2.   The Stallion Service Fee shall be $___________, (USD). A Booking Fee of $400.00 for Paint Horse Mares and Quarter Horse mares or $1000.00 for all other breeds must be remitted with the Contract at the time of signing. The Booking Fee shall not be refunded to the Mare owner in any event. The balance of $__________will be invoiced and is payable when the mare is pronounced  in foal. For your convenience, we accept MasterCard, Discover Card and Visa. If you wish to use a credit card, we must have a signed credit card release filled out prior to shipment.

Please Note: Out-of-State checks require 10 days to clear.

 

PLEASE CHECK THE BREEDING OPTION YOU WISH TO USE: 

3.   Mare Care. MeadowBrook Farm Agrees to provide board, feed and general care services for any animal covered in the Agreement. The undersigned agrees to pay MeadowBrook Farm’s published rates therefore as the same shall from time  to time be established. The same shall not be increased without thirty (30) days prior notice thereof. Foaling stall charges are $20.00 per day and the foaling fee is $450.00. MeadowBrook Farm shall care for the mare (subjected to terms specified herein) with all reasonable care. Mare owner warrants that mare shall be in healthy and sound breeding condition and authorizes MeadowBrook Farm to have a licensed veterinarian provide any veterinary services necessary or proper for the mare’s or her foal’s, well being and pregnancy examinations as deemed necessary by the attending veterinarian, the Mare Owner shall pay all expenses. If any other services are required or desired by the Mare Owner, they shall be specified in writing to MeadowBrook Farm when the mare is delivered for service.  

a.   Foaling fee and veterinary charges will be included on MeadowBrook Farm invoices. 

b.   Such charges, as well as Board and Foaling Fees, must be paid whether or not the mare is settled and are due upon leaving MeadowBrook Farm. 

c.   NEGATIVE COGGINS REPORT AND COPY OF REGISTRATION: The Coggins Report must be dated not more than 6 months prior to the mare’s arrival and, with the copy of her papers, must accompany the mare or she will not be accepted.  

d.   The mare must be halter broken. 

e.   Stallion Agent (representing Stallion Owner), Stallion Owner and MeadowBrook Farm shall not be liable for injury, sickness or death of the Mare and/or her foal, regardless of how it may occur. Likewise, the Mare Owner shall not be liable for disease, injury or death to Stallion arising out of services contracted for in this agreement.   

4.   Cooled Semen Shipping. The Stallion Service Fee set forth above, includes two (2) shipments of semen per mare’s cycle if needed (providing no ovulation after first shipment). It is the Stallion Owner’s responsibility to provide the Mare Owner with two (2) packages per shipment in an industry standard container, with the industry standard number of viable spermatozoa per each shipment. There will be no more than four (4) total shipments per breeding season. All shipments will be priced per shipment as detailed below: 

a.   The Booking Fee along with an Equitainer rental and collection fee must be paid in full and a completed shipping information form submitted before any semen shipments are made, unless prior arrangements are made with Stallion Agent.  

b.   No chute fees will be charged on shipped semen.  

c.   The mare owner is responsible for a $350 collection fee per shipment and all container-shipping charges TO and FROM the breeding farm.(Collection and shipping fees are due at time of service). 

d.   An Equitainer Rental Fee of $50, is also due prior to the first semen shipment. An Additional fee of $50 will be charged if container is not returned to MeadowBrook Farm within 72 hours from semen receipt. 

e.   Each shipping charge is based on Fed Ex overnight weekday or Saturday delivery and is based on the region you live in. Other methods of delivery will be priced upon request. Shipments will be insured to cover only the Equitainer replacement and collection fee. If shipment is lost or delayed, mare owner assumes all risk of lost time and expense associated with preparation of his/her mare for breeding. A lost or delayed shipment will not be counted against the four (4) shipments maximum per season.  

f.    We will ship semen Every Other Day..  Monday thru Friday -YOU MUST REQUEST SHIPMENT BY NOON (Central Time) ON THE DAY BEFORE SHIPPING DAY. Cancellations must be received before Noon (Central Time) on shipping day. We need the time to coordinate the collection with the stallion’s need to breed mares at the farm. We do our best to accommodate requests called in after 12:00p.m. the day before, but can make no promises.  

g.    In the event that not enough semen is collected to meet a day’s breeding and shipping needs, ON –FARM MARES WILL HAVE FIRST PRIORITY. Shipped semen requests will be filled in the order received. 

5.   Frozen Semen Shipping. The Stallion Service Fee set forth above, includes_______doses of frozen semen, with each additional dose to be purchased at $_______. In addition to the Stallion Service Fee, Mare Owner agrees to the following for each shipment of frozen semen: 

a.   The Booking Fee along with any additional frozen semen charges must be paid in full and a completed shipping information form submitted before any semen shipments are made, unless prior arrangements are made with Stallion Agent.   

b.   The mare owner is responsible for a $______ frozen semen fee per shipment and all container shipping charges TO and FROM the breeding farm. (Collection and shipping fees are due at time of service) 

c.    A Dry Shipper Rental Fee of $50, is also due prior to the frozen semen shipment. An Additional fee of $50 will be charged if shipper is not returned to MeadowBrook Farm within 72 hours from semen receipt. 

d.   Ordering Frozen Semen. Mare Owner must notify MeadowBrook Farm a minimum of five (5) days prior to shipment date.  

