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T erms and Conditions
                                                 Terms and Conditions


        Sale Soundness Exam & Images:        any dispute arises between or among two or more bidders,   payable only by credit/debit card or wire transfer. A 3%
        Trainers are required to provide a sale exam including   sole authority to settle the dispute as he sees fit is reserved   convenience fee will be charged if payments are made
        images. X-rays required consist of AP and Lateral   by the auctioneer and the decisions shall be final. Seller   with a credit or debit card (4% international). No fee for
                                             reserves the right to waive the sale (bids) of his/her horse   paying with cash, check, or wire transfer. By providing MM
        radiographs of the navicular as well as Skyline Navicular
        views and oblique views of the hocks. Stallions selling as   before it leaves the ring. The auctioneer reserves the right   Auction Services your credit card information to process
        a breeding stallion are required to provide verification of   to reject any or all bids. The auctioneer completes sale of a   payments, you are agreeing that they can process the full
        fertility with a semen evaluation.   horse at the fall of the gavel. We reserve the right to refuse   payment due through the account information you provide
        •   Buyers understand that if they want additional   bidding to anyone. Anyone can/will be asked to leave or   them whether it’s done online, via phone, or face to face.
                                             banned from bidding if problems arise.   By making payment, you acknowledge that you waive the
            images of horses or a sale exam of their own, they
            will have those done ahead of sale time at buyers’   International Bidders: Register onsite, online, phone, or   right for a return of horse(s) along with any and all refunds
            expense.                           priority bid. A letter from your bank is required to be an   of monies paid, etc. in conjunction with any purchases at
        •   All horses selling at Premier Horse Sales are   approved bidder. Email a letter on your bank’s letterhead   this sale/auction from MM Auction Services, LLC. MM
            required to have a sale soundness exam done by a   stating you bank with them and all accounts are in good   Auction Services is a pass-through agency and does not
                                               standing. Email to info@mmauctionservices.com.   hold funds for guarantees, returns or refunds of monies
            licensed veterinarian in order to sell.
        •   Sale exams can be done as early as 6 months before   Onsite Bidders: Register at the sale office anytime by   paid on animals purchased at auction. All buyers agree to
            sale day but no sooner and will be posted on our   bringing your driver’s license and credit card as a form   not place any kind of charge back on any payment made
            website at least 1 month prior to sale day if not   of payment to have on file whether you plan to pay this   towards the purchase of a horse. All buyers agree to pay
            sooner.                            way or not.                        $100/day late fee for any reason their invoice is not paid
                                             Priority Bidders: NO buyer’s premium and for serious   directly following the sale same day or by wire transfer
        •   Some trainers will include extra x-rays as well,
            but it’s not required. If buyers want more than the   buyers only. This is for bidders that are planning on   Monday following the sale. Any buyers that ask to hold
            required sale exam & images, they are required to get   spending our last sale average amount or more. One of   checks for any reason, will be charged $100/day fee in order
            it done before the sale at their expense. An onsite vet   our bidding representatives will bid on your behalf. In   for us to do so.
            is provided at almost all sales to assist with requests   order to bid, you will need to fill out our priority bidding   Buyers Guarantee:
                                               form to submit with a copy of your driver’s license. Our
            the day before the sale.                                              Buyer’s guarantee to not request x-rays, vet exams, or any
        •   X-rays are viewable on our website as early as 3   clerks will contact you for a form of payment to have   images or content from any vet after purchasing a horse.
