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The scare which has prompted the decision from race chairmen and their committees started last spring when the Virginia Point-to-Point Advisory Council asked Allen Olson, attorney and steeplechase enthusiast, to advise them on the use of liability releases.
"I told them releases in the case of adults were effective. A minor cannot sign a release, nor can a parent sign a release on behalf of a minor without prior court approval which would never be granted," Mr. Olson said.
"A release is, in a wav, a contract. It's an agreement that you will not file a claim. A minor can t give up anv legal rights. It's corollary to [the fact] a minor can't sign a binding contract. 1 don't know whether individual race committees had considered it before [the issue of releases], but it vcasn't an' issue until last year because they weren't using them."
Mr. Olson also advised race organizers that a minor has three years after his or her 18th birthday to enter a claim for something that happened while he or she was a minor.
After these warnings, a scare seems to have spread through race committees. Though several concerned individuals are trying to come up with solutions, some race committees are not going to consider pony races until they have that solution in their hands.
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