Awards gala honors best of Canada’s horse world
Equine Canada presented its prestigious year-end awards at a gala trial inwards Ottawa on Fri night, with recipients honoured inwards front end of a sell-out-audience.
The recipients were:
Ian Millar: Equestrian of the Year Award – The Doctor George Jacobsen Trophy
The honour is given annually to the equestrian who has demonstrated superior sportsmanship, dedication together with the pursuit of excellence inwards equestrian contest for the electrical flow year.
Known every bit “Captain Canada,” Millar made his Olympic debut inwards 1972 together with has been named to every Canadian Olympic Team since.
The 2012 London Olympic Games were a record-setting trial for Millar every bit he became the outset Olympian inwards history to participate inwards a world-record 10 Olympic Games, finishing inwards 9th identify inwards the overall standings every bit Canada’s transcend demo jumping rider. In 2008, Millar was also a fellow member of Canada’s argent medal winning team.
In add-on to his Olympic glory, Millar was also the outset passenger to win back-to-back FEI World Cup Finals with his legendary mountain Big Ben. He has also won nine medals, including ii private golden medals inwards nine Pan American Games, won the Canadian Show Jumping Championship championship 10 times, together with is the two-time winner of the CN International $1 Million Grand Prix at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters.’
Not alone is Millar 1 of Canada’s most accomplished equestrians, but his vision together with concern acumen spans the entire sport every bit a transcend trainer, elite coach, mentor, leader, role model, breeder together with builder, which has resulted inwards his success together with domination of the sport of demo jumping for to a greater extent than than forty years.”I would similar to say a special thank you lot to Equine Canada for awarding me the The Doctor George Jacobsen Trophy every bit the the Equine Canada Equestrian of the Year,” said Millar.
Junior Equestrian of the Year Award – The Gillian Wilson Trophy – Haley Franc and Laurence Blais-Tétreault
The honour is presented annually to the junior challenger who has made outstanding contributions to equestrian contest together with who has exemplified especial talent, sportsmanship together with dedication to the sport.
For the outset fourth dimension inwards the award’s history, the Junior Equestrian of the Year Award is beingness presented to ii accomplished immature riders – Haley Franc of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, together with Laurence Blais-Tétreault of Montreal, Quebec.
At only xiv years of age, Franc has already risen to the transcend of the dependent area of reining. In 2012, Franc, paired with Jacs Shy Boy, her eight-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, was a fellow member of the argent medal winning Canadian Junior Reining Team at the 2012 Adequan FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC). In the private final, Franc together with Jacs Shy Boy posted a score of 212.00 for their run, which was v marks higher than the argent medalist, American Stephen Timberlaks, to handily win gold.
“I’d similar to thank Equine Canada for recognizing my difficult operate this year,” said Franc. “My thank you lot also become to my parents, my coach together with everyone else who supported me, together with to my Equus caballus who has been amazing throughout the year. This honour is such an honour together with it tops off an incredible season.”
Blais-Tétreault has chop-chop made her grade at the transcend of her partition inwards international dressage contest together with also topped her Junior competitors at NAJYRC. In 2012, she made her debut on the Quebec Junior Team at Championships, assisting the squad to overall golden riding Pissarro, a 15-year-old Westphalian gelding.
The duo was together with so awarded the bronze medal for their Individual Championship Test where they scored 67.684%, together with on the concluding solar daytime of dressage competition, they performed a flawless exam to win the golden medal inwards the Freestyle, scoring 73.575%.
“Receiving the honour for Junior Equestrian of the Year agency a lot to me,” said Blais-Tétreault. “It is a way to recognize all the efforts I receive got set into my riding together with school. It is actually difficult operate to juggle everything, so I am rattling grateful for the recognition of the travail that I set inwards to both. I am rattling pleased for dressage inwards Quebec. I remember I am 1 of the outset dressage riders from Quebec to win this award.”
