Jump Canada Hall of Fame Tickets Available

Tickets are now available for the 2010 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala, presented by BMO Financial Group, to be held on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, ON.

The Hall of Fame Gala has quickly grown into an annual favourite and has been a sell-out in each of its first four years. Friends and associates will be on hand to present the distinct Hall of Fame awards, making for a very special evening recalling the sport’s greatest memories. Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze will be in attendance to accept the award for Cagney’s induction while Jim Elder, also an Olympic gold medalist, is sure to entertain the audience with his unique brand of story telling when he is inducted.

This year’s celebrated inductees will be:

Builder (Organization) – Canadian Pony Club

Hunter Horse – Likely Story, owned by the Firestone family

Jumper Horse – Cagney, ridden by Eric Lamaze, owned by Eddie Creed, and donated to the Canadian Equestrian Team in 1997

Official – Tom Michiel

Rider – Jim Elder, 1968 Olympic Team Gold Medalist

Sponsor – CN

The fifth annual Jump Canada Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala will be part of a black-tie gala held at Toronto’s Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex at Exhibition Place, just steps away from the site of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

Tickets are $200 per person and can be purchased individually or in tables of eight. To purchase tickets, please visit the Jump Canada Hall of Fame website at http://www.equinecanada.ca/halloffame/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=115&Itemid=493&lang=en-GB. For more information, please contact Ashley Raaymakers, Equine Canada, at tel: 613 248-3433 ext. 144 or e-mail: ARaaymakers@equinecanada.ca.

The Jump Canada Hall of Fame committee is comprised of Mark Samuel (Chairman), Jennifer Anstey, Evie Frisque, Muffie Guthrie, Dalene Paine, Jennifer Ward and Nancy Wetmore.

Jump Canada is the committee of Equine Canada responsible for all hunter, equitation and jumper activities in Canada from the grass roots to the international level. Jump Canada is governed by a board, the majority of whose members are elected by the stakeholders in the sport. For more information regarding Jump Canada programs and activities, visit http://www.equinecanada.ca/jumpcanada/.