Terms

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame website currently located at www.horseracinghof.com (the “Website”). This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you of the terms on which you may make use of the Website (the “Terms”). Please read these Terms carefully before you start to use the site.

By accessing the Website you confirm that you are an individual of at least 18 years of age, or, if under 18, that you are accessing the Website with full parental/guardian consent. In making use of the Website you accept and agree to abide by any and all of the Terms governing use of the Website.

If for any reason you cannot accept these Terms then you must leave britishchampionsseries.com immediately.

No charge is made by us for your use of the Website. However, you should be aware that local telephone call charges, at rates as publicised by your telephone operator, may apply.

We will treat your personal information with care, and comply with all applicable data protection legislation currently in force. If you have registered to use the website or you visit the website, then you agree that British Champions Series Limited may use any personal information provided by you on this form in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms and Conditions.

For clarity, in the Terms, “we”, “our” and “us” means British Champions Series Limited and “you” and “your” means any natural or legal person who uses the Website and each entity on whose behalf the user acts. “content/material” refers to any text, image or anything found on the Website.

Use and continued use of this website, www.horseracinghof.com will create a legally binding contract between British Champions Series Limited and you – the user.

USER CONDUCT

Accessing the site
Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on the Website without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users who have not registered with us.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access to the Website through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

Using the Site
You agree to abide by all applicable laws, regulations and codes of conduct (including self regulatory) and you agree to be solely responsible for all things arising from your use of the Website. You agree not to:

  • modify, access or make available data stored on a computer or device which you have accessed through our network, when either the owner of the data, computer or device has taken steps to prevent you from doing this or the owner has expressed a wish that you do not do this;
  • make available or upload files that contain software or other material, data or information not owned by or licensed to you or collect information about others (e.g. names/addresses) without their prior consent;
  • damage, interfere with or disrupt access to the Website or do anything which may interrupt or impair its functionality;
  • save as authorised in these Terms or as agreed in writing between you and us, make any commercial or business use of the Website or resell or commercially benefit from any part or aspect of the Website;
  • publish, post, distribute, disseminate or otherwise transmit, defamatory, offensive, infringing, obscene, indecent, evidence of excessive alcohol intake on the racecourse, drug related content or other unlawful or objectionable material or information or bring Racing Enterprise Limited, its associated partners, or racing in general into disrepute;
  • threaten, harass, stalk, abuse, disrupt, or otherwise violate the rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of, others;
  • make available, upload or distribute by any means any material or files that contain any viruses, bugs, corrupt data, “trojan horses”, “worms” or any other harmful software;
  • falsify the true ownership of software or other material or information contained in a file made available via our Website; and obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorised access, through whatever means, to the Website, other services or computer systems or areas of our, or any of our partners’, networks which are identified as restricted.

We retain the absolute right to disconnect you from the Website, without prejudice to any of our accrued rights, where we in our sole discretion consider you are contravening these Terms.

We may monitor communications on the Website, but are under no obligation to do so. As stated above, you must not post any material onto the Website which is defamatory, obscene or blasphemous, which infringes third party rights or which could in any other way give rise to criminal or civil liability in any jurisdiction. We shall have no liability for any such material. We may in our absolute discretion remove any material if in our view it falls or might fall within the foregoing categories or is otherwise inappropriate. We are licensed to use any material you send to the Website or to us as set out below.

Website Content
The Website is controlled and operated from England and we make no representations that the materials and products described on the Website are appropriate or available in other locations or jurisdictions. You shall not use the Website in breach of any laws or regulations of any national, local, state or federal governments or agencies in any country or jurisdiction in which the content can be viewed or retrieved, or in breach of any international treaties or conventions or any community standards.

You may upload material to the Website, however, we do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any material uploaded.

Any material uploaded to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-propriety and we reserve the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to the Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or their right to privacy.

You retain ownership rights in the material you upload but you grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free, transferable, perpetual licence/s (with the right to sub-license) to use and reproduce your material in any of our other publications, websites or promotional material.

You represent and warrant to us that you have all the necessary licences, rights, permissions and consents required in order to upload the material to the Website.

You understand that you have the sole responsibility for the material you upload or post and we do not endorse any material or opinion, recommendation, advice expressed therein and we expressly disclaim any and all liability in the material uploaded or posted by you.

All material on this Website is owned by or licensed to us, and all trade marks and other intellectual property rights in and relating to the Website are owned by us or the licensor unless otherwise specified. Subject to the paragraph below, the contents of this Website (including without limitation text, video, audio, audio-visual material and graphics) may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means without our prior written consent.

If you would like to apply for permission to distribute or reproduce any part of the content of the Website other than as permitted in these Terms please contact us using the ‘Contact Us’ page of the Website.

You may print or download the visible text of an individual page for private and personal non-commercial use only, but you may not make more than one copy of such text electronically or otherwise.

We reserve the right (but have no obligation to do so) to decide whether the material uploaded complies with these Terms and may remove such material which is in our sole discretion in violation of these Terms and without prior notice.

