www.equineclub.co.uk has been created to unite the equine world and encourage and
progress horse ownership and the number of horse riders in the UK and beyond.
Through this site Riding Schools and those that support equestrianism in the UK will
benefit so do use the site but please do so courteously and within these terms.
1 Introduction
1.1 Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using the website operated by Equine Club
Limited. These terms and conditions apply to services available from the domain
1.2 By using or accessing our website, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms and Conditions of
use as they apply to your use of or access to our website.
1.3 If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms and Conditions then you may not use our website.
2 Access
The information on this website is made available to you on condition that it is accessed via Equine Club
Ltd central server. Deep linking, or accessing this website other than through the central server and
acknowledging Equine Club Ltd as the source of any content on this site, shall be deemed to be a breach
of these terms and of Equine Club Ltd copyright in this website.
When you have completed registration on the website you will be given a unique user ID and password
which is personal to you and which enables us to ensure that services provided to you are appropriate
and further to develop services which may be of interest to you. By accepting a user ID you agree not to
permit others to use it to access the website or to make it available to other people. Equine Club Ltd
reserves the right to refuse access to the website if it considers that a user ID is being used
inappropriately and other than in accordance with these terms.
3 Content
The information published on this website is provided for the convenience of its visitors and you are
advised that, although care has been taken to ensure technical and factual accuracy, some errors may
occur. No guarantee is given of the accuracy or completeness of information on these pages.
Please be aware that Equine Club Limited may alter the information on its website from time to time,
including these terms and conditions, copyright notice and privacy notice. It is your responsibility to
check these terms and conditions and to remain in compliance with them from time to time.
4 Your Right to Cancel your membership
In the unlikely event that you may wish to cancel your membership you may do so at anytime but refunds
of membership fees to the Equine Club will not be given as services could be used immediately for which
the value is far greater than the cost of an annual membership.
Please refer to our refunds policy in paragraph 5
5 Refunds
Via the Equine Club there are many special features, services and competitions available as part of your
membership and some may require on line payment.
Where this is the case you will be reminded of our refund policy at the time of purchasing on line.
The following is a summary of our core refunds policy:
- Membership Fees Non Refundable unless your membership is cancelled by Equine Club Limited
- Competitions Non Refundable
- Goods This may vary depending on the types of goods being purchased and will be
within your statutory rights. Details will be made at the time of purchasing
This refunds policy applies only to products and services offered directly via Equine Club Ltd and where
payment is made direct to Equine Club Limited. When selecting products offered through any preferred
partners or other third parties who may be allowed to promote products and services via
www.equineclub.co.uk it is your responsibility to read through the individual terms and conditions
carefully before proceeding.
5 Limitation of Liability
Equine Club Limited shall have no liability arising from the use by any party of or reliance on the
information on this website and so far as permitted by law excludes all liability for damages howsoever
caused including without limitation any damage which is or represents loss of goodwill revenue or profit
or failure to achieve any benefit expected from use of this website, loss of use of any asset, loss of data
recorded on any computer or other machine, liability of any user of this website to any third party, any
loss which is otherwise indirect, commercial, economic, special or consequential arising out of or in
connection with the use by any party of any information provided on these pages.
6 Viruses
Equine Club Limited uses reasonable endeavours to prevent contamination by known viruses and to
maintain the security of the website but Equine Club Limited does not warrant the information on this
website in any way and in particular no warranty is given that the website or its contents or hypertext
links are accurate, complete, virus free or uncontaminated, nor can we guarantee that the website may
not be affected by deliberate damage by hackers, failure of plant, machinery, equipment or computers,
power failure, failure of telecommunications lines or any criminal action. All liability for such damage is
hereby expressly excluded. You are advised to make your own virus checks and to implement your own
precautions in this respect. Equine Club Limited excludes all liability for contamination or damage caused
by any virus or electronic transmission.
7 Hyperlinks
The incorporation of any links to other sites is for your convenience and reference only and does not
imply that we approve or endorse the contents of that site or the material available from it and Equine
Club Limited does not control and is not responsible for the content of any such sites in terms of their
accuracy, suitability, legality or otherwise.
8 Operation of Website
Although reasonable endeavours are used to maintain this website, Equine Club Limited will not be liable
for any losses caused by failure or stoppage of the website for any reason, including without limitation
virus contamination, or deliberate damage by hackers, failure of hardware, software or systems, power
failure, failure of telecommunications lines or any criminal action.
9 E-mails
Equine Club Limited assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions, deletions or failures in the content
of e-mail messages. You should be aware that e-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure.
10. Forums and Your Profile and Other Content Posted by you
Forums are an informative and friendly way to communicate with other members. You are solely
responsible for the content that you post on or through any of the Equine Club Limited services and nay
material that or information that you transmit to other members and for your interactions with other
users. Equine Club Ltd does not endorse and has no control over the content. Content is not necessarily
reviewed by Equine Club Limited prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the views, opinions or
policies of Equine Club Limited. Equine Club Limited makes no warranties express or implied as to the content
or to the accuracy and reliability of the content or any information that you transmit to other members.
