SEMPER FIDELIS - 2014 TRANSPORTED SEMEN BREEDING CONTRACT
PROCEEDS TO AMERICAN TRAKEHNER ASSOCIATION
Standing at: Rocky Hollow Farm
400 Cowhorse Drive
Kuna, ID 83634
www.mittleidereventing.com
Breeding Manager: Brenda Mittleider (208) 870-1856 or mitt520@aol.com
The mare owner, whose signature appears below, hereby agrees to breed the mare described below:
Mare’s name______________________________________________,
Breed___________________________________________________,
Sire____________________________________________________,
Dam___________________________________________________,
Dam’s sire______________________________________________,
Registration Number______________________________________,
Color and Markings______________________________________,
To the Stallion SEMPER FIDELIS - ATA Registration Number OSB-A-S431, co-owned by
Rocky Hollow and TwinGates Farms in the ________ season, subject to the following
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. The service fee for this breeding shall be $_____________payable to The
American Trakehner Association.
2. Collection/shipping (US only; Canadian may be additional) fee of $275 is
payable to Idaho Equine Hospital www.idahoequinehospital.com. Mare owner must contact
IEH w/credit card info: (208-466-4613) prior to shipping. Any additional collections
necessary will incur a separate collection & shipping fee.
3.
The mare owner warrants that the mare is in sound breeding condition.
4. LIVE FOAL GUARANTEE: Rocky Hollow and TwinGates Farms, their
owners, employees, and agents will make a diligent effort to successfully breed the mare
and will work with the mare owner so far as it is reasonable to achieve this goal. However,
as breedings are occasionally unsuccessful despite the efforts of all concerned, the mare
owner shall have the right to return breeding(s) only and solely as follows: where the mare
has been serviced or attempts made to service her through at least two successive heat cycles
in the contract year, but she has failed to produce a live foal which stands and nurses within
24 hours of birth in the year following the contract. The mare owner shall be entitled to
return privileges for the same mare or another mare approved by Rocky Hollow and
TwinGates Farms in the year following the contract date only. For this guarantee to apply,
the mare owner must notify the stallion owner in writing of the death of the foal within one
week of the death of the foal or within one week of finding the mare is open: this notice
must be accompanied by a statement from a licensed veterinarian as to the circumstances of
the foal’s death or the mare being found open.
5. Once the mare is pronounced in foal, the mare owner agrees to provide a healthy
and safe environment for the mare and fetus and for the mare and neonatal foal once born
for the first 72 hours of life. This condition is intended to afford the mare every opportunity
to carry to term and deliver a healthy foal. This healthy environment would include, but not
be limited to:
a. Proper nutrition to keep the mare in good body condition (not too thin or
too fat) to allow her to support a pregnancy and nurse a foal. It should be understood that
this condition includes access to fresh water.
b. Proper health care including a vaccination and deworming schedule
recommended and supervised by a licensed veterinarian, with the veterinarian understanding
that the mare is in foal.
Also, the mare owner must have the mare vaccinated against the
abortion form of rhinopneumonitis at 5, 7, and 9 months of pregnancy, or all
guarantees of the contract are null and void.
c. Proper farrier care.
d. Adequate exercise and fresh air.
e. Adequate housing and fencing
6. Registration (including all fees and paperwork associated with registration) of
the foal resulting from the breeding of the mare and stallion designated in this contract is the
sole responsibility of the mare owner. Rocky Hollow and TwinGates Farms will provide
the ATA with required breeding reports (allowing for registration of foal) when all fees due
are paid in full.
7. The mare owner agrees that if the mare does not conceive after breeding during
three heat periods, the mare owner will have performed a complete reproductive
examination and a uterine biopsy and culture and will provide the results to Rocky Hollow
Farm without cost to Rocky Hollow or TwinGates Farm. Rocky Hollow Farm will not ship
any additional semen to the mare unless and until said reports are received and found to
imply satisfactory reproductive capability.
8. Should the above-named stallion die, be sold by the owner, or become unfit for
service before servicing the mare, or if the mare dies or becomes unfit to be bred before she
is serviced, then this contract shall become void and without effect.
