Equestes introduces: several standards: Veterinary Examination Form, Expert Panel and Statement by Seller

Equestes is an institute that combines knowledge and experience in the international interfaces of the veterinary and legal equestrian sports world.

The Equestes Expert Panel aims to act as a professional binding consultant/adviser. The Equestes Expert Panel may also be appointed as an expert at the request of courts, mediators and arbitration institutes. Equestes wants to emphasize that it will only act as an advisory party or expert with approval of all parties involved.

Equestes Brochures

The Equestes Brochure is now officially come into effect. This brochure contains information about Equestes in general and about  the most important documents like the Equestes Statement by Seller and the Equestes Veterinary Examination Form. This Brochure is now available digital. 

EQUESTES BROCHURE & EQUESTES VETERINARY EXAMINATION FORM

For further information: info@equestes.com

Equestes to WEF in Wellington

On Thursday February 16th 2012 the Equestes documents will be presented to the American equine public through a presentation at the Wellington Winter Festival. The presentation will be given together with Erik Bergman from de Lingehoeve at Lienden (International veterinarian and expert in the field of equine locomotor pathalogy and reproduction). Topic: Do's and Don'ts of doing Equine Business in Europe!

Equestes Expert Panel

The Expert Panel consists of attorneys and veterinarians who possess extensive experience in their professional fields with respect to international equestrian sports.

Visit www.equestes.com for the current composition of the Expert Panel, the CV's of the panel members and the terms and conditions under which Equestes expert opinions and binding opinions are provided. 

Expert panel

Horse International: Equestes Veterinary Examination

As you may have read in our previous article, Equestes has developed an international inspection protocol in cooperation with several veterinarians from different countries around the world. In this article and the next, the vet check report will be explained in greater detail.

The examination starts with a detailed identification of the horse followed by a full clinical inspection protocol, which may include observation of the horse during exercise.
In this article, the various radiographic images will be discussed in more detail: what are the points of attention and what are the most common abnormalities? ...

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Horse International: 'Transparency in the (inter)national horse trade'

Transactions in the national and international horse trade can involve very large sums of money.

A contract of sale is often created after several parties have first become involved in the transaction, particularly when it concerns the higher segment. In these cases, the seller only rarely comes into direct contact with the ultimate buyer. Usually, there are several brokers or agents involved in the deal, and the seller does not even know the exact price his or her horse was ultimately sold for, and how much was skimmed off along the way. This is usually only revealed if problems arise after the sale and these problems have to be solved, whether or not this involves attorneys or legal proceedings. ...

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