6.   Stallion Agent shall attempt with reasonable diligence to settle the mare; if however, for any reason the Mare does not settle, Mare Owner will hold Stallion Agent and MeadowBrook Farm harmless. The breeding season for the Stallion begins February 1 and unless mutually agreed upon, MeadowBrook Farm veterinarian shall  have sole discretion to cover mare as many times as necessary until July 1 of the breeding season; and covers after July1 shall be by mutual agreement. Should Mare Owner take the Mare form MeadowBrook Farm before the farm has had ample opportunity to settle her during the breeding season specified above, expenses and the balance of the stallion service fee become due and payable and the live foal guarantee contained herein becomes void. 

7.   In the event the Stallion should die or become unfit for service before the Mare is settled, the     balance of the Stallion Service, $_______ if already paid, shall be refunded. All other charges will be due and payable. 

8.   Stallion Agent guarantees live foal from the breeding contracted herein. Live foal is defined as a foal that stands and nurses without assistance. Should the Mare prove not to be in foal or aborts, or should the foal not stand and nurse without assistance, Mare Owner shall notify Stallion Agent in writing within one week of the foaling date. (or date the Mare is proved not to be in foal or aborts); such notice shall be accompanied by a written statement from a licensed veterinarian verifying the foal is not “live” as defined above or has been lost as stated above. Under the foregoing circumstances and upon receipt of the specified notice and the original breeder’s certificate, it is agreed; Stallion Agent shall give to Mare Owner a free season the following year only and to be the same Mare originally booked (unless otherwise mutually agreed as stated above) for re-breeding the following year, then any and all fees paid shall not be refundable; the right to re-breed is thereby cancelled and Stallion Agent is released from any further obligation whatsoever.  

9.   When breeding to Paint stallions, the contract contains a color guarantee. If the mare produces a solid stud colt, the mare may be re-bred for no additional stud fee. If the mare produces a solid filly, the mare may re-bred for a cost of half of that season’s stud fee. All other fees still apply; boarding, veterinarian services, farrier, etc. This guarantee is only good for the breeding season in which the solid foal is born and is non transferable. 

10.  A breeder’s certificate will be issued when Mare Owner notifies MeadowBrook Farm of the birth of the foal, and if full payment of all amounts due has been received. 

11.  This contract shall not be transferable by Mare Owner without prior written consent of the Stallion Agent. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties; any amendments to or modifications of the terms of this Agreement must be in writing. Failure of the Stallion Agent, MeadowBrook Farm, or their representatives to insist upon any of the rights, provisions nor remedies may be enforced at any subsequent time allowed by law. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas. If any clause in the contract is against Kansas’s law, then that clause shall be null and void.  

12. The Mare Owner shall provide in writing, a signed release authorizing MeadowBrook Farm to deliver owner’s animal(s) to a designated shipping company, or agent for transportation away from premises. If the time does not permit the delivery of such written release, the Mare Owner agrees that his or his agent’s verbal communication release will substitute for a written release and will not hold MeadowBrook Farm liable for releasing the animal(s). 

13. The Mare Owner agrees that he has made himself familiar with facilities at the place where the stallion stands and that he is also familiar with and approves of the care provided by MeadowBrook Farm. 

14.  THE ANIMALS HEREIN DESCRIBED SHALL ARRIVE AT THE FARM PROPERLY IDENTIFIED. THE OWNER OF THE MARE WILL PROVIDE FARM WITH A COMPLETE REPORT OF ALL PAST FOALING DATES, THE SIRE OF ALL PREVIOUS FOALS, ANY PECULIARITIES OF THE MARE AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE PERTINENT OR HELPFUL IN HANDLING OR BREEDING OF SAID MARE. 

15.  Any board, foaling, farrier, veterinary charges and any an all other charges and expenses incurred by MeadowBrook Farm on behalf of or for the benefit of the Mare Owner shall be billed monthly and payable upon receipt. All overdue accounts shall bear a finance charge of 1 ½ % per month (18% annual percentage rate).

 

Mare’s Status: In Foal____ Barren_______ Maiden____ Not Bred_______ 

If in foal, last breeding date ________In foal to________________________

 Insured by _______________________________________________________

 Insurer’s Telephone  (        )___________-_______________

Legal Owner of Mare_______________________________________________

This reservation made by:___________________________________________
                                    (Signature of Mare Owner or Authorized Agent)

Street_____________________________________________________________

City_____________________State___________________Zip_______________

Telephone (       ) ________________________Date______________________

 

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 RETURN THIS SIGNED CONTRACT AND A COPY OF THE MARE’S REGISTRATION PAPERS TO:

      MeadowBrook Farm
P.O. Box 780531 – Wichita, Kansas 67278
Farm (316) 733-6866 Home (316) 683-9893

 

This reservation and mare approved by:__________________________Date____________