Media Award – Susan Jane Anstey Trophy – Susan Sellers
The honour goes to an especial private who has delivered outstanding media coverage serving to heighten the icon of Canadian equine interests to the Canadian public.
Susan Sellers’ article inwards the September 2012 number of Horse Sport, “Remembering the XIX Olympiad, United Mexican States City 1968”, for sure captured the imagination of the readers inwards her first-hand concern human relationship of her fourth dimension inwards United Mexican States watching the Canadian Equestrian Team capture its outset golden medal inwards demo jumping competition.
With candid accounts of the entire Games, Sellers, of River John, Nova Scotia, easily allowed her audience to company dorsum to United Mexican States during that exciting fourth dimension inwards Canadian equestrian history.
“I’m thrilled to live the recipient of this award, because it honours a rattling special person, Susan Jane Anstey, who did so much to promote together with encourage the Equus caballus sport andequine industry hither in Canada,” said Sellers. “The honour acknowledges her operate together with it makes it a corking honour for me to win.”
“I would similar to give thank you lot the journal who nominated me, Horse Sport, together with the editor, Susan Stafford-Pooley.”
Canadian Bred Horse of the Year Award – Nikki together with Jim Lishman of Canterbrooke Farms
The honour goes to the breeder or possessor of a Equus caballus who has raised the profile of Canadian-bred horses with especial contest results. To live eligible, the Equus caballus must live foaled inwards Canada together with registered with whatever of Equine Canada’s fellow member breed associations. The honour is also eligible to an outstanding sire whose offspring receive got accumulated national together with international victories.
Nikki together with Jim Lishman of Canterbrooke Farms inwards Burlington, Onatrio, bred a lovely immature colt to the exacting standards of the criteria of this award. Born every bit Simply Ahorn inwards 2001, sired past times the legendary Dutch Warmblood stallion Ahorn out of Simply Irresistible, a German-bred mare, the immature colt demonstrated his large mental attitude together with mightiness correct away. Brought along piece of cake to nurture his talent, Canadian demo jumper Erynn Ballard took over the ride together with almost directly the duo started to earn transcend national results inwards 2009.
In 2010, Nick Skelton purchased Simply Ahorn (renamed Belmont) for Beverley Widdowson together with US of America Olympian Laura Kraut was awarded the ride. The duo chop-chop developed together, together with next their outset total flavor of international contest inwards 2012 Belmont (Simply Ahorn) was internationally ranked 388th on the FEI/WBFSH listing out of 4000 horses. This is quite a feat for a immature Canadian Warmblood colt from Ontario.
“Strength, agility together with conformation-all the things a breeder looks for, but 1 affair nosotros cannot run across or predict is heart,” said Nikki Lishmans. “Heart is nurtured together with protected together with volition alone grow every bit far every bit 1 volition allow. Heart has allowed Simply Ahorn, at nowadays known every bit Belmont, to live the Equus caballus he is today together with the Equus caballus he is nevertheless going to be.”
Canadian Breeder of the Year Award – Andre DeBellefeuille
Andre DeBellefeuille of St. Basile le Grand, QC, is the recipient of the Canadian Breeder of the Year. Introduced to reining most xx years ago, DeBellefeuille has been involved inwards the sport at all levels – every bit a rider, owner, breeder together with volunteer at the provincial, national together with international levels.
2011 was a corking yr for DeBellefeuille’s home-bred horses: Spooks due north Sparks won the National Reining Horse Non Pro Futurity inwards Oklahoma City; his horses finished inwards the transcend 10 inwards 4 dissimilar levels at the National Reining Horse Association Futurity out of 880 entries; together with Please Me Whiz became World Champion inwards ii dissimilar levels.
His success continued inwards to 2012 with his horses winning the Quebec Derby Open Champion together with Reserve, the NRHA Pink Ribbon Open Champion together with Reserve Snaffle Bit Champion, together with the Open Level three Co-Champion at the Congress Futurity.
