Equine Transactional

Stoll Keenon Ogden has been providing worldwide equine law services for more than 75 years in all facets of this unique field.

Administrative Law
The firm represents Keeneland and other race tracks, as well as owners, trainers and other equine participants before administrative tribunals. The firm has also served as counsel to a racing commission. The proceedings involve allocation of racing dates, license approvals and suspensions and general matters.

Commercial
The equine industry presents unique challenges for the legal practitioner involving in depth knowledge of the customs and usages of the industry. Stoll Keenon Ogden has been a pioneer in the development of contracts for the purchase and sale of horses.

Financing
Stoll Keenon Ogden assisted its clients in developing the framework for commercial financing in the equine business. The firm’s attorneys have been at the forefront in developing multi-currency and Eurodollar credit facilities secured by stallions, mares, racehorses, foals, and even stallion seasons.

Industry Organizations
Stoll Keenon Ogden has long represented the major industry organizations including The Jockey Club, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, Breeders’ Cup Limited and National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Inc. Through the involvement with these leading industry organizations, the attorneys at Stoll Keenon Ogden stay up to date with cutting edge developments in the industry.

Intellectual Property
Stoll Keenon Ogden provides intellectual property services to race tracks, industry organizations and horse owners throughout the United States.

International Transactions
Stoll Keenon Ogden represents major racing and breeding entities throughout the world. Clients come from Dubai, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Japan and New Zealand. The firm also represents United States companies participating in the highly sophisticated international equine marketplace.

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Proceedings
When conflicts do arise among participants in the industry, Stoll Keenon Ogden has professionals fully versed in all aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution. In the public auction arena, conditions of sale frequently require the use of mediation. Firm attorneys have been at the forefront of major equine litigation as well as collection matters involving familiarity with the arcane rules applicable to agisters’ liens and stud fee liens.

Syndications
Whether your idea of a “syndication” is a traditional stallion syndication, a dual hemisphere stallion syndication, a racing partnership or a breeding partnership, Stoll Keenon Ogden attorneys have the knowledge to meet your needs. The experience of the attorneys at the firm extends beyond the primary Thoroughbred business to include other breeds such as Quarter-horses, Standardbreds and cold blooded breeds.

Taxation
Clients are advised in the structuring of business operations for the purpose of minimizing taxes, including income, sales and use and transfer taxes, as well as VAT and GST. Non-resident clients are also represented in the structure of operations in the United States, repatriation of earnings and the inter-workings of double taxation treaties. Clients have been successfully represented in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service involving application of the “hobby loss” and “passive activity loss” rules. One attorney in the firm serves as a member of the Tax Advisory Board to the American Horse Council.