9. This contract shall not be assigned nor transferred without the written consent of
Rocky Hollow or TwinGates Farm.
10. This agreement is executed in duplicate and constitutes the entire agreement
between mare owner, Rocky Hollow and TwinGates Farms and may not be modified except
in writing signed by all parties hereto. When the representative of Rocky Hollow Farm
signs and returns one copy of this contract to the mare owner, it will then be binding on all
parties, subject to the terms and conditions in this contract.
11. All written notices required by this agreement shall be by First Class Mail to
Rocky Hollow Farm at the address above or the mare owner at the address provided below,
whichever applies.
12. This contract shall be governed by, interpreted by, and enforced under the laws
of the State of Idaho. Any suit or action commenced by or against Rocky Hollow or
TwinGates Farms, their owners, employees, or agents must be filed and heard in the County
of Ada, State of Idaho. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees
and costs of discovery.
13.
The mare owner must refer to competition calendar advising of dates when
stallion is available for collection and give at least twenty-four (24) hours notice (from
when the mare owner wants the semen to arrive at the below-designated destination)
when ordering a shipment of semen.
14.
Due to the stallion’s competition schedule it is possible that during certain
periods of time cooled fresh semen could be unavailable for this breeding. Semper Fidelis
is not available for collection the week of an event. It is mare owner’s responsibility to
refer to the published competition calendar – posted by Rocky Hollow Farm at
www.mittleidereventing.com – for available dates.
15. To register resulting foal the American Trakehner may require additional
paperwork and fees, as well as bloodtyping of the mare and foal, all of which are the
responsibility of the mare owner. Contact: American Trakehner Association (740) 3441111 for their requirements.
16.
The mare owner agrees to return the semen-shipping container in good
working order to Rocky Hollow Farm or Idaho Equine Hospital within five(5) days of
receiving the container. For each day after that time that the container is not
returned, Rocky Hollow Farm may assess $25.00 to the mare owner.
17.
This breeding contract is for one pregnancy and delivery of one or two foals
from one mare by in utero conception. If semen delivered under this contract is used for in
vitro fertilization and/or embryo transfer, only one surrogate mare may be implanted for one
studfee. Additional embryos (whether implanted contemporaneously or stored) will imply
additional breedings, and an additional equal breeding fee for each such embryo is due and
payable in full to Rocky Hollow Farm at the time of implantation of said embryo(s).
18.
Rocky Hollow Farm assumes responsibility only to deliver live semen in
viable condition to the destination designated below by the mare owner . The mare owner
assumes responsibility for transport of the semen from said destination to the place of
insemination.
19.
The mare owner agrees that a licensed veterinarian shall inseminate the mare
with the semen on the day of delivery to the destination, and in the event this is not done,
Rocky Hollow and TwinGates Farms, their owners, employees, and agents shall be deemed
to have fulfilled their contractual obligations under this contract, and all guarantees shall be
null and void. Other arrangements may be accepted by mutual written agreement in
advance.
20. The mare owner agrees to assume all responsibility for the condition of the mare
and shall bear all risk of loss or damage to the mare whether by death, disease, injury,
infection, or otherwise, and by any cause whatsoever, and further agrees to hold Rocky
Hollow and TwinGates Farm, their owners, employees, and agents harmless for any and all
damages resulting therefrom.
21.
Mare owner’s estimate of commencement of breeding
_______________________________________________(Approximate date)
DESIGNATION OF DESTINATION:
(Farm or Veterinary hospital address where mare resides or will be inseminated for Federal
Express or similar service)
__________________________________________________________________________
name
VETERINARIAN’S NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE:
_____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
OWNER OF MARE
Print name_____________________________________________________________
Signed________________________________________________________________
Date______________________________email:_______________________________
Address_______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Phone Numbers
Daytime____________________________________________
Evening____________________________________________
Rocky Hollow Farm
400 Cowhorse Drive
Kuna, ID 83634
Accpeted by Brenda Mittleider, Breeding Manager
__________________________________________________________________________
Date: ______________________________________
(Please sign and return one copy of Contract to Rocky Hollow Farm. A copy signed by us will be
returned to you.)
Thank you. We look forward to working with you!