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24l stouffville suntribune thursday sept 11 2003 k2l 2003 tournament of champions york equestrian centre september 1821 2003 the tournament of champions is pleased to thank the following major sponsors and loyal patrons for their continued generous support of this event corporate sponsors the home depot cibc mercedesbenz york region tourism cibc wood gundy lg electronics mercedesbenz newmarket four seasons hotels camerons brewery ontario tourism bacardi canada inc corporate cars inniskillin wines corporate patrons pall canada sher al farms alstructural loblaws nesbitt bums roots schickedanz bros stoney hill farm torrey pines stables rotovane technology shoppers drug mart stoneleigh motors krembil foundation james dick construction individual patrons peter cullen cantwell culen lionel schipper sue barry cooper murray koffler michael robbins braeburn farms phil dezwirek eddie creed don eddy farm millcreek stables lorna guthrie larry tannenbaum knightwood stables tournament of champions leather lace teams compete for prize media partners cfrb tsn york region newspaper group corinthian horse sport life fashion magazine kx96 fm the wave 947 fm and the era banner but any event particularly one dedicated to charitable fundraising activities owes a huge debt of gratitude to those benevolent volunteers who have dedicated unprecedented time and effort to both the event and its charitable beneficiaries the childrens wish foundation of canada andcard the community association for riding for the disabled thank you one andall eddie creed chairman website wwwtournamentofchampionsca consumer information 9059398666 f a a r d by mike haxakawa staffwriter it might be hard to picture the ele gance of dressage rider and the rough- andtumble cowboy riding together in the same ring but at the upcoming sixth annual tournament of champions sept 18 to 21 at the york equestrian centre just east of newmarket the two opposites will unite in a demonstration event called leather and lace one of several demonstrations that will take place at this years equestrian extravaganza leather and lace is com prised of a cowboy and dressage rider doing mirror image programs choreo graphed to music notes liz shaughnessy an organizer and promot er of the event it can be sort of compared to pairs figure skating where one skater is the cowboy on a quarter horse and the other skater is an elegant dressage horse with a rider she says the cowboys get ranked on how fast their horse can spin while the dres sage rider gets ranked on how graceful ly and elegantly they spin to take place in the grand prix ring ms shaughnessy notes each routine lasts about five to seven minutes and will be held prior to a main feature event sept 19 between 1230 pm and 130 pm sept 20 between 3 and 4 pm and sept 21 between 1 and 2 pm among the feature events the leather and lace demonstration will precede is a 50000 world cup qualifier sept 19 at 2 pm the event will be a firsttime venture at the davis drive equestrian facility and is one of five world cup qualifying stops in canada this year as of press time ms shaughnessy notes anywhere from 30 to 35 con tenders primarily from canada along with some from the united states and a couple of resident european perform ers who are currently residing in canada are expected to compete among those expected to ride include longtime legends ian millar hugh graham and schomberg resi dents eric lamaze and beth underhill its the big deal says ms shaughnessy adding the event received its official confirmationlast fall from equine canada to be held during the tournament of champions making the world cup qualifier even more meaningful ms shaughnessy points out is that it represents one seg ment of the threephase 110000 canada cup championship up for grabs the other two phases start with the 10000 speed classic sept 18 at 2 pm and the 50000 canada cup final sept 21 at 2 pm the winner will be determined by the combined scores they attain from the threephase 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