The Double Your Pleasure Futurity Executive is proud to announce our new location!  The Royal Canadian Riding Academy (RCRA) is located on Davis Drive just outside of Newmarket, Ontario.  RCRA  boasts multiple indoor arenas, spacious outdoor sand rings and permanent stabling for a large number of horses. The main arena features seating for approximately 2,000 people in permanent stands, and the indoor viewing lounge allows spectators to watch the action in comfort from above. The indoor viewing lounge not only provides a spectacular view of the main indoor arena, and a spacious outdoor patio overlooking the beautiful grounds, but  it also houses the Equus Café which offers delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner.  We are so pleased to be able to offer our Exhibitors, Sponsors, and Spectators the use of such a fabulous facility.  Please visit our website for more information, and directions. 

News:  We will be offering 15 NSBA Classes this year including NSBA Green Western Riding and NSBA Green Trail! 

 Trainer Sale:  The Trainer Sale is proving to be popular this year with 14 trainers having already donated their services.  For a list of these generous trainers please visit our website or contact Gena Gawley at 905-859-4026. 

 The Trainer Sale was established to promote all of the great trainers who support The Double Your Pleasure Futurity.  Participating trainers have generously donated one month’s training and board. The cost to purchase these trainers is $500.00.  If it is a US trainer then US Funds will be applicable. If you are interested in purchasing one of these trainers  please send a cheque made payable to DYPF and send to Gena Gawley Box 324 Nobleton, Ontario L0G 1N0  If you are the first cheque received you will receive a confirmation letter, otherwise your cheque will be returned to you.

The DYPF Executive is hard at work making sure this years’ show is an even bigger success.  There will be lots of new and exciting changes for the ’06 show.  Keep an eye on both our website, www.doubleyourpleasurefuturity.com (currently being updated, so please bear with us!), and articles for these updates.  We are working on a few class additions, and are hoping to offer something for everyone.

Slot Update: We are offering 2 slot classes this year, including the $20,000 2YO Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure, and the ‘new’ Yearling Longe Line class.  There are two Longe line slots left, so hurry and call Janna Imrie to reserve one.  The cost for a Longe line slot is $500, with the prize money for this class equaling up to $7,500.  For any information on these classes please contact Janna Imrie 416-697-3656.

Trainer Sale: Anyone interested in getting more information on the trainer sale is encouraged to contact Gena Gawley at 905-859-4026.  Look forward to more information on this fabulous sale in the next issue of The Rider.

Sponsorship: Sponsorship is one of the keys to our show’s success.  If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, call Michelle Reynolds for more information.  See our Sponsor Spotlight below.

Updates:   It is with deep sadness that we must report the sudden loss of Jim McRae.  Jim passed away Feb. 15^th  of a sudden heart attack. Condolences, thoughts & prayers go to the McRae family.  Also, our condolences go to the Saira Cronkite for the loss of her mother, Donna on Feb. 14^th.

The 2005 Double Your Pleasure Futurity was an outstanding success.  Thanks to all of our generous sponsors & participants we were once again able to top the previous years payouts, with 2005 payouts and awards exceeding  $60,000 for the 18 class lineup!!! The launch of the 2 year old Western Pleasure slot class was a great success with all of the twenty slots selling out at the 2004 futurity.  17 of the 20 horses entered showed, with the winner taking home close to $7000!  With the overwhelming success of the first slot class offered by DYPF, we will not only be offering the 2 YO WP slot class again, but  will be  introducing a Yearling Longe Line slot class.  The 20 slots for the 2 YO WP class sold out at the 2005 show, see our website for a listing of the slot owners for 2006.  Out of the 15 yearling longe line slots available there are only 3 left.  Don’t miss your opportunity in purchasing one of the remaining slots.  Please contact Janna Imrie for more information, 416-697-3656.

The 2006 Double Your Pleasure Executive are currently planning out the schedule of classes as well as lots of fun events to take place at the show.  Keep checking our website for new information, www.doubleyourpleasurefuturity.com.  If you have any questions or want to give us any input feel free to contact any of the board members.

To maintain the prestige of the Double Your Pleasure Futurity we will continue to rely on the generous support of our many sponsors.  If you’re interested in supporting this fabulous event please contact Michele Reynolds at 416-234-8990.    You can also help by supporting our sponsors, such as Perfect Images (see Sponsor Spotlight below) who continues to sponsor our futurity in 2006. 

We will once again be offering a trainer sale as this has been a very successful fundraiser in the past as well as gives people the opportunity to try trainers at the bargain price of only $400 for a month of training and board.  Check out our website for a complete list of trainers available for 2006.   We thank  Jon Newnham for being our first trainer to offer his services for the 2006 trainer sale and is featured below in the trainer spotlight.