Each horse / rider combination requires a separate entry fee. 

Entry Fee: $40.00 / Zelle 817-773-1479 or cash day of event. The entry fee gives participant entry to Arena #1 "obstacle playground" and one entry to the Obstacle Competition, held in Arena #2. Additional competition entries can be purchased for $20.

This is a legal and binding document entered into between the parties of Younger Stables LLC and Judy Pennington, herein referred to as OPERATOR and the above named PARTICIPANT, and if PARTICIPANT is a minor, PARTICIPANT'S parent/guardian, and any and all representatives, heirs, family members and/or agents, hereby agree to the following:

I, the PARTICIPANT or PARTICIPANT’S parent/guardian agree to hold the OPERATOR, employees, agents, staff, family, and/or the owner of the 809 Younger Ranch Road, Azle, Texas, herein referred to as FACILITY, harmless to any injuries, personal or property that might occur while at this FACILITY and from my presence at the FACILITY. 

INHERENT RISKS AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK. The PARTICIPANT and/or the PARTICIPANT’s parent/guardian acknowledges there are inherent risks associated with equine activities and hereby expressly assumes all risks associated with participating in such activities and/or use of and/or presence on the FACILITY. The inherent risks may include, but are not limited to, the risk of bodily injury, property damages: the propensity of equines to behave in ways such as; running, bucking, kicking, rearing, biting, bolting, shying, spooking, stumbling, falling or stepping on, that may result in an injury, harm or death to a person (or persons) on, or around them; unpredictability of equine's reactions to such things as sounds, sudden movement(s) and/or unfamiliar objects, persons or other animals; certain hazards such as surface and substance conditions; collisions with other animals and/or objects; the limited availability to emergency care; and/or the negligence and/or deliberate act of another person(s); and the potential of a participate to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant and/or others, such as failing to maintain control over the equine or not acting within participant's ability, whether under instruction and/or supervision or not.

PARTICIPANT ( or PARTICIPANT’S parent/guardian), family members, spouses, siblings, representatives, heirs, employees of and/or agents agree to hold harmless, indemnify and defend OPERATOR, and any and all of their successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents against and all claims, demands, causes of action, damages, judgments, orders, costs or expenses, inclusive of, but not limited to, attorney fees, legal expenses, expert witness costs, which may in any way arise from or be in anyway connected with the PARTICIPANT'S participation and/or presence upon the FACILITIES. In the event that the PARTICIPANT is a minor, the parent and/or guardian shall further indemnify, defend and hold OPERATOR harmless from contractual limitations of actions.

PARTICIPANT ( or PARTICIPANT’S parent/guardian) agrees to waive the protection of any applicable statute(s) and/or laws(s) in this or any jurisdiction whose purpose, substance and/or effect is to provide that a general release shall not extend to claims, material or otherwise, which person(s) giving the release does not know or suspect to exist at the time of executing said release. 

AGREEMENT SCOPE & TERRITORY This agreement shall be legally binding upon me, the PARTICIPANT, and the parents or legal guardians there of if a minor, my hairs, estate, assigns, including all minor children, and personal representatives; and it shall be interpreted according to the laws of the state of Texas and Parker county.

ACTIVITY RISK CLASSIFICATION - Horseback riding is classified as RUGGED ADVENTURE RECREATIONAL SPORT ACTIVITY, and that there are numerous obvious and non-obvious inherent risks always present in such activity despite all safety precautions. According to NEISS (National Electronic Injury Surveillance Systems of US Consumer Products) horse activities rank 64th among the activities people relative to injuries that result in a stay in US hospital. Related injuries can be severe requiring more hospital days and resulting in more lasting residual effects than injuries in other activities.

I UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE that I have been provided notice of the statutory limitation of liability for livestock activities, including equestrian events, under Texas law (TX CIV PRAC & REM §87.001 – 005). Younger Stables has posted signage at the Facilities that complies with such law. The notice and signs provide the following warnings: 

WARNING:  UNDER TEXAS LAW (CHAPTER 87, CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE), A FARM ANIMAL PROFESSIONAL OR FARM OWNER OR LESSEE IS NOT LIABLE FOR AN INJURY TO OR THE DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT IN FARM ANIMAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, RESULTING FROM THE INHERENT RISKS OF FARM ANIMAL ACTIVITIES.

I will remain in areas for public use for the purpose of horse handling and/or horse riding related to this event. Any damage caused by myself, my horse, my family members, my guests or my agents are my sole financial responsibility.

I acknowledge that photographs or images of myself/my child may be taken during the activity. I provide Younger Stables LLC, along with their agents and affiliates, with unrestricted permission to utilize my/my child's name, photographs, or any other documentation of our participation in this activity in any form of broadcast, telecast, or other reports related to the activity for promotional purposes, without any compensation.  

By signing this waiver, I affirm that I have read and understand it and agree with its contents.