February 10, 2010

Hayes Co. Named as the Recipient of the 2009 Equine Canada / Just Add Horses Environment Award

Ottawa, Ontario— Equine Canada proudly announces that the recipi- ent of the 2009 Equine Canada / Just Add Horges Environment Award is Hayes Co.

The Equine Canada / Just Add Horses Enviromment Award recognizes a member of Equine Canada who practices and promotes outstanding and environmentally-triendly stewardshup practices. With the inception of the Collingwood Horse Show in 1986, so began Hayes Co.

Comprised of the members of the Hayes show jumping family, Hayes Co. managed the Collingwood Horse Show in Collingwood, ON, for 21 years and currently organizes the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments in Ottawa, ON, and the Ocala Jumping Classic in Ocala, FL.

At each of these shows Hayes Co. nnplements a stict recycling program for everything from cans and paper to manure. Arrangements are made in the respective communities to have recyclables picked up for processing, while in the case of the National Capital Classic, a local strawberry farmer was offered free delivery of the show’s accumulated manure for use m his farming muitiative.

Hayes Co. also encourages participants and spectators at their shows to follow suit in these environmental practices, demonstrating that if it can be done at a large scale event such as theirs, that surely people can do this at home as well.

“We are very honoured to recerve this award because we care about the environment, it is so easy to do andit is an es- sential way to preserve the land and the enviromment, which is so precious to us,” said Ainsley Hayes of Hayes Co. “Thank you to Equine Canada and Just Add Horses for recognizing the importance of the environment with this award. We hope that everyone in our equestrian community can continue to do ther part.”

“We are very honoured to recerve this award because we care about the environment, it is so easy to do andit is an es- sential way to preserve the land and the enviromment, which is so precious to us,” said Ainsley Hayes of Hayes Co. “Thank you to Equine Canada and Just Add Horses for recognizing the importance of the environment with this award. We hope that everyone in our equestrian community can continue to do ther part.”

At the Equine Canada Annual Awards Gala, on Saturday February 6, 2010, im Montreal, QC, Ainsley Hayes of Hayes Co. was awarded the 2009 Equine Canada / Just Add Horses Environment Award.

About Equine Canada

Equine Canada is Canada’s national governing body for equestianism. A member-driven, charitable institution, it is the executive branch of the Canadian Equestrian Team, and the national authority for equestrian competition, the na- tional voice for recreational riders; and the national association for equine welfare, breeding, and industry. Equine Can- ada is recogmsed by the Government of Canada, the International Equestrian Federation (FED), and the Canadian Olym- pic Committee as the national organisation representing equestrian sport and equme mterests. For more mfornation about Equine Canada, please visit www.equinecanada.ca.

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ATTACHED PHOTO At the Equine Canada Annual Awards Gala, on Saturday February 6, 20410, in Montreal, OC, Hayes Co. was awarded the 2009 Equine Canada/ Just Add Horses Environ- ment Award, Photo ID—Ainsley Hayes of Hayes Go, and Dean Leifso, chair of the Equine Canada awards committee, Photo Credit—Normand Huberdeau