Live cover
Natural cover at the stud. The mare's stay and care at the station, safety at covering, another cover if she doesn't settle, and a live foal guarantee where the stud offers one.
Breeding contracts
Breeding deals, on paper — enforceable.
Hoofine breeding contracts are drawn up and signed on the platform. The contract sets out the stud fee and the milestones it depends on — collection, shipment, confirmed in foal, live foal. The fee is paid to the stallion owner as the contract says.
Contract templates
Cooled semen
Fresh semen shipped on call. Dose quality, dispatch and container return, who carries collection and insemination costs, and another shipment if the mare doesn't conceive.
Frozen semen
Doses sold by count. Motility and concentration per dose, storage and container deposit, and a further dose if the mare doesn't conceive.
ICSI
Oocyte aspiration and fertilisation in the lab. Lab fees, ownership of oocytes, embryos and surplus frozen embryos, and a further cycle if the first fails.
Embryo transfer
A recipient mare carries the foal. Names the transfer station and the recipient mare and settles who owns the embryo and the foal, so the mare owner keeps their own foal.
Bill of sale
A horse sold through Hoofine. The price is the agreed purchase price; seller disclosures, pre-purchase examination, transfer of title and risk, and hand-over of the papers with the horse.
What every contract covers
Parties, animals and season
Both owners and both horses are named as the records hold them — registration, studbook and UELN or microchip — together with the breeding season.
Stud fee and booking fee
The fees are the ones the stud declared on Hoofine. Neither side can type a different figure into the contract.
Health certificates and vet costs
What the mare must show before breeding — including CEM and EVA testing where it applies — and which veterinary costs each side bears.
Shipping, storage and containers
For cooled and frozen semen: dispatch on call, container deposit and return, storage, and what happens when a shipment fails to arrive.
Re-breed and live foal guarantee
Another cover, shipment, dose or cycle when the mare doesn't conceive, and a live foal guarantee where the stud offers one, with its conditions spelled out.
Papers, registration and ownership
Covering certificate, breeder's certificate and studbook registration, and — for ICSI and embryo transfer — who owns the oocytes, the embryo and the foal.
From booking to payment
- 01 · Draft
The contract follows the booking's method — live cover, cooled, frozen, ICSI or embryo transfer — and the animals, the parties and the fees are filled in from the records. Each side completes only the terms it can state.
- 02 · Sign
Both parties sign electronically on Hoofine after identity verification. Name, time and consent are recorded with each signature, and the document stays on the booking.
- 03 · Stud fee
Once the contract is signed, the mare owner pays the agreed stud fee to the stallion owner, who confirms receipt on the booking.
- 04 · Payment
The contract sets out the milestones — booking fee, collection, shipment, confirmed in foal, live foal at 45 days — and what happens if the booking is cancelled. They are recorded on the booking as they happen.
The full texts, for verified members.
Every contract Hoofine uses is drafted and reviewed by lawyers. The complete texts are shown to verified members only — sign in and verify your identity once, and you can read each one in full before you book or buy.
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