st the tribune tuesday august 12 1997 p 9 eames family building olympicsized dressage arena jordan h green staff writer an olympicsized indoor dressage arena com plete with a viewing area and a stable is being built on the ninth line north of st johns sideroad the 50 acres of land were purchased by the eames family tony eames is the president of cocacola canada its for our daughter said robin eames we were looking for land and this land was very very beautiful the eames are building the arena for their daughter belinda to assist her in her dream of becoming one of the best dressage riders in the world im trying out for the canadian equestrian team said belinda whos been riding for more than 1 5 years belinda is on the short list for the canadian team the trials are in the spring its classical riding said belinda horses do tricks they walk sideways back in history every one does a pass and youre judged on your pass last year belinda was ranked ninth in north america by the north american riders associa tion i ride almost every day pretty much six days a week said belin- von bolderen of dutch masters construction the company which designed and is building the arena the eames also own about 50 acres of addition al land to the south of the property on which they may build another house for themselves stouffvilles sandy base soil is perfect for horses after a rain the soil doesnt clump together as it does in claybased areas according to bolderen ive done quite a bit of work in the area the people are always good to work with said bolderen he supervises the whole construction project from hiring excavator doug greenwood who worked on magna international president frank stronachs riding stable in aurora to making sure all the necessary building permits have been purchased we went around to all the neighbors and informed them about what we are doing said bolderen you dont start up a chainsaw in the country without someone else knowing originally born in australia belinda also lived in nine other countries including singapore hong kong germany and the us belinda said shes glad the family settled in canada and shes proud she became a canadian i love canada i just love it up here she said da thats why we decided to build the barn now ill have the barn and i can teach and ride as with many things the earlier one starts riding the better the younger you are the easier it is to get going explained belin da right now thats what i really want to do i want to teach young riders about dres sage and riding belinda will have lots of room to do just that on the 50acre site there will be two arenas one in doors the other outdoors both are the olympic standard of 20 metres by 60 metres the barn will house 12 horses in the stalls we do one or two of these every year said gary well be cruising into your neighbourhood soon zj2u jj come and take a tour of our energyefficient home on wheels see the latest showcase of natural gas appliances find but how natural gas 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