1. Cooled Semen Shipment includes the cost of the collection and evaluation of the semen. In addition to the agreed Booking Fee and Balance of Stud Fee, the following charges and guidelines will apply:
 

2. All shipping charges will be the responsibility of the Mare Owner. On-site Pickup from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will be $75.00 per shipment. FedEx will be $350.00 per shipment. Counter to counter by Air freight will be $400.00 per shipment.

3. Wranglin Chex is collected on Monday, Wednesday & Friday of each week. There are no exceptions. It will be the responsibility of the Mare Owner and his/her veterinarian to confirm our breeding days. You must order semen by contacting Bur Oak by 5pm Eastern Time the day prior of the actual shipment at 859-396-2159 Shipment requests must be called or via texted. Please no emails for semen requests. 

4. Shipping container must be returned to Bur Oak within 48 hours of receipt of semen shipment. Shipping containers not returned within the above specified time frame are subject to a replacement fee, at the current price of replacing a shipping container.
 

5. Bur Oak only assumes responsibility to ship semen in viable condition and shall not be held liable for contamination of semen during and after shipment, loss of viability, or any costs arising from shipments delayed, damaged or lost in transit. Bur Oak does not guarantee the fertility of any stallion. Every effort should be made to inseminate the mare within 24 hours after collection from the Stallion. Mare Owner agrees to use all cooled semen provided by the Agreement for the mare named in this Agreement and no other mares. 

6. If Cooled Semen is replaced by Frozen Semen, frozen semen fees will apply. 

7. This contract contains a Live Foal Guarantee for the initial contract year when the mare has been pregnancy checked and declared to be safe in foal by a veterinarian. A live foal is described as a newborn foal that stands and nurses without assistance. If the mare miscarries, aborts, or the foal is born dead, Mare Owner agrees to furnish to Bur Oak, within ten (10) days, a veterinarian’s statement describing the occurrence, in such a case, return privileges will be available for the following year. If the Mare Owner fails to return the mare for breeding the following year, then any and all fees paid shall be forfeited, the right to rebreed is cancelled and the Stallion Owner is released from all further obligation of the contract, unless otherwise agreed in writing and signed by all parties. Breeding fee(s) will not be refunded. Bur Oak does not make any warranty or representation as to the quality or confirmation of the foal, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or that the foal will be free of any infirmity, conformation defect, disease or inherited trait. 

8. If the mare dies or becomes unfit to breed, the Mare Owner may return during this season or the following season ONLY with a suitable mare approved by Bur Oak. There are only return privileges only if Breeder is provided with a licensed veterinarian statement confirming such condition.

9.  Mare Owner agrees to inform Bur Oak of the resulting pregnancy status in writing by July 1st of this contracts breeding year. There will be a $60.00 late fee per association report, should any breeding report need to be amended. 

10. ICSI/Embryo Transfers: Mare Owner agrees to notify Bur Oak that this is an embryo transfer/ICSI breeding. In the event of multiple embryos, Mare Owner agrees to pay a stallion fee of $ 500 for each additional live foal. Additional Breeder Certificates will be issued upon receipt of necessary breeding fee(s).

10a. Vitrified (Frozen) Embryos: Mare Owner agrees to notify Bur Oak. that the embryo(s) was vitrified within 48 hours of recovery. 

11. A Breeder’s Certificate will be issued for a foal when the Stallion Report is filed (after a veterinarian pronounces the mare safe in foal), and all expenses have been received by Bur Oak in full, and Bur Oak has been notified that a live foal has been produced.
 

12. Rebreeds and donated breeding’s are subject to a $500 booking fee. 

13. There will be a 3% Credit Card Processing Fee added for any payments made via credit card.
 

14. There will be no exceptions to the terms of this contract and it is not transferable unless provided for in writing and signed by all parties.
15. The parties hereby specifically agree that this Agreement shall be construed, governed and interpreted by and in accordance with the internal laws of the States of Florida & Kentucky. In any action or arbitration is brought to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the proper place of venue shall be in Fayette County, Kentucky as this agreement shall be performed in Fayette County, Kentucky as the last act to make this a binding contract occurred in Fayette County, Kentucky.  Should any civil action by commenced between the parties concerning this Agreement, or any rights or duties hereunder, the prevailing party shall be entitled, in addition to any other relief as may be granted, to reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements as determined by a court or competent jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or void, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be nevertheless continue in full force and effect without being impaired or invalidated in any way except the parties agree to insert, to the extent possible, a substitute provision to carry out the intention of the parties. 

Under Kentucky law, a farm animal activity sponsor, farm animal professional, or other person does not have the duty to eliminate all risks of injury of participation in farm animal activities. There are inherent risks of injury that you voluntarily accept if you participate in farm animal activities.