condition and waives all claims for damages resulting from such injury, death or disability.
5. The Service Fee is due and payable when the mare produces a live foal or ownership thereof changes, whichever occurs first.  In the event that ownership of the mare is transferred, no refund of the service fee shall be due.  A live foal is one that is able to stand and nurse unassisted.  If the mare fails to produce a live foal and ownership has not been transferred, a Service Fee paid in advance will be refunded upon receipt of certificate from a veterinarian within 30 days stating specifically that the mare has been pronounced barren, has slipped, or has given birth to a dead foal.
6. Southwind Farms charges a non-refundable collection and insemination fee for each cover.  There may also be charges for semen transportation.  These fees are to be collected by Southwind Farm.
7. All accounts pertaining to the above mare or client must be paid in full before a mating certificate will be issued.  A 1.5% monthly service charge will be added to any balance over 30 days outstanding.
8. In order to secure payment of the  Service Fee, Purchaser hereby grants to SOUTHWIND FARMS and SOUTHWIND FARMS hereby retains a security interest in and to the foal to be produced, whether in utero or after birth, the mating certificate applicable to said breeding, and any and all registrations papers applicable to said foal.  Pursuant thereto, Seller shall be permitted to retain said mating certificate or procure any and all registration papers applicable to said foal until all obligations of Purchaser(s) to Seller hereunder are performed in full.  Purchaser further appoints Seller, or his designee, as Purchaser’s attorney –in-fact for the purpose of executing on Purchaser’s behalf and filing such financing statement (UCC-1 or equivalent) as Seller may deem appropriate covering Purchaser’s interest in said foal, the mating certificate and any and all registrations applicable to the foal.  Purchaser(s) agree that Seller is entitled to retain or procure possession of such certificates to secure performance of the obligations of the Agreement by Purchaser(s).
9. In the event legal assistance is required to collect charges accruing hereunder, all expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fee, incurred by SOUTHWIND FARMS shall be borne by the undersigned Purchaser(s).
10. In the event the Stallion is removed from Southwind Farm or in any manner becomes unfit for breeding before serving the mare, or if the mare dies or otherwise becomes unfit to be bred, this contract shall be null and void.
11. All barren mares are required to undergo examination for genital tract Infection and a statement of negative culture is to be furnished to Southwind Farms.  In the event that any mare has failed to become pregnant after being bred on two heat periods a statement of negative culture may be required before being bred again.
12. The opening and closing dates of the breeding season are solely determined by the Syndicate Manager.
13. In the event this agreement is executed by an agent of the owner, authorized or otherwise, such agent hereby unconditionally guaranteed the full and prompt payment of the Service Fee, and any and all other amounts due hereunder, as well as performance of all other obligations hereunder.
14. This agreement and the application or construction thereof, shall be governed exclusively by its terms and by the laws of The State of New Jersey, and Purchaser(s) agrees to submit to the jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the State of New Jersey
15. Due to USTA rule (R26S7), ECURIE D DK's book is not to exceed 140 mares.  Mares CANNOT be switched once they have been bred.  If a mare is switched after she has been bred to ECURIE D DK, the booking for that mare must remain “open” to maintain the book at 140 mares.  In the event of extraordinary circumstances, hence, your mare dies “after” she was bred to ECURIE D DK.  Proper documentation must be submitted to the Registration Committee at the USTA, they will then review your “extraordinary Circumstance” and vote on whether your mare may be replaced.  This is solely the responsibly of the mare owner to acquire proper documentation for the above.
             
16. THIS CONTRACT IS NULL AND VOID IF NOT RETURNED TO US SIGNED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF DATE OF CONTRACT.