11. Items for sale by third parties
As a user of Equine Club Ltd, individual or commercial your membership entitles you to publish items for
sale which buyers can see and communicate with you to purchase. As a seller you are solely responsible
for the accuracy of any description and photographic content of any such items and you create your own
contract with any buyer. As a buyer you must make your own decision regarding goods being advertised
for sale and you form your own contract with the sellers. Equine Cub Limited have no control and do not
guarantee and you will not hold us responsible for:
• the quality, safety or legality of items advertised
• the truth or accuracy of listings
• the truth or accuracy of feedback or other content posted by users on the Site.
• the ability of sellers to sell items
• the ability of buyers to pay for items
• whether a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction
• you must not assume that the offer, sale, purchase, export or import of any items listed on this site
is valid and legal
12. Content/Activity Prohibited
The following is partial list of types of Content that it is illegal or prohibited to post on or through Equine
Club Limited. Equine Club Limited reserves the right o investigate and take appropriate legal action
against anyone who is in Equine Club Limited’s sole discretion violates this provision including without
limitation removing the offending communication from Equine Club services and terminating the
membership of such violators.
12.1. patently offensive text or pictures that promote racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any
kind against any group or individual.
12.2. harassment or advocates harassment of another person or exploits them in a sexual or violent manner
12.3. nudity, violence or offensive subject matter or contains link to an adult website or a website which
in the opinion of Equine Club Limited breaches the intention of this Section 11
12.4. solicits personal information from anyone under the age of 18
12.5. promotes any information that is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that
is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libellous
12.6. involves the transmission of junk mail, chain letters or unsolicited mass mailing, instant
messaging “spimming” or “spamming”
12.7 involves commercial activities and or sales without our prior written consent such as contest
sweepstakes, barter advertising or pyramid schemes
12.8. includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person’s consent or
that has Copywrite belonging to if for which you do not have approval for publication.
12.9. advertising for sale any products known to be stolen or illegal items or those prohibited for sale in
the uk.
13. Legal Contracts
The Legal Contract available from this site have been approved and validated by a professional firm of
Solicitors but Equine Club Limited accepts no responsibility for their accuracy or standing within a court
of law. The contracts have been drafted base d on English Law. Members in Scotland must seek their own
legal advice. If in any doubt you must seek your own legal advice
14. Law and Jurisdiction
your use of this website is governed by the laws of England. You hereby consent to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this website.
15. Copyright and Reproduction
The contents of these pages are © Equine Club Limited 2007 or are the copyright of Equine Club Limited
licensors. You may copy individual sections of any document on the website either electronically or on
hard copy provided that:
• the integrity of the material is maintained, we are acknowledged as its source and Equine Club
website URL is given;
• if the material is transferred to hard copy, such transfer is limited to ten copies.
Other than as permitted by this notice, reproduction is only permitted on the following conditions:
• such reproduction is by way of download to a temporary file into your normal temporary internet
files directory/folder (or equivalent) for your personal use and not deliberately saved to any other
part of any hard drive and/or transferred to any other party;
• if it is for provision to a third party (including other people within your organisation), such
reproduction is not for commercial purposes and the third party is made aware that these conditions
apply to it and its use of the material.
15. Adding Guest Members – Family Members and Child Members
Becoming a business member enables you to add guest members as “friends” “staff” or “customers”
and you should ensure that you adhere to any data protection rules and regulations.
Parents may add on their Children as guest members who will then be given a restricted Child members
Access and functions and as such must take responsibility for their use of such.
16. Content licence –
The Equine Club Ltd needs the following rights to host and display your content.
When you give us content, you grant us non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free,
sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise the copy right, trade marks, database rights and
all other intellectual property rights you have in content, in any media known now or in the future. In
addition you waive all moral rights you have in content to the fullest extent permitted by law,
17. Association of British Riding Schools (ABRS)
Some ABRS members may include some Equine Club Members in their own insurance arrangements for
their customers. This is their insurance arrangements with the ABRS and The Equine Club is not involved
in any direct way with the provision of such insurance. All enquiries should be made with your local ABRS
Riding School.
18. Riding Standards and Abilities
Members are able to publish their own Riding Standards and Abilities according to their own evaluation
and opinion. Such abilities can be confirmed by a Riding School or Instructor but the Equine Club Limited
hold no responsibility or guarantee of the accuracy of such data, ability or standard and therefore the
suitability of a person to ride at any particular level or at any particular event.
19. Shows and Events
The Equine Club enables members to publish their own shows and events and the Equine Club Ltd hold
no responsibility for the accuracy of such information or for the cancellation of such shows or events.