4/ THE RIDER EXTRA APRIL 2010
Inaugural Dressage Canada Hall of Fame Tickets Now Available for Purchase
Ottawa, ON—Dressage Canada is pleased to announced that tickets for the inaugural Dressage Canada Hall of Fame are now available for purchase through the Dressage Canada website at the following link: http://www.equinecanada.ca/dressage/index. php?option=com_content&task=category&i d=117&Itemid=496&lang=en-GB The inaugural Dressage Canada Hall of Fame Gala has been scheduled for Sunday, April 25th, 2010, at Toronto’s historic Eglinton Theatre, 400 Eglinton Ave W. The cocktail reception will start at 6:00 p.m. fol- lowed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. The attire for this event is Black Tie or 1930’s evening wear. Complimentary valet parking is included in the ticket price.
assortment of handmade dinner rolls, Amer- ican flatbreads, handmade breadsticks and served with signature sundried tomato and olive pate and include Salad and Dessert. Note: you must select your meal choice with ticket purchase.
Ticket information
Owner/Athlete Recognition Table — $5,000 • • • •
Recognition as owner/athlete at event Table seating 8 - 10 people
Along with the celebrations, organizers are planning a silent auction to raise money for Canada’s World Equestrian Games ath- letes. The silent auction will contain many amazing equestrian items and a large selec- tion of general items such as rare Canadian artwork, autographed sports memorabilia, appraised and hand-crafted jewellery, origi- nal soapstone carvings, gallery bronze sculptures, concert tickets, getaways and more.
of: The meal for this event will be a choice
- boneless grilled Cornish Hen, marinated in white wine, lemon juice, garlic and thyme, served with a goat cheese lemon demi;
- grilled filet of Atlantic Salmon, served with herb, lemon and chives beurre blanc; or - prime rib of beef au jus.
All meals are complimented by an
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Preferred Seating Table — $2,500
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Table seating 8 – 10 people table cost
Regular Table — $1,600
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Table seating 8 people
Individual Tickets — $200
The deadline for ticket purchases is April 15th, 2010.
The first inductees into Dressage Cana- da’s Hall of Fame from the various cate- gories are as follows:
Horse: Dynasty — Cindy Ishoy’s Hanove- rian gelding; her 1988 bronze medal win- ning Olympic partner and World Cup mount
Horse/rider photograph on table
Available to horse owners and athletes Tax receipt available for portion of
Tax receipt available for portion of the in the 1980s.
Rider: Christilot Boylen — one of Cana- da’s best-known dressage riders and train- ers. At just 17 years of age, Christilot received special permission to compete for Canada in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. She has since been named to seven Olympic Teams, has competed on four Pan American Games teams. She earned individual gold medals at the 1971, 1975 and 1987 Pan American Games.
Trainer: Dietrich von Hopffgarten —
renowned international German dressage trainer who settled in British Columbia. For three decades in North America, he instilled classical training principles, effective riding skills and amazing wisdom/psychology to all his students.
Builder Individual: Hans Pracht —
founder, along with wife Eva-Marie Pracht, of the International Equestrian Sport Ser- vices (IESS), located in Cedar Valley, ON (near Newmarket), host of the 1986 World Dressage Championships.
Builder Organization: CADORA — the
original founders incorporated the national non-profit organization April 1, 1969, dedi- cating it to the development of dressage in Canada.
lence at the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG).
Support Canadian Riders’ WEG Dreams!
There are still a number of WEG ticket packages available. Each package contains tickets directly behind “C” for four dressage events at $875 (CDN) each. Dressage Cana- da also has a few select hotel rooms avail- able at the official Canadian hotel — the Griffen Gate Resort and Spa in Lexington, KY. This is the same hotel where all the Canadian athletes will be staying. The room rate is $329/night plus taxes and the hotel rooms are booked for arrival on Sept 26th for seven nights.
For more information, visit the Dres- sage Canada website (www.equinecanada.ca/dressage) and click on the “WEG 2010 Ticket Package Special” advertisement.
About Dressage Canada
Dressage Canada, as a committee of Equine Canada, is the National governing body for Dressage in Canada.
For more information about Dressage Canada, please visit the Dressage section of the Equine Canada site or connect with us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/dressage- canada or Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/lp8cnd.
Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate and support our Canadian Dressage athletes as they head towards the 2010 World Eques- trian Games in Lexington Kentucky. Net proceeds from the gala will go to Canadian dressage athletes in their pursuit of excel-
About Equine Canada
For more information about Equine Canada, please visit www.equinecanada.ca.
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