            months before sale day up to sale day and then the   on file. New bidders need to provide us with their bank   Bidders guarantee to get all exams and images needed from
            system automatically deletes them when the gavel   contact information, and last 4 digits of bank account   a vet prior to bidding or registering for this sale allowing
            drops. We do not keep x-rays past sale day.  number on the form.      them to have the confidence prior to the horse selling in
                                             Online Bidders: Online Bidding is provided by our
        •   The deposit and inspection of X-rays, and access to                   order to bid. Bidders guarantee that when they click to bid
            the repository are subject to our Repository Terms &   company, MM Auction Services, LLC. Go to   online or say “yes” by phone bidding, they will pay the fees
            Conditions listed on our website. All buyers accept   Premieronlinesales.com and you can find it under   listed below even if they determine they “didn’t mean” to
            the Repository terms and conditions when accepting   current auctions at that link. Click on “Buyer Resources”   bid or call it an accident. If you click to bid online, you are
            these terms and bidding at sale.   to get started or call with questions. There will be a   entering a legal binding contract. It doesn’t matter whether
                                               1% online buyers fee applied to all online winning
        •   Each buyer is encouraged to instruct their registered                 you bid accidentally or someone else bids for you under
            veterinarian to inspect the X-rays for each Lot and   bids. You’ll need to create an account with our online   your account. Same goes for phone or priority bidding. We
            physically inspect each Lot prior to the purchase   platform first. Once we have verified your accounts with   call the number you provide and the person on the other
            thereof. As provided in the Standard Conditions of   your bank, we will send you an “approval to bid” email.   end is the bidder and has final say. Bidding and winning
            Sale contained in the Sales Catalogue and on our   Watch for emails in your spam folder.   but not paying for the horse will result in fees due for loss
                                             Phone Bidders & Absentee Bidders: Serious buyers only!
            website, each Lot purchased is purchased, at the                      of income to both the seller and MM Auction Services,
            fall of the hammer, with all defects and deficiencies,   There will be a 2% buyer’s premium fee applied to all   LLC.
            latent and patent, subject to the exceptions set out in   phone and absentee winning bids. To bid on more than   •   10% of the determined sale price to MM Auction
            the said Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale or   4 horses, you are required to first pay $100 per additional   Services for loss of income
            announced prior to the auction of a Lot. The Buyer   head to bid. This payment is non-refundable but will be   •   $750 nomination fee to the seller for loss of income
                                               applied to your final statement if you purchase a horse.
            acknowledges that it is his sole responsibility to                    •   $1,000 advertising fees to the seller for loss of
            determine the quality, accuracy and completeness of   In order to bid, you will need to fill out our phone/  income & distress
            the sale exam and to obtain independent advice with   absentee bidding form to submit with a copy of your   •   $10,000 training fees to the seller for loss of income
            respect thereto from a registered veterinarian.  driver’s license. Our clerks will contact you for a form of   & distress
        Bidding:                               payment to have on file. New bidders need to provide us   •   $3,500 travel fees to the seller for loss of income &
                                               with their bank contact information, and last 4 digits of
        Bidders have 5 options to bid: onsite, online, phone,                        distress
                                               bank account number on the form.
        priority, or agent bidding. See our “Register to Bid” page on             •   Plus the final sale price of the horse and all fees
                                             Agent Bidders: These bidders are in person at the sale.
        our website to get registered for our next sale. All bidders
                                               Buyer and agent are required to fill out the Agent’s
        are required to be at least 18 years of age. Online bidders               Absolutely no private sales with trainers either prior to the
                                               Authorization Form and include a copy of the agent and
        nor any pre-bids will not have precedence over floor bids.                sale or after the auction. Trainers have given MM Auction
                                               bidder’s driver’s license. Our clerks will contact the buyer
        All bids are placed to the auctioneer and auctioneer accepts              Services, LLC Exclusive Rights for selling the consigned
                                               for a form of payment to have on file.
        the ones he sees/hears first. Setting max bids online does   Payment:     horses. All horses brought to the sale are required to go
        not guarantee the bidder winning for that amount over a                   through the auction ring. Any horses “no sold” in the ring
        floor bidder. To help avoid this happening, make sure your   Payment in full is required to be made to MM Auction   but sold outside are expected to report it to the office.
                                             Services immediately after the sale by credit card, cash,   We will leave it up to the integrity of the seller to make
        max is truly your max. The highest bidder is the buyer. If
                                             check, or wire transfer. International purchases are   sure this happens and we know that buyers only want to
                                                                                  purchase from reputable people!
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