Jump Canada Hall of Fame Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

The fifth annual Jump Canada Hall of Fame Gala, presented by BMO Financial Group, was held on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, ON.

A deserving slate of six contributors to the sport were inducted into the Jump Canada Hall of Fame in 2010. They included the Canadian Pony Club in the Builder (Organization) category; Likely Story, owned by the Firestone family, as the Hunter Horse; CN in recognition of its sponsorship of show jumping; Tom Michiel as Official; Cagney as the Jumper Horse; and, finally, 1968 Olympic Team Gold Medalist Jim Elder in the Rider category.

Over 200 members of the hunter and jumper industry gathered in the chic and glamourous Governor’s Room at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex to pay tribute to this year’s inductees. Video tributes chronicled the enormous contributions of each Hall of Fame inductee, while presenters and recipients alike shared their personal memories.

“Many thanks to BMO Financial Group and our other tremendous sponsors for making this incredible evening possible,” said Hall of Fame Chairman Mark Samuel. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to honour such an incredible slate of champions. Our new venue provided a beautiful and intimate backdrop befitting the importance and special nature of the evening.”

In addition to the induction ceremony, the annual Jump Canada awards were presented for the first time at the Hall of Fame. Jump Canada Chair, John ‘JT’ Taylor presented the 2010 ‘Owner of the Year’ to Alison Moore for Chianto; 2010 ‘Sponsor of the Year’ to Cavalor; 2010 ‘Official of the Year’ to Sandra Sillcox (posthumously) and the 2010 ‘Volunteer of the Year,’ which remained confidential until announced, to Barbara Mitchell.

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.

The 2011 Jump Canada Hall of Fame Gala will be held Sunday, November 6, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, ON.

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/.