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Sale Terms & Conditions

1. NOMINATION & GRADING 4. Internet Live Bidding & 6. Private Sales:
PROCESS – TOP HORSES SELL AT Phone Bidding: Absolutely no private sales with consignors either
SALE: All internet and phone bidders must be registered prior to the sale or after the auction. Consignors have
• Horses are nominated July 1-31 then scored using to bid and have all pertinent information emailed given MM Auction Services, LLC Exclusive Rights for
our rubric. to the offi ce by noon the day before the sale. Any selling the consigned horses. All horses brought to
• Consignment Rubric ~ the higher the consignor & bidders trying to register after this deadline, are not the sale must go through the auction ring. Any horses
their horse score, the better their chances are of guaranteed to bid. “no sold” in the ring but sold outside are expected
selling at our sale. Quality over quantity! • Internet Bidding is provided by our company MM to report it to the offi ce. We will leave it up to the
• 8 scoring areas: Consignor Status, Pedigree, Age, Auction Services, LLC. Go to MM Auctions Online integrity of the seller to make sure this happens so
Ownership, Photos, Description, Conformation/ and you can fi nd it under current auctions at that the seller will be welcome back to the sale.
Disposition, & Performance/Riding Ability. +3 link. Click on “How it Works” to get started or
7. Consignor’s Guarantee:
“Superior” is the score to shoot for in each call with questions. We would love to help just The buyer is the responsible party to examine horses
category. give us a call @ 877-725-3636. There will be NO
• Our job is to ensure each horse is a good fi t for our online buyers fee. However, we do charge a 4% carefully before they bid. All horses consigned
have passed our sifting process prior to sale and
sale and buyers as well as our sale is a good fi t for convenience fee to pay with a credit card. If you provided a pre-purchase exam. If buyer wants their
all horses and consignors alike. pay by e-check, there is no fee. New bidders will own pre-purchase exam or additional x-rays of a
not be allowed to bid until they email a copy of
2. Sifting Process @ the Sale: your driver’s license, bank contact information, and horse, it’s their sole responsibility to get them done
• Arena work – Bridle, saddle, all 4-feet easily picked bank account number to info@mmauctionservices. before the sale at buyer’s expense. Each horse sold
up, ride off with tight cinch – no problem and lope com. We will then verify you are a customer in at Premier Horse Sales is guaranteed sound by the
away good standing. At this time, we will send you an consignor. All horses are sold sound that at the time
• Minor abrasions, cuts, or sores may be sifted “approval to bid” email. Please know that all online of inspection the horse was sound of limb, wind, and
unless it is likely to heal normally without bidders must be registered by noon the day before eye unless other announcements are made at the
veterinarian treatment and cause no long-term the sale. time of sale from the auction block. Each consignor
threat. • Phone Bidding & Absentee Bidding: will be totally responsible for guarantees they make
• Consignor understands that if their horse doesn’t Note that we do charge a 2% buyer’s premium for on their animals and guarantees will be made only
pass all stages of Premier Horse Sale’s sifting all phone and absentee bids. In order to bid, you from the auction block while the animal is being sold.
process, they will be pulled from the sale and will need to fi ll out our Phone/Absentee Bidding Absolutely no guarantee or warranty will be expressed
consignment fee is forfeited. If we decide they’re Form and provide us with your bank contact as well or implied by the auctioneers or ringmen. Effort has
out, they are OUT! Bring your BEST! as bank account number. Email all information to been made to insure correctness of the catalog and all
• Consignors are required to bring a pre-purchase info@mmauctionservices.com. Deadline for phone printed material. However, employees and auctioneers
exam. Pre-purchase exam we require consists of bidding registration is the day before the sale by will not assume responsibility for errors or
AP and Lateral radiographs of the navicular as well noon. omissions, but appreciate having them called to their
as an eye exam. Buyers understand that if they attention. Announcements in the ring take precedence
want additional x-rays of horses or a pre-purchase 5. Payment: over printed information. Pay close attention to
exam of their own, they will have those done ahead Payment in full must be made to MM Auction the announcements. This soundness guarantee is
of sale time at buyers’ expense. Services immediately after the sale by credit card, between buyer and seller and does not include any
cash or check. International purchases are payable other persons. Unless otherwise stated, all horses
3. Bidding: only by wire transfer and secured by an authorized will be sold sound until Monday following the sale by
New Bidders must provide a driver’s license, bank credit card for the full amount. (Card will be credited noon. If the horse is not considered sound by buyer,
contact information, and bank account number so we when the wire arrives within 1 business day.) A 4% the buyer has until Monday following the sale @ noon
can verify you are a customer in good standing and convenience fee will be charged if payments are to have Colby Gines inspect the horse. Colby Gines
to obtain a bidder number. If we are unable to verify made with a credit or debit card. By making payment will make the fi nal decision as to the soundness of the
by contacting your bank, you will need to provide with your card, you acknowledge that you waive the horse. If the horse is considered unsound, the buyer
us with a letter from your bank on their letterhead. right for a return of horse(s) purchased after the will be returned his purchase price less fees. If Colby
Bidders must be at least 21 years of age. The highest required date of Monday, October 5th, along with any Gines determines the horse not to have the alleged
bidder is the buyer. If any dispute arises between or and all refunds of monies paid, etc. in conjunction defect, the sale of said horse is valid and enforceable
among two or more bidders, sole authority to settle with any purchases at this sale/auction from MM and purchaser assumes all costs of examination,
the dispute as he sees fi t is reserved by the auctioneer Auction Services, LLC. MM Auction Services is a treatment, and sale purchase price. Soundness does
and the decisions shall be fi nal. Seller reserves the pass-through agency and does not hold funds for not include injury in the trailer ride home or while
right to waive the sale (bids) of his/her horse before guarantees, returns or refunds of monies paid on in the new owners care. In settling disputes, the
it leaves the ring. The auctioneer reserves the right to animals purchased at auction. There is no sales tax in decision by Colby Gines is fi nal. Soundness does not
reject any or all bids. The auctioneer completes sale Ohio on livestock. guarantee pass of a check by any vet following the
of a horse at the fall of the gavel. We reserve the right sale. We highly recommend you calling the consignor,
to refuse bidding to anyone. asking lots of questions, and going to ride and visit
the horse giving you confi dence you need to bid come
sale day. Make sure you do your homework and shop
the horses extensively. Pay for additional x-rays if you
feel you need them. Ask questions about disposition,
manners, attitudes, faults, riding ability comparisons,
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