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Ottawa side of the Ottawa River; many of the horsemen followed, opening their own facilities and launching their own equine ca- reers throughout the Ottawa Valley and be- yond.
hundred of these Ottawa Valley Horsemen returned to the ‘new’ Dinty’s restaurant – many for the first time in decades - for a Grand Reunion of the group. The Big Names ‘came home’ to the
Valley for this event – from near and far – California, Florida, Washington D.C., Toronto, Montreal etc.:
Moore’s restaurant- the popular meeting place of many of the Ottawa Valley’s horse- men. The restaurant burned down in 1976, was rebuilt and renamed ‘Dinty’s. On a cool April 10th morning, over one
The Aylmer Road was home to Dinty
horsemen of that time and having gone on to great achievements in diverse equine disci- plines. The Ottawa Valley Hunt moved to the
Large crowd of over 100 returned to Dintys Restaurant to meet with old friends and acquaintances
Ian Millar addresses the crowd at Dintys, as left to right Peter Stoeckl, Donna Gramling, Torchy Millar, Sandy Atack, Dale Vance, Randy Roy and Dr. Mike Richard, look on.
Mementos and items from the past welcomed guests
16 to be named to the Canadian Equestrian Team as well as the very first woman to compete Internationally on the Canadian Team;
- ‘Terrance(Torchy) Millar’ former Canadian Team Member;
meated this ‘Unique’ group of ‘Die-Hard’ Horsemen is one to be long-remembered and not easily duplicated.
Gramling and Karl Dronshek, event organizers: “The purpose of this reunion was not only that of re-connect- ing and re-uniting once again but moreso, to pay homage to those great and dedicated Horsemen who were so in- strumental in our ‘horsey’ formative years. They are to be recognized and honored on this memorable day.” The heart-felt warmth and comradery which per-
By: David Burke (Son of top Aylmer horseman ‘Vincent J. Burke’).
have developed their own equine careers throughout the Ottawa Valley and beyond. As stated by seasoned horsemen Donna Bisson
- ‘Ian Millar’ the reigning Captain Canada; - ‘Randy Roy’ renowned North American Hunter Judge; Just to name a few - as well as many others who
- ‘Shirley Thomas (Prosser)’ the youngest ever at age
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