“Thank you lot to Equine Canada,” said DeBellefeuille. “It is quite a gift together with an honour to win alongside all the dissimilar disciplines together with breeds. It has been lots of work, but afterward getting this honour, I tin give the axe alone say that it is wonderful. At dwelling trouble solid nosotros receive got a young, talented trainer that has contributed to our success-Matt Hudson. Thank you lot to our team, from the barn managing director to the veterinarian. You are all the reasons why nosotros receive got won. This honour is a effect of a squad effort.”
Lifetime Achievement Award – Marg together with Ron Southern
The Lifetime Achievement Award volition live given to an individual(s) whose contributions to the Canadian equestrian community are considered especial past times their peers together with whose long-term service together with dedication receive got contributed direct to the ongoing increase together with evolution of Canadian equine sport together with industry.
For Marg together with Ron Southern of Calgary, Alberta, the dream they named Spruce Meadows all started inwards 1971 with the buy of only about province that was originally a feed lot. Construction of their equestrian facility started inwards 1973 together with the outset tournaments, the National together with the Masters, were held inwards 1976.
What started every bit a little persuasion has grown into the most celebrated demo jumping venue inwards the world. Spruce Meadows has won numerous awards for beingness the best outdoor sporting venue, voted the number 1 demo jumping venue inwards the globe together with twice named every bit the best tournament inwards North America. For their incredible success inwards raising the profile of equestrian sport, the Southerns receive got also been inducted into both the Canada Sports Hall of Fame (2006) together with Jump Canada Hall of Fame (2008).
Spruce Meadows is celebrated every bit offering the best of international demo jumping each yr to riders, horses, fans, spectators together with sponsors. The vision together with dedication of Marg together with Ron Southern receive got made them leaders together with advocates of all things equine. For this commitment they are celebrated every bit the winners of the Equine Canada Lifetime Achievement Award.
“We would similar to thank Equine Canada most sincerely for recognizing us with the Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Marg Southern.
“We are deeply touched, honoured together with proud to receive got this recognition – non only for us but on behalf of our family, our outstanding professional person staff, our volunteers, our fans, our sponsors together with the dedicated athletes who receive got supported together with helped us so much over the years.
“Our lives together with accomplishments, which are so graciously beingness recognized, receive got been a wonderful together with marvelous adventure. Spruce Meadows evolved because our menage unit of measurement wanted to set something dorsum into a community that would live lasting together with meaningful for all the opportunities together with advantages nosotros receive got had every bit Canadians – inwards only about little way to say give thank you lot you.”
“We know that in that place are many to a greater extent than of import endeavors, nevertheless Spruce Meadows somehow has magnificently touched the lives of people from all walks of life past times introducing an enthusiasm together with work for our endeavors. Spruce Meadows over the in conclusion 4 decades has attempted to evolve, mature together with convey its identify on the national together with international phase – non alone every bit a sporting venue but every bit a identify for adept friendship, adept commerce together with adept sport. The Equus caballus has made this all possible. This brave, noble creature spans the generations together with is enjoyed past times people from all countries, together with all ages, from children to grandparents. It is because of the honey of the Equus caballus that nosotros are all joined together.”
Sponsor of the Year
Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. has been named every bit the Equine Canada Sponsor of the Year.
With the designation, “Preferred Vaccine Supplier of Equine Canada together with the Canadian Equestrian Team,” Boehringer Ingelheim has demonstrated continued commitment to supporting Equine Canada together with its interests.
A family-owned fellowship based inwards Ingelheim, Deutschland with a rigid Canadian presence inwards Burlington, Ontario, Boehringer Ingelheim has a long history of developing together with manufacturing industry-leading creature wellness vaccines.
“Thank you lot so much Equine Canada for giving Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. the chance to partner with their elite Canadian athletes every bit good every bit the residual of the membership across Canada,” said Jennifer Verhulst-Loch, Equine Product Manager/Key Account Manager of Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.
“We are proud that this partnership is business office of our ongoing commitment to the equine industry in Canada.”
» Ruth Carlson was named Volunteer of the Year at the ceremony.
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