PARTICIPANT'S AGREEMENT FOR RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK REGARDING THE INHERENT RISK OF LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES
THE UNDERSIGNED, A PARTICIPANT (OR THE PARENT/GUARDIAN OF A PARTICIPANT) at an equetrian event at Northwest Saddle Club (NWSC), has read and hereby signs this Agreement for Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk, waiving Participant's right to sue NWSC and/or its agents or assigned for claims alleged to arise from accidents, acts or omissions, up to and including ordinary negligence under Minnesota law, occurring on the premises and/or arising from contact with horses or other animals or livestock on the premises in connection with the equestrian event. The Participant agrees and acknowledges as follows:
Horses are unpredictable animals. By signing this Agreement, I acknowledge that I understand the inherent risks of livestock activities defined in Minnesota Statutes § 604A.I2:
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them.
(b) "Inherent risks of livestock activities" means dangers or conditions that are an integral part of livestock activities, including:
(1) the propensity of livestock to behave in ways that may result in death or injury to persons on or around them, such as kicking, biting, or bucking;
(2) the unpredictability of livestock's reaction to things like sound, sudden movement, unfamiliar objects, persons, or other animals;
(3) natural hazards such as surface or subsurface conditions; or
(4) collisions with other livestock or objects.
(c) "Livestock" meaning cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, hinnies, goats, buffalo, llamas, or poultry.
I further understand that NWSC is a Minnesota non-profit organization that is exempt from liability for the death of or an injury to a participant resulting form the inherent risks of livestock activities under Minnesota Statutes § 604A.12 Subd. 2.
I agree to abide and follow all rules and signs posted on the premises. I understand that my safety, and the safety of any children under my supervision, is solely my own responsibility. I agree that the use of helmets and other safety gear is entirely at my own discretion, and I expressly assume the risk of accidents occurring on the premises and/or accidents arising from the inherent risks of livestock activities as defined above.