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4.<br />
specified in 3.1 above, provided that:<br />
3.2.1 the existence of any such condition was not announced at the time of the<br />
sale of the horse concerned, and<br />
3.2.2 the purchaser produces, at his own experience, veterinary certificate<br />
certifying the existence at the time of the sale, of any such condition; and<br />
3.2.3 the purchaser satisfies MHB or its authorised nominee/s that the seller of<br />
such a horse knew or ought to have known of the existence of any such<br />
condition; and<br />
3.2.4 the purchaser has given written notice of his intention to cancel the sale to<br />
MHB within 14 days of the date of the sale of the horse concerned.<br />
3.2.5 the purchaser shall be obliged, at his own expense, to return the horse to<br />
the seller or to MHB, as directed by MHB.<br />
The purchaser shall be<br />
entitled to recover the expense he has incurred in returning the horse,<br />
directly from the seller.<br />
3.3 The provisions of 3.1 above shall apply, mutatis mutandis,<br />
to the sale of any horse<br />
which is one of the twins.<br />
3.4 If it is not disclosed prior to its sale that the horse is one of the twins the purchaser<br />
shall be entitled to cancel the sale; provided that the purchaser complies with the<br />
provisions of 3.2.4 and 3.2.5 above.<br />
3.5 A purchaser shall be entitled at his/her expense to have a veterinary<br />
surgeon perform the necessary examinations and should any horse be found to have any<br />
one of the following conditions; split palate, laryngeal hempplegia, laryngeal hemiparesis<br />
with incomplete abductor function, epiglottal entrapment, persistent dorsal displacement<br />
of the soft palate, arytenoid chondritis, subepiglottal cyst, soft palate cyst,<br />
rostral displacement of the palatopharyngeal arch, nasopharyngeal cicatrix, space<br />
occupying lesions or malformation which comprise the diameter of the upper respiratory<br />
tract; and this condition will materially influence the Horse’s further racing or breeding<br />
career, then the purchaser shall be entitled to cancel the sale provided the examination<br />
took place on the day of the sale.<br />
3.6 Notwithstanding the cancellation of a sale in terms of 3:<br />
3.6.1 the seller of such a horse shall nevertheless remain liable for the sales<br />
commission, as provided for in 13 below, as if the sale had not been<br />
cancelled;<br />
3.6.2 neither MHB nor the auctioneer shall be liable for any failure to disclose<br />
any of the conditions specified in 3.1 or 3.3 above, or for any damages<br />
suffered by a seller or a purchaser pursuant to such cancellation; and<br />
3.6.3 no purchaser shall be entitled to rely upon the provisions of 3 if he is in<br />
breach of any provisions of 10 below.<br />
SALE TO BE VOETSTOOTS<br />
4.1 Except as specifically provided for in the Conditions, the sale of all horses shall be<br />
“Voetstoots”<br />
4.2 If a seller, in respect of a particular horse, gives a special warranty which is<br />
inaccurate or misleading in any material respect, the purchaser's remedy, if any,<br />
shall lie against the seller and not against MHB or the auctioneer.<br />
4.3 By entering a horse for sale, a seller shall be deemed to have irrevocably<br />
authorised MHB to dispose of the horse concerned on behalf of the seller in terms<br />
of Conditions.