The Complete Equine Legal & Business Handbook
Legal Insights and Practical Tips for a Successful Horse Business
Milton C. Toby

Pub Date: June 2007.

• Can a boarding farm owner sell a boarder’s horse to satisfy a delinquent bill?
• Are corporations or partnerships more suitable to certain kinds of equine businesses?
  
• Will posting signs regarding potential hazards reduce a farm owner’s liability in the event of an injury?
  
• Does the IRS view horse ownership as a hobby or business?

These questions and more are answered in The Complete Equine Legal & Business Handbook, an essential guide for anyone in the horse business. Attorney Milton C. Toby looks at contract and liability issues that affect horse owners and horse business owners as well as depreciation and deduction considerations, employer-employee relations, and more.

About the Author:

Milton C. Toby, J.D., practices law and mediation in Georgetown, Kentucky, near Lexington. In addition to his law practice, Toby teaches equine law at Midway College in Midway, Kentucky, and at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington. He also is developing an online equine law and taxation course for Midway College.

Toby has enjoyed a lifelong involvement with horses. He exhibited American Saddlebreds in shows and competed in hunter, combined training, and dressage events. He served as a steward for the American Horse Shows Association (now United States Equestrian Federation) and as a director of the Kentucky Horse Council. He also has worked as a journalist and photographer.

In addition to The Complete Equine Business & Legal Handbook, Toby is the author of Understanding Equine Law and Understanding Equine Business Basics (co-written with former law partner, Karen Perch); Ruffian in the Thoroughbred Legends series; and Col. Sager, Practitioner, which recounts the experiences of the late Col. Floyd Sager, one of the country’s most prominent equine veterinarians.

Toby lives in Georgetown, Kentucky.

"The handbook's writing is clear and concise while presenting the reader with the technical points."
--Chronicle of the Horse

Softcover
6 x 9
272 pages
Product #B11-1120
List Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58150-157-5