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California appellate courts recognize that horseback<br />
riding is a dangerous sporting activity. The courts<br />
routinely confirm that an obvious risk of horseback<br />
riding is a rider falling off the horse. In California a<br />
party may be relieved of liability to an injured party<br />
where there is an express assumption of risk. (This<br />
legal doctrine was recently discussed in great detail in<br />
the equine fact case Eriksson v. Nunnink (20 I 5) 233<br />
Cal.App.4th 708.) In effect, an express assumption of<br />
risk negates a duty of care by the other party. In other<br />
words, if a trainer or an owner of a horse obtains a<br />
proper written waiver from a rider (and in the absence<br />
of gross negligence or recklessness by the trainer or<br />
owner) the law will find that no duty of care existed<br />
between the owner or trainer and the injured rider.
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