Nominations needed for Royal “Best Groom award” and “Sportsmanship award”

The Royal Horse Show Committee will again present the “Best Groom Award” and the “Sportsmanship Award”.

Groom Award should be presented to a groom that shows true horsemanship, top notch grroming abilities, able to deal with clients, and goes above and beyond their everyday duties.

Sportsmanship award should be presented to an individual who shows compassion to their horse(s), kindness and respect to fellow competitors, willingness to help others, gracious in defeat and humble in victory.  Must show desire, determination, discipline and self-sacrifice.

If you think you know of someone that is deserving of one of the awards please send me their name, a brief bio and why you think they should receive it.

Please feel free to pass this along to others.  All nominations should be in by Wednesday Nov 5th.

Please email to me at wrose@dominick.ca

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