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Terms and Conditions
Great Brockhamhurst Stud and AI Centre 2008
Our aim is to get the mare in foal as quickly and easily as possible for the mare owner and we have the back up to help us do so. All veterinary work associated with Equine Reproduction will be carried out by Shotter and Byres Equine Veterinary Services, senior partner Michael Byres. All expenses incurred for visits, examinations and medicines will be payable by the mare owner direct to the Veterinary Surgeon at the end of each month.
Fees:
Boarding :
£5.50 per day at grass
£12.00 per day at grass stabled + £2 per day for foal in either case
£20.00 per day for stallions
Semen Collection Fees :
Dummy Training (per session) £75.00
Collecting Fee Fresh Semen £40.00 / collection
Collecting Fee Chilled Semen £50.00 / collection
Shipping Semen by Royal Mail £15.00
Please Note: A separate deposit Cheque for £25 to cover any ‘lost’ equitainer will be required prior to semen shipping and shall be returned on safe arrival back of same. Equitainers not returned within 7 days of dispatched semen will be deemed lost and deposit cheque cashed.
Grooms Fee: £25 per Natural Covering
In Foal Fee:
£75.00. For all mares leaving the stud scanned in foal to fresh, chilled or frozen semen, inc natural covering. This fee includes insemination costs and all the handling associated with the veterinary work. If a mare leaves before being scanned it will be assumed that she is in foal and the fee is payable along with the keep fees before she leaves the stud. If subsequently she is found to be not in foal before October 1st and a vet’s certificate confirms this, the £75 will be returned.
All in foal mares need to have a 28/30 day and 42 day PD scan to confirm a single viable and healthy pregnancy; if mares leave us before then it is the owner’s responsibility to arrange for this to be carried out.
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Veterinary Fees:
All expenses incurred for visits, examinations and medicines will be payable by the owner directly to the Veterinary Surgeon at the end of each month.
Routine Veterinary Treatment Package: Mares will be accepted at an all in fee to cover routine veterinary work at Great Brockhamhurst Stud connected with reproduction. Routine includes inseminations, scans, drugs and one PD scan at 16 days, a second scan at 28/30 days and a third scan at about 42 days; it does not include swabs, twinning, caslicks, lavage etc and the treatment of mares with endometritis and other non routine matters.
Chilled & Fresh: £350 (+ VAT) per cycle for 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles
Frozen: TBC
Charges for a range of miscellaneous items which will not apply to all mares, such as farriery work, worming, chilled semen collection from Gatwick Airport, are available on request.
Mares and foals whilst at the Stud and Insemination Centre receive every possible care, attention and supervision. Veterinary assistance is called in when deemed necessary and is chargeable to the owner. All mares are served at their owner’s risk and no responsibility can be accepted for injury, damage or loss caused through trying to or serving any mare.
All fees must be paid before the mares / stallions leave the stud.
Mare owners who send a third party to collect their mare must make arrangements to pay in advance of collection.
GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS 2008:
GREAT BROCKHAMHURST STUD AND AI CENTRE
- Insemination: Mares are taken at livery for natural covering/insemination with fresh, chilled or frozen semen, including semen that has been sent from elsewhere.
- Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA): We encourage all mare owners to have their mares EVA tested in 2008 before they arrive. We recognise that some may not be tested and we are not making it compulsory this season; we will be asking all mare owners to declare if their mares have been tested. Visiting Stallions must have and produce a Negative EVA Certificate before semen collection can take place..
- CEM: Mares arriving for natural covering must have a negative certificate before this can take place. This can be done here at the stud. Stallions must produce a negative certificate before semen collection can take place.
- Arrival Time: The best time for mares to arrive is just before they are due to come in season and they will then be constantly monitored to obtain the optimum timing for insemination or covering.
- Mares should arrive with a comfortable well fitting headcollar clearly labelled for them to wear for the duration of their stay.
- Mare Booking Form: all owners/agents are required to fill in and sign our form when they bring the mare to stud. If the mare is sent with a third party the form must be completed and signed before the mare arrives.
- Mare Passports / Identification: It is a legal requirement that mares are accompanied to stud with their passport; we will check the identity of the mare with the passport on arrival.
- Invoicing: the accounts for all keep fees and other costs incurred must be paid before the mares leave the stud. Interim invoicing may be done at the stud’s absolute discretion once the mare has been here for six weeks. Mare owners who send a third party to collect their mare must make arrangements to pay in advance of collection. Mares will not be allowed to leave before payment is made in full.
- Hind Shoes: Please make sure all mares arrive at stud without hind shoes.
- Blacksmith: Mares and foals will have their feet trimmed when necessary and any costs charged to the owner’s account. Any specific shoeing requirements must be notified to the stud when the mare is booked in.
- Worming: Mares and foals will be wormed on arrival and at regular intervals and the owner charged accordingly.
- Scanning: It is stud policy to scan all mares.
- Veterinary Assistance: Will be called in when deemed necessary by the stud and all costs will be chargeable to the owner.
- Insurance: Great Brockhamhurst Stud accepts no responsibility for visiting horses and do not carry insurance cover; it is the owners responsibility to provide their own insurance cover.
- Mares and foals whilst at Great Brockhamhurst Stud will receive every possible care, attention and supervision, but the stud accepts no responsibility whatsoever for accident, theft or disease, nor does the stud give any express or implied guarantee of success.
- All mares are inseminated at their owners risk and no responsibility can be accepted for injury, damage or loss caused through teasing/artificial insemination of any mare.
- Owners must accept that while their horse is at Great Brockhamhurst Stud it is at their risk - no responsibility for the mare can be accepted by Great Brockhamhurst Stud and all liability claims, damages, costs, loss and expense of any kind whatsoever are hereby expressly excluded.
- Great Brockhamhurst Stud reserves the right to refuse entry to the stud to any mare or foal that they consider to be an unacceptable health risk.
