In consideration of receiving permission from the Cloverleaf Equine Center (referred to as “The Center”) to participate in or observe equine-assisted services in further consideration of receiving permission to enter upon the Center's property or other premises upon which the Center's activities may be conducted, the undersigned and his/her family, heirs and assigns hereby forever release, acquit, discharge and hold harmless the Center, as well as its officers, directors, staff, agents, instructors, volunteers, contributors and any property or horse owners affiliated with the Center of and from any and all liability, claim, loss, damage, illness, injury, or death that may be sustained by any of the undersigned while in or upon the premises while participating in or observing activities or while traveling to or from the premises.
The undersigned acknowledges that there are certain risks inherent in participation in equine activities including (i) the propensity of an equine to behave in dangerous ways that may result in injury to the participant; (ii) the inability to predict an equine’s reaction to sound, movements, objects, persons, or animals; (iii) the possibility of equipment failure; and (iv) hazards of surface or subsurface conditions. While the Center makes every effort to minimize these risks, the undersigned is duly aware of these risks and hazards inherent upon participation in or observing equine activities and/or upon entering upon the premises and expressly and knowingly assumes these risks. The undersigned shall explain the potential for these hazards and risks to others that may accompany or substitute for him/her at activities sponsored by the Center. These persons also, by their voluntary presence, assume the same risks and agree by their presence to the same release of liability described herein.
The undersigned and all others that may accompany, represent, and/or substitute for those persons shall indemnify and hold harmless the Center, its officers, directors, trustees, agents, instructors, volunteers, contributors, and other property or horse owners affiliated with the Center of and from any and all liability, claim, loss, damage, cost, charge, and demand of any kind, including attorney’s fees and any related costs, arising either from the improper or negligent use by those listed and all that may accompany, represent, and/or substitute for those listed below of any equine, bridle, saddle, grooming tool, and/or other animal or tool or from the willful or negligent acts of said persons.