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Premier Horse Sale – Reno

Sale Terms & Conditions

Nomination & Grading Process - • The deposit and inspection of X-rays, and access to bids. You’ll need to create an account with our online
TOP HORSES ONLY SELL AT SALE the repository are subject to our Repository Terms & platform first. Once we have verified your accounts with
Conditions listed on our website. All buyers accept the your bank, we will send you an “approval to bid” email.
• Horses are nominated months in advance then scored
Repository terms and conditions when accepting these Watch for emails in your spam folder. If bidder refuses
using our rubric.
terms and bidding at sale. to pay their invoice in full, the same fees for loss of
• Nomination Rubric (Click to View) - the higher the
• Each buyer is encouraged to instruct their registered income and distress listed above will be applied to online
trainer & their horse score, the better their chances are
veterinarian to inspect the X-rays for each Lot and bidders as well.
of selling at our sale. Quality over quantity!
physically inspect each Lot prior to the purchase • Phone Bidders & Absentee Bidders: Serious buyers
• 12 scoring areas: Trainer Status, Ownership, Loyalty,
thereof. As provided in the Standard Conditions of only! There will be a 2% buyer’s premium fee applied to
Pedigree, Age, Photos, Description, Conformation,
Sale contained in the Sales Catalogue and on our all phone and absentee winning bids. To bid on more
Disposition, Body Condition, Bonus Points, &
website, each Lot purchased is purchased, at the fall than 4 horses, you are required to first pay $100 per
Performance/Riding Ability. +3 “Superior” is the score
of the hammer, with all defects and deficiencies, latent additional head to bid. This payment is non-refundable
to shoot for in each category.
and patent, subject to the exceptions set out in the said but will be applied to your final statement if you
• Our job is to ensure each horse is a good fit for our sale
Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale, or, announced purchase a horse. In order to bid, you will need to fill
and buyers as well as our sale is a good fit for all horses
prior to the auction of a Lot. The Buyer acknowledges out our phone/absentee bidding form to submit with a
and trainers alike.
that it is his sole responsibility to determine the quality, copy of your driver’s license. Our clerks will contact you
accuracy and completeness of the Pre-purchase Exam for a form of payment to have on file. New bidders need
Sifting Process @ the Sale and to obtain independent advice with respect thereto to provide us with their bank contact information, bank
• Arena work – Catch, saddle, all 4-feet easily picked up, from a registered veterinarian. account number, and copy of driver’s license. If bidder
bridle, ride off with tight cinch – no problem and lope refused to pay their invoice in full, the same fees for loss
away. Bidding of income and distress listed above will be applied to
• Minor abrasions, cuts, or sores may be sifted unless it is phone bidders as well.
Bidders have 4 options to bid: onsite, online, phone,
likely to heal normally without veterinarian treatment • Agent Bidders: Buyer and agent are required to fill out
or agent bidding. See our “Register to Bid” page to get
and cause no long-term threat. the Agent’s Authorization Form and include a copy of
registered for our next sale. All bidders must be at least
• Trainer understands that if their horse doesn’t pass all the agent and bidder’s driver’s license. Our clerks will
18 years of age. Online bidders nor any pre-bids will
stages of Premier Horse Sale’s sifting process, they will contact the buyer for a form of payment to have on file.
have precedence over floor bids. All bids are placed to the
be pulled from the sale and consignment fee is forfeited.
auctioneer and auctioneer accepts the ones he sees/hears
If we decide they’re out, they are OUT! Bring your first. Setting max bids online does not guarantee the bidder Payment
BEST!
winning for that amount over a floor bidder. To avoid this Payment in full is required to be made to MM Auction
happening, make sure your max is truly your max or bid live Services immediately after the sale. Onsite bidders can pay
Pre-purchase Soundness Exam & Images online or by phone past your max. by credit card, cash or check. A 3% convenience fee will
Trainers are required to provide a pre-purchase soundness The highest bidder is the buyer. If any dispute arises be charged if payments are made with a credit or debit
exam including images. X-rays required consist of AP between or among two or more bidders, sole authority to card (4% international). Online and phone bidders have
and Lateral radiographs of the navicular as well as settle the dispute as he sees fit is reserved by the auctioneer 2 payment choices only, credit card or ACH (e-check).
Skyline Navicular views and oblique views of the hocks and the decisions shall be final. Seller reserves the right to Make sure you plan accordingly and notify your bank of
(LateralMedial & MedialLateral). waive the sale (bids) of his/her horse before it leaves the the charges. Any returned e-check charges will be accessed
• Buyers understand that if they want additional images ring. The auctioneer reserves the right to reject any or all a $500 fee and required to wire the balance same day plus
of horses or a pre-purchase exam of their own, they will bids. The auctioneer completes sale of a horse at the fall of the $500 fee. Any credit card payments declined by the
have those done ahead of sale time at buyers’ expense. the gavel. We reserve the right to refuse bidding to anyone buyer’s bank for any reason will be assessed a $500 fee and
• All horses selling at Premier Horse Sales are required to any one can/will be asked to leave or banned from bidding required to wire the balance same day plus the $500 fee.
have a pre-purchase soundness exam done by a licensed if problems arise. International bidders have 2 payment options of credit/
veterinarian in order to sell. • International Bidders: Register onsite, online, or by debit card (4% convenience fee) or wire transfer only. By
• PPEs can be done as early as 4 months before sale phone. A letter from your bank is required to be an making payment, you acknowledge that you waive the
day but no sooner. Vets are required to upload PPE approved bidder. Email a letter on your banks letterhead right for a return of horse(s) along with any and all refunds
information to our website, repository page, as early as 1 stating you bank with them and all accounts are in good of monies paid etc. in conjunction with any purchases at
month before the sale but no later than 2 weeks prior to standing. Email to info@mmauctionservices.com. this sale/auction from MM Auction Services, LLC DBA
sale day. • Onsite Bidders: Register at the sale office anytime by Premier Horse Sales. MM Auction Services is a pass-
• Some trainers will include stifle x-rays as well as others bringing your driver’s license and credit card as a form through agency and does not hold funds for guarantees,
but it’s not required. If buyers want more than the of payment to have on file whether you plan to pay this returns or refunds of monies paid on animals purchased
required PPE and images, they are required to get it way or not. at auction. All current county and state sales tax rates will
done before the sale at their expense. • Online Bidders: Online Bidding is provided by be applied to all winning bids. In order to be tax exempt,
• X-rays are viewable on our website as early as 1 month our company, MM Auction Services, LLC. Go to appropriate forms will need to be filled out and to our
before sale day up to sale day and then the system Premieronlinesales.com and you can find it under office BEFORE sale day or exemption will not be granted.
automatically deletes them when the gavel drops. We current auctions at that link. Click on “Buyer Resources” All buyers agree to not place any kind of charge back on
do not keep x-rays past sale day, hence it’s called a pre- to get started or call with questions. There will be a any payment made towards the purchase of any horse.
purchase exam and not a post purchase exam. 1% online buyers fee applied to all online winning

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