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Action-Packed Opening Weekend at The Royal Horse Show Offers First-Class Competition, Fun and Excitement for the Whole Family!
Canadian Show Jumping Championships presented by Greenhawk, Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing Championships and The Ontario Toyota Dealers Royal Rodeo Headline a Revamped Opening Weekend at the 88th Royal Horse Show.
ctober 18th, 2010
Toronto, Ontario – The 2010 edition of the Royal Horse Show, part of the 88th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, will open Fri- day, November 5th and the action won’t stop all week- end long!
Kicking off the week- end are back-to-back rounds of the $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championships Presented by Greenhawk. The top tal- ent in Canadian equestrian sport will meet not only to vie for the title (and the cash), but also for two berths in the second week’s coveted International Divi- sion. Among the heavy-hit- ters will be nine-time Olympic veteran Ian Mil- lar, his son Jonathon Millar - hot off a solid perfor- mance at the recent World Show Jumping Champi- onships - and the 2009 defending Canadian Cham- pion and Olympic Medal Team-mate of Millar Sr., Mac Cone. Cone brings a new mount to the Champi- onships this year in Unani- mous, a horse he has been competing successfully for the past year in and Canada and the United States. “My Championship partner from 2009, Ole, won’t be competing in Toronto this fall but I’m excited to be bringing Unanimous in his place,” said Cone. “He’s just had a good win and hopefully he will be up to the task of defending the Canadian Championship. He has some big shoes to fill though!”
NEW to Opening Weekend this year is Good Crop Services Indoor Eventing. Now in its fifth year at The Royal, this tremendous “hybrid” of the traditional outdoor ‘eques-
knowledgeable horseper- son or a family looking for unique entertainment, you will find yourselves cheer- ing your hearts out as the competitors vie for those coveted red ribbons!” Dressage fans won’t be disappointed by the crowd-pleasing Quadrille competition or the top level CDI*** competition, where Ashley Holzer will be defending her 2009 crown, coming off a top- ten placing at the recent World Dressage Champi- onships. Second Sunday’s “Woof & Hoof” Matinee will be co-hosted this year
by Heartland’s Amber Marshall and will feature the One-Armed Bandit and Wendell Clark with Celebrity Team Penning, promising fun for the whole family.
Anthony Mair on Opening Day.
Royal Horse Show tickets include full admis- sion to all the education, magic and excitement of the rest of The Royal, including celebrity chef Duff Goldman from “Ace of Cakes” who will be judging a ‘throw-down’ style competition between The Opener & Restaurant Makeover’s David Adjey and Harlem Underground’s
This year’s Royal Horse Show will run November 5th through 14th, 2010. By the time the competition ends, over $750,000 will have been awarded in prize money, making The Royal the most prestigious and hotly con- tested event of the season. For more information, media accreditation, The Royal Online’s live web- casting, complete schedule, results and to purchase tickets, please visit
www.royalfair.org.
Mac Cone here with Ole, is primed to defend his 2009 title in the two-round $100,000 Canadian Championships Presented by Greenhawk, Opening Weekend November 5th & 6th at The Royal Horse Show. Photo credit © Michelle C. Dunn.
trian triathlon’ blends the skill and accuracy of show jumping with the thrill and adventure of cross-country riding. Indoor Eventing features a modified course of rugged cross-country jumps such as hedges, solid walls and logs, and a bank mixed with fragile stadium jumps, whose poles and planks are designed to fall at the slightest nudge of a horse’s hoof. Penalties accumulate over two rounds of competition and at the end the rider with the lowest score is declared the victor.
Opening Sunday, November 7th, brings the Ontario Toyota Dealers Royal Rodeo to the Colise- um once more. The best of the west goes head to head with those from the east in all the original extreme sports. Bull riding, bronc riding and barrel racing are the highlights of this
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For more information, call Bob Inglis, Cen- tral Ontario Region Pony Club Commun?ica?tions Chair, at 416-491-4230 or e- mail him at
bobinglis@technalysis.on.ca. For background on the Canadian Pony Club and its activities including dressage, or on the Central Ontario Region and its Branches, or for previous press releases, check out the Canadian Pony Club website at
www.CanadianPonyClub.org.
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exciting afternoon – you won’t want to miss a moment! Thrills and spills, and more than a few min- utes on the edge of your seat… it’s RODEO DAY at The Royal!
Opening Weekend is not just about competition however! Feature presenta- tions in the Horse Show include Stacy Westfall, a western reining rider who performs without the aid of a bridle; Tunes, Tempis & All that Jazz, a dressage pas-de-deux performed to a medly of Chicago tunes sung LIVE by Elizabeth Elming and Horse Hockey, a polo match played by NHL legends Darryl Sit- tler, Gary Roberts, Rick Vaive and Brad Marsh. These four hockey greats
will be signing autographs between Noon and 1:00pm, with a wristband policy in effect.
From there, high- lights of the second week’s International Jumper Divi- sion include the $100,000 FEI World CupTM Quali- fier, the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open, the $50,000 Jolera Gambler’s Choice and the $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben Internation- al Grand Prix.
“This year the horse show scheduling exudes tremendous energy from the opening weekend through till the closing Sunday,” enthuses Presi- dent and Chair of the Board, Gayle McPherson. “There is terrific appeal for all and whether you are a
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