1. Introduction: Active Interest Media (d/b/a DiscoverHorses.com)
(“Sponsor”) is offering the 2011 DiscoverHorses.com Mountain Top Inn
Riding Vacation Sweepstakes Online (“Sweepstakes”). NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A
PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
2. Eligibility: Entrant must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of
Friday, April 15, 2011, and a resident of the fifty (50) United States and the
District of Columbia. Employees of Sponsor, the Sponsor’s parents,
subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and agents and the immediate family
(defined as parents, spouse, children, siblings, grandparents) of each such
employees, and all those with whom such employees are domiciled, are NOT
eligible.
3. Timing: Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 a.m. E.T. on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. E.T. on Monday, August 15, 2011.
4. How to Enter: Visit www.DiscoverHorses.com and fill in required entry information. Individuals may
enter this Sweepstakes more than once, but multiple entries do not improve odds
of winning.
5. Drawing: This Sweepstakes will have one (1) drawing and one (1)
winner. The entrant selected as potential winner must comply with all terms and
conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all such requirements. Potential winner will be selected in a random
drawing from all entries received on or before the entry deadline. The drawing
will be conducted on or about Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Sponsor, whose
decision is final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Odds
of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. The
potential winner will be notified by email or phone on or about Friday, August
19, 2011. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after
the first attempt to contact such potential winner, an alternate entrant will
be selected in his or her place at random from all entries received.
6. Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize winner will win a 4-day/3-night trip to
the Mountain Top Inn. Package includes: 3 nights in a luxury room double occupancy
(includes room tax and resort fee) (Weekday package ? arrival either on Sunday,
Monday or Tuesday; July & August package will include lessons; June,
September & October lessons are not available so trail riding will be substituted);
One 3 course dinner for two (includes tax); Breakfast each morning; Two 2-hour
trail rides per person; One 3-hour trail ride per person (includes a stop for
picnic lunch); One lesson per person. Trip must be taken between September 1,
2011, and August 31, 2012. All additional expenses incurred by the grand
prize winner and guest, including additional travel expenses, additional meals,
optional travel insurance, alcoholic beverages, incidentals, personal expenses,
service charges, gratuities and taxes (if any) are the responsibility of the
winner.
Total Approximate Retail Value of
Prize: $2,700. Prize is nontransferable and must
be accepted as awarded. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by
Sponsor in the event that the prize cannot be awarded for any reason, in which
case, Sponsor will award a prize of equal or greater value. All taxes, fees and
surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of winner.
7. Other Terms and Conditions: Potential winner will be required to sign and return an
Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity
Release, within seven (7) days of notification, failing which the potential
winner will be disqualified and another winner selected in the place of the
disqualified person at random from all entries received. If any prize or prize
notification is returned as non-deliverable, the potential winner will be
disqualified and another potential winner will be selected in the original
potential winner’s place. By accepting the prize, the winner agrees that the
Sponsor and those acting under the Sponsor’s authority, may use winner’s name,
picture/portrait likeness and/or voice, for advertising and promotional
purposes without further consideration, unless prohibited by law. BY ACCEPTING
THE PRIZE, THE WINNER AGREES THAT THE SPONSOR, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES,
ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION AGENCIES, AND ALL OF THE SPONSOR’S OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY
WHATSOEVER FOR, AND WILL BE HELD HARMLESS BY WINNER FOR ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY
INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND TO PERSONS, INCLUDING DEATH, AND PROPERTY,
DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE ACCEPTANCE,
POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZE OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR
PARTICIPATION IN ANY SWEEPSTAKES OR PRIZE RELATED ACTIVITY. Subject to all
federal, state and local laws. Void where prohibited.
8. Miscellaneous: All entries become the sole property of Sponsor and none
will be returned. In the event of a dispute, entries made by Internet will be
deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at
the time of entry. The “authorized account holder” is deemed the
natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access
provider, service provider or other online organization that is responsible for
assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email
address. A potential winner may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that
the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address
associated with the winning entry. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not
capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus,
bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, human
error or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor that corrupt or affect
the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the
Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify
any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any
error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or
transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized
access to, or alteration of, entries. The Sponsor is not responsible for any
problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer
online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of
any email or entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems
or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, any combination
thereof, or otherwise, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other
person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any
materials in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost,
illegible, incomplete, stolen, or misdirected entries. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY
AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE
OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND
SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM
ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
9. Use of Information: The collection and use of entrant information will be
governed by Sponsor’s online privacy policy, available for viewing at http://www.discoverhorses.com/privacy-policy.html.
10. Winner’s List: The winner’s name will be available at www.DiscoverHorses.com after August 29, 2011, or by sending a stamped
self-addressed envelope to 2011 DiscoverHorses.com Mountain Top Inn
Riding Vacation Sweepstakes, Equine Network, 22601 N 19th Avenue, Suite 208, Phoenix, AZ 85027.
11. Prize Providers: Equitrekking, Mountain Top Inn & Resort
12. Sponsor: The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Active Interest Media,
300 Continental Blvd, Suite 650 El Segundo, CA 90245.
