Section 2. Immunity.
(a) Assumption of risk.--As to those within the scope of this act, liability for negligence shall only be barred where the doctrine of knowing voluntary assumption of risk is proven with respect to damages due to injuries or death to an adult participant resulting from equine activities.
(b) Equine activities.--For the purposes of this act, immunity shall apply where an equine is utilized in the following manner:
(1) Equine training, teaching, riding instruction,
shows, fairs, parades, competitions or performances which
involve breeds of equine participating in an activity. This
paragraph shall include, but not be limited to, dressage,
hunter and jumper shows, Grand Prix jumping, three-day
eventing, combined training, rodeos, reining, cutting, team
penning and sorting, driving, pulling, barrel racing,
steeplechasing, English and Western performance riding and
endurance and nonendurance trail riding. This paragraph shall
also include Western games, gymkhana, hunting, packing,
therapeutic riding and driving and recreational riding.
(2) Equine or rider and driver training, teaching,
instruction or evaluation. This paragraph includes clinics,
seminars and demonstrations.
(3) Boarding equines, including normal daily care.
(4) Breeding equines, whether by live cover or
artificial insemination.
(5) Inspecting, riding or evaluating an equine belonging
to another by a purchaser or agent, whether or not the owner
of the equine has received anything of value for the use of
the equine or is permitting a prospective purchaser or a
purchaser's agent to ride, drive, inspect or evaluate the
equine.
(6) Recreational rides or drives which involve riding or
other activity involving the use of an equine.
(7) Placing, removing or replacing of horseshoes or the
trimming of an equine's hooves.
(8) Leading, handling or grooming of an equine.