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Idaho

Idaho Statutes

TITLE 6
ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

CHAPTER 18
EQUINE ACTIVITIES IMMUNITY ACT

6-1801. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:

(1) "Engages in an equine activity" means a person who rides, trains,
drives or is a passenger upon an equine, whether mounted or unmounted, and
does not mean a spectator at an equine activity or a person who
participates in the equine activity but does not ride, train, drive or ride
as a passenger upon an equine.

(2) "Equine" means a horse, pony, mule, donkey or hinny.

(3) "Equine activity" means:

(a) Equine shows, fairs, competitions, performances or parades that
involve any or all breeds of equines and any of the equine disciplines
including, but not limited to, dressage, hunter and jumper horse shows,
grand prix jumping, three (3) day events, combined training, rodeos,
driving, pulling, cutting, polo, steeplechasing, endurance trail riding
and western games, and hunting;

(b) Equine training and/or teaching activities;

(c) Boarding equines;

(d) Riding, inspecting or evaluating an equine belonging to another
whether or not the owner has received some monetary consideration or
other thing of value for the use of the equine or is permitting a
prospective purchaser of the equine to ride, inspect or evaluate the
equine; and

(e) Rides, trips, hunts or other equine activities of any type however
informal or impromptu that are sponsored by an equine activity sponsor.

(4) "Equine activity sponsor" means an individual, group or club,
partnership or corporation, whether or not the sponsor is operating for
profit or nonprofit, which sponsors, organizes or provides the facilities
for an equine activity including, but not limited to, pony clubs, 4-H
clubs, hunt clubs, riding clubs, school and college sponsored classes and
programs, therapeutic riding programs, and operators, instructors and
promoters of equine facilities including, but not limited to, stables,
clubhouses, ponyride strings, fairs and arenas at which the activity is
held.

(5) "Equine professional" means a person engaged for compensation in:

(a) Instructing a participant or renting to a participant an equine
for the purpose of riding, driving or being a passenger upon the
equine; or

(b) Renting equipment or tack to a participant.

(6) "Participant" means any person, whether amateur or professional, who
directly engages in an equine activity, whether or not a fee is paid to
participate in the equine activity.

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