Terms of Use

Your continued use of the Harness Market website constitutes your acceptance of the terms of this notice. If you object to any of these conditions, you should cease use of the Harness Market website. You access and browse the Harness Market website at your own risk. Harness Market is solely an information provider - not a sales agent. As such, Harness Market accepts no responsibility for the safe delivery of horses or services advertised on this website.


Disclaimer
The Harness Market website provides classified-style listings of standardbred horses for sale and/or lease. The Harness Market website also provides a services directory for harness racing industry participants.

Though Harness Market takes all reasonable measures to ensure the information on the Harness Market website is correct, no warranty is made as to the accuracy or reliability of the information on this website.

Information on the Harness Market website should not be regarded as a substitute for professional legal, financial or standardbred sales advice.

Harness Market excludes all actions arising from any information submitted - or not submitted as the case may be - by advertisers or other contributors.

Harness Market makes no guarantees or representations regarding the accuracy, reliability or suitability of any text or images submitted to the Harness Market website, nor endorses any opinions expressed by advertisers on this website.

Users of the Harness Market website are encouraged to employ their own due diligence when determining the suitability of information submitted to the Harness Market website.

Harness Market excludes all actions from any computer virus downloaded as a result of visiting the Harness Market website, its links or advertisers.


Appropriate credit
It is solely the responsibility of the advertiser to ensure any copyrighted information uploaded for advertising or promotional purposes is appropriately credited and approved. Harness Market is not responsible for crediting material supplied by the user.


Copyright
The subject matter on and accessible from the Harness Market website is copyright and, as such, material downloaded from the Harness Market website is only for private, non-commercial use. Except for fair use under the relevant copyright acts, material on the Harness Market website may not be used, reproduced, modified, published or licensed without the express permission of Harness Market.


Indemnity
The user at all times indemnifies Harness Market and its employees and agents from and against any loss (including legal costs and expenses) or liability arising from any claim, action or proceeding where such loss or liability was a result of, in connection with, use of the Harness Market website, including copyright breach and infringements of trademark.

Advertisers on the Harness Market website who upload images and/or photographs for promotional purposes with their listing warrant that permission has been granted from the appropriate parties, such as the copyright owner and subject. The advertiser also indemnifies Harness Market, its employees and agents from any claim, action or proceeding arising from the use of those images and/or photographs.

Advertisers on the Harness Market website who upload digital video files, including those of relevant race replays, for promotional purposes with their listing warrant that permission has been granted from the appropriate parties, such as the copyright owner, racetrack, publisher or video supplier. The advertiser also indemnifies Harness Market, its employees and agents from any claim, action or proceeding arising from the use of those digital video files.

Advertisers on the Harness Market website who provide third-party links to additional listing information, such as detailed race performance and/or breeding data, for promotional purposes with their listing warrant that permission has been granted from the appropriate parties, such as the copyright owner, publisher or third-party website owner/administrator. The advertiser also indemnifies Harness Market, its employees and agents from any claim, action or proceeding arising from the submission and use of those third-party links.

Advertisers on the Harness Market website who provide extended horse pedigree information, such as those used by commercial sales companies, for promotional purposes with their listing warrant that permission has been granted from the appropriate parties, such as the copyright owner, publisher or sales company. The advertiser also indemnifies Harness Market, its employees and agents from any claim, action or proceeding arising from the submission and use of that extended horse pedigree information.

The user at all times indemnifies Harness Market, its employees and agents from any claim, action or proceeding arising from the unauthorised use in listings of work by photographers, pedigree compilers and others without due credit. It is solely the responsibility of the advertiser to ensure any copyrighted information uploaded for advertising or promotional purposes is appropriately credited and approved.


Registration and listings
To place a horse or services listing on the Harness Market website, a user must first complete a simple registration form. This is a one-off registration. It is then the user’s responsibility to accurately complete the listing template and provide the appropriate payment for the listing(s), as detailed in Harness Market’s list of fees.

When completing the advertising template, the user must not provide false, misleading or deceptive information or infringe any relevant intellectual property rights.

Harness Market reserves the right to modify or remove any listings that are deemed to be inaccurate, offensive, obscene or defamatory in nature or unsuitable for viewing by minors. If Harness Market deems a listing to be inappropriate, inaccurate or misleading, any payments – or part thereof - will be refunded solely at the discretion of Harness Market.


Third-party links
Harness Market accepts no responsibility for the content, credibility or reliability of any third-party sites linked to the Harness Market website. This includes third-party websites promoted via banner advertising. Also, Harness Market is not responsible for any loss or damage incurred as a result of communication with a third-party website.


Payment policy
All listing fees and banner-advertising fees quoted by Harness Market include relevant local taxes.
Refunds will be issued on a case-by-case basis and will be solely at the discretion of Harness Market.


Privacy  policy
These Terms of Use should be viewed in conjunction with Harness Market’s Internet Privacy Policy.

Downtime
While Harness Market takes all reasonable and possible measures to ensure the Harness Market website is accessible, it takes no responsibility for any downtime caused by issues such as server problems, website or server maintenance, or upgrades. Harness Market is not liable to offer any refunds to advertisers for such downtime.


Questions about Harness Market's Term of Use
If you have any queries or problems with Harness Market’s Terms and Conditions, please contact us.


These conditions constitute the Terms of Use, and Terms and Conditions of Harness Market and the Harness Market website and serve as a complete agreement between Harness Market and the user.