Here are a few photos taken before, during and after Equine Canada's Awards Gala. The Gala was a lot of fun and Ecogold was in great company, hanging out with the Canadian Eventing Team (aka Canada's Equestrian of the Year).
Equine Canada Convention - Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, ON
Equine Canada Convention - Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, ON
Stephanie Rhodes Bosch gets a new horse for London 2012
The Canadian Eventing Team is on the ticket!!!
Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch, Gamal Awad (Hawley's husband) and Hawley Bennett
Equine Canada reaches out to Quebec by serving poutine
Photographer Cealy Tetley receives Equine Canada's Media Award
Hawley Bennett and Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch receive the Dr George Jacobsen Trophy - Equestrian of the Year on behalf of the World Equestrian Games Canadian Eventing Team
Dr George Jacobsen Trophy - It is the first time that it is won by an event rider or a team
What does a Canadian eventer do after winning a silver medal at the World Equestrian Games? She gets a tatoo!
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For the second year in a row, an ECOGOLD-sponsored rider is awarded the Dr George Jacobsen Trophy, given to the "Equestrian of the Year". In 2009, the recipient was dressage rider Ashley Holzer and this year, for the first time in history, it was given not to an individual but to the entire World Equestrian Games Canadian Eventing Team.
ECOGOLD was there and watched with great pride as Hawley Bennett and Stephanie Rhodes-Bosch received the trophy from Equine Canada's president Mike Gallagher (who incidentally is the father of another ECOGOLD-rider, Denielle Gallagher).
Ok, here is THE video. LOVE Hawley's "Watch out world! London - I want GOLD!" acceptance speech.