Liabilities (Exclusion and Limitation)
You agree that we have no control over third party content and information which can be accessed using the Website and that we do not examine or edit the use to which you or others put the Website or the nature of the content or information being accessed and that we are excluded from all liability of any kind arising from such content or information.

We accept no responsibility for the content of any “third party” material, including ensuring compliance with any applicable legislation.

The website and the materials on the website are provided “as is” without any representation or endorsement and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to warranties relating to satisfactory quality, non-infringement of intellectual property, compatibility, security and accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose.

We do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics or links or other items contained in this website and may change any of the information at any time without notice. Neither we, nor any of our directors, employees or representatives shall be liable for any damages arising out of, or in connection with, the use of the Website.

This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind suffered or incurred by that party arising out of or in connection with the provisions of any matter under these Terms, including, but not limited to compensatory, direct, special or indirect losses, loss of goodwill or reputation or economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, data, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings), property and claims of third parties. The user accepts the inherent risk of using the Internet, for example, in relation to security and timeliness of communications, due to the very nature of the Internet. Any limitation or exclusion of liability set out in these Terms applies to the fullest extent permissible by applicable law and does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

We make no guarantee that functionality of this site will be uninterrupted or error free, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. While we will take all reasonable steps to ensure a fast and reliable service, we will not be held responsible for the security of the Website, for any disruption to the Website (however caused), for any loss or corruption of material in transit and for any loss or corruption of material when downloaded from the Website onto any computer system. We do not warrant that your use of the Website or material downloaded from it will not cause computer virus infection or other damage to property.

The limitations in this clause do not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by law.

Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us, and any of our officers, employees and agents harmless from and against all and any losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses of any character incurred or suffered and any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened, in each case arising from your use of, or conduct on, the Website and/or any breach of these Terms.

Links and Third Parties
The Website may also contain links to other websites which are not under our control and are not maintained by us. We are not responsible or liable in any way for such websites and cannot vouch for the suitability or accuracy of the content of those websites. We provide these links for your convenience only but do not monitor or endorse the material on such other websites and you link to them at your own risk. We are not responsible for any website to which such a link may be provided, or for the privacy policies or other practices of such websites. We encourage users to be aware when they are leaving this website and to read any applicable terms, conditions or privacy statements on such sites. Your dealings with any third parties including but not limited to merchants through the Website and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations of such third parties, are solely between you and the relevant third party and we are not liable in any way for, and you agree to indemnify us in the manner referred to in these Terms in relation to such dealings.

Termination
In addition to where set out in these Terms, we may terminate the Website, or restrict your access to it, refuse to correspond with you, and/or remove your details from our database without prejudice to any other accrued rights, without prior notice to you where (by way of example and without limitation):

  • there is a regulatory or statutory change limiting our ability to provide the Website;
  • any event beyond our reasonable control prevents us from continuing the Website (for example, and without limitation, technical difficulties, capacity problems and communications failures); or we consider in our sole discretion that you are abusing the Website or are otherwise acting in breach of these Terms.

Betting Information
The betting sections of this web site are for information purposes only. In order to place a bet in the United Kingdom you must be at least 18.

Promotions
We may from time to time provide competitions and other promotions. Details of the terms and conditions relating to these promotions will be available on the applicable promotion’s page.

Rules and Regulations
Within the site you may find other rules or terms relating to specific material that may conflict or contradict these Terms and Conditions (for example specific conditions in relation to certain promotions). In the event there is such conflict then the rules or terms relating to such material will take precedence over these general Terms and Conditions where applicable.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Alterations to these Terms
We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time. You will be bound by changes through your continued use of the Website. Any amendments to these Terms and Conditions will be posted on the website and will take effect immediately. Please print or save a copy of the prevailing Terms for your reference.

Assignment
You shall not assign any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We shall have the right to assign or otherwise delegate all or any of our rights or obligations under these Terms upon notification to you.

Waiver
Our failure to exercise or enforce any of our rights in connection with these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any such right unless acknowledged and agreed to by us to you in writing.

Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement and understanding between us and you shall supersede any prior agreement or representation in respect thereof.

Notices
Any and all notices to be given by either one of us to the other pursuant to or in connection with these Terms shall be deemed sufficiently given when forwarded by e-mail or facsimile transmission in each case addressed to you at the e-mail address or facsimile number you have given us or to us at the e-mail address or facsimile number displayed on the Website.

Legal Construction and Miscellaneous Provisions
These Terms shall be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. We and you irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales are to have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms.

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the law then such provisions shall be construed as far as possible to reflect the intention of the parties with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect.

This website is operated by:
British Champions Series ltd
75 High Holborn
London WC1V 6LS
Registered Company Number 7381543

We recommend you print out a copy of these terms and conditions for your future reference.
If you have any questions regarding this website please see the Contact section for more information and full contact details.