Covering conditions
Breeding season 2024 - terms and conditions
These terms and conditions apply to the legal relationship between SbrConnect BV as contractor on the one hand and the owner and/or his representative of the mare to be inseminated, client on the other hand, with regard to a breeding agreement. The obligation to which the contractor is bound towards the client is an obligation of effort and therefore not an obligation of result.
Ordering and shipment
The semen of Ultimate Star vd Schelpenhoeve is primary available as frozen semen. Fresh semen on request.
Ordering your semen should be made via the semen booking form.
The order must be placed before 8:30 AM CET if delivery required the same day.
The order can be picked up or shipped.
We do only ship semen within Belgium.
Fees & Other charges
The stud fee is paid upon receipt of the invoice after the first insemination and applies for the entire season. A dose for the next heat can only be obtained once the purchase price has been paid.
If your mare is not in foal, semen from the stallion may be ordered the following year without a new deposit.
In this case a non-pregnancy statements from an officially recognized veterinarian must be in our possession before October 1, otherwise the gestation arrangement will lapse. Please note that it is the mare owner's duty to inform SbrConnect BV when the mare is not in foal.
Shipping costs or other cost related to the order (example health certificates) are the responsibility of the mare owner and will be charged to the mare owner.
The covering certificate will only be issued after payment of the full invoice.
When your mare is sold after the first or subsequent insemination, the client remains obliged to pay the stud fee at all times.
Our prices are including VAT.
We do not offer the possibility to stable your mare at stud.
Frozen semen
We do not sell loose straws, only pregnancies. Unused straws remain the property of the supplier SbrConnect bv at all times. In case of non-use, they must be returned at the end of the breeding season. The semen may not be passed on to third parties or used for unidentified mares. If the mare owner (keeper) makes unauthorised use of the frozen semen, this will be punished with a fine of €2500, in addition to the outstanding items.
Frozen semen may only be used for artificial insemination or ET. Use of semen for ICSI or other advanced reproductive technologies can only be performed under specific request and conditions.
Embryo Transplantation & ICSI
At first order indicate whether the semen ordered will be used for embryo transfer or for ICSI purposes. If no ET embryo(s)/ICSI where succesfull, semen can be ordered again for the mare. Stud fee is charged per successful embryo/ICSI, this also applies to frozen embryos and if several embryos are flushed from one insemination. The mare owner must provide SbrConnect bv with an overview of the number of successful embryo(s)/ICSI's per mare, drawn up and signed by an officially recognized veterinarian or ET center before 1 October.
Other
SbrConnect BV accepts no liability for damage, illness or injury to people, animals, means of transport or otherwise, other than through gross negligence and/or negligence. SbrConnect BV does not accept any liability for slow or (too) late delivery of the semen ordered.
The mare owner has a reporting obligation at all times. Should it appear that there are offspring for which no stud fee has been paid, SbrConnect BV has the right to charge the stud fee and, for each undeclared offspring, to be increased with an immediately due and payable fine of €2,500 per offspring that has not been reported or registered with SbrConnect BV.
Contractor
SbrConnect BV
Schelpenstraat 2
8930 Rekkem
BE0698798886