Proving again that the truth is stranger than fiction...
I’ll be picking out a specific case out of the hundreds
I’ve worked on in the past years and give you a brief
rendition of the facts and outcome. And, I may cover pertinent equine related topics.
Taking advantage of situations that have occurred to others may lead
you to say things to yourself like, “Boy I’m glad
that didn’t happen to me!” Anyway, for sheer entertainment
value, you’ll like them.
After reading the Blog, please
feel free to call or e-mail with any questions or comments. Although I will not be taking comments on this blog, your feedback is welcomed. Archived Blogs available at this link.
NAES BLOG - September 2019
Having been in the legal consulting business for over 35 years, I can assure you that as fast as the various breed associations come up with a plan to keep track of who owns what horse, somebody else will figure out a way around it.
However, the enactment of the USHJA’s rule HU104 Microchipping may help to verify ownership, at least in the highly competitive hunter, jumper and hunter seat equitation divisions.
The new rules were in transition from December 1st, 2017 through November 30th, 2018. After the November 30th, 2018 date horses would be ineligible to compete at USEF/USHJA sanctioned shows.
Obviously, ownership of microchipped horses will be much more easily identified and should go a long way in clearly identifying the correct ownership information.
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September 2019
I was speaking to one my many lawyer friends and he stressed again the importance of making sure the new owner of a registered horse always has received the horse’s properly transferred registration documents, even before any money has changed hands.
If, as the new owner, you can’t verify the properly transferred “papers,”…. your new horse is worthless. And don’t believe the seller when he says the papers are someplace else and he’ll mail them “right away.” Unfortunately, people lie all the time, and you’re out the money and stuck with a four legged paper weight that eats.
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