Rider/Runner Teams

This year we're having rider and runner teams, (100 mile runners with 100 mile riders  and  50 mile riders with the 100k runners).  If you have a special runner you would like to pair with, you can list on form. Please see website for more information.

Please make checks for the full amount, payable to VASS and send to:

Vermont Endurance Ride
PO Box 613
Brownsville, VT 05037-0613

RELEASE

• READ carefully and sign at the bottom. I wish to enter and participate in the VERMONT (25/50/75/100 mile rides.
  
• I will read all the rules and procedures for the ride and agree to comply with them. I agree to allow my horse to be drug tested, recognizing the risks therein. I am aware that an endurance ride can be extremely difficult and hazardous for even well–conditioned athletes under the most favorable conditions. I understand that the trail includes rough terrain with steep climbs, hard dirt roads and pavement, and the heat and humidity may be high. I am capable of negotiating this type of terrain on a horse.
  
  
•  The entry (ride and/or owner) accepts the responsibility of following trail markings and assumes full responsibility of correcting any error made on course. Any unsportsmanlike behavior of any part of this entry (rider, owner, crew) may result in elimination by an official or refusal of future entry to this ride by management. Nevertheless, in consideration of your accepting this entry, I hereby for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, waive, release and discharge ECTRA, AERC, all persons assisting or connected with the ride, and all landowners, their representatives, successors and assigns, from any and all rights, claims, or liability for damage, for any and all injury to me or my property or those arising out of or in connection with my participation in this event. I further agree that I will defend, indemnify and hold harmless ECTRA, AERC, its members and agents, or any of them against all claims, demands and causes of action, including court costs and attorney’s fees, directly or indirectly arising from any action or other proceeding brought by me or prosecuted for my benefit contrary to this agreement. This release extends to all claims of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, and I expressly waive any benefits that I may otherwise have under provisions of the law of Vermont relating to the release of unknown claims. I understand that this release constitutes a limitation on my legal rights. The undersigned verifies acceptance of risks and responsibilities for the rider and horse’s condition. Under penalty of disqualification all information on this form is correct to the best of my knowledge. Signature or owner or his agent duly authorized to make this entry:
  
  BY SIGNING BELOW, I AGREE to be bound by terms and provisions of this entry If I am signing and submitting this Agreement electronically, I acknowledge that my electronic signature shall have the same validity, force and effect as if I affixed my signature by my own hand.

I understand that if the horse I am riding is pulled,...it will need to be checked and released by an authorized ride vet before leaving basecamp.

TREATMENT AUTHORIZATION FORM

I, the undersigned, am the owner/agent authorized to give permission for medical care and to guarantee payment for such on behalf of the below named horse that is competing in the ride.

I understand that if this horse is pulled at any point in the ride or stops because of a rider option, that I am required to allow the Endurance Treatment Vet (ETV) to perform a courtesy (no charge) metabolic/lameness safety check on the horse upon arrival back to base camp. At such time, if treatment is recommended for any condition, the ETV will discuss all options and costs with me. I understand that my consent for treatment is considered a guarantee that I will pay for such treatment.
If this horse has been presented to the ETV for evaluation, and the ETV deems it necessary that this horse receive treatment, and in the event that I cannot be reached after attempts have been made to contact me, I choose the following (choice A or B):

C. If I have given permission for referral, this form will be sent with this horse and will serve as permission for the referral hospital/clinic to treat this horse and to guarantee payment for such treatment.