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Thoroughbred: A Day at the Races Marquee Tent, Hastings Racecourse August 6, 2011 When the dress code reads "ascots for men and hats for ladies," it promises to be a photo-worthy event. The Marquee Tent at the Hastings Racecourse is the closest Vancouver will get to the glam fashion of the Kentucky Derby. Dapper gents and chic ladies gathered to revel in the pageantry and betting of a good old fashioned day at the races.
From left: Ryan Ouwehand of Playboy Energy Drink, Hitose Morii, and Stuart Ward, art director at Hfour.
Model Jenna Green with Johnny Cantiveros, formerly of Earls Restaurants and Donnelly Group, currently the client services manager for Source Security & Investigations.
Nikki Gertsch (l) with Fiji Water’s Salina Lo.
Photographer Josh McVeity with the CBC’s social butterfly Fred Lee.
Natalie Davidson (l) from one of the event’s producing sponsors, The Adelphia Group, with Jill Danis from Smart Design Group.
Brittany Brown of Cactus Club Bentall, with Ian Ross of Playboy Energy Drink.
Dre Morel of Venue nightclub, with Amanda Witthoeft of Cactus Club Bentall.
Alex Khalil of Calcorp, with actress Patricia Issac. In her latest role in the film Daydream Nation,Patricia plays the love interest of the lead character, played by Josh Lucas.
Chanel Inc.’s Stephanie Matties (l), with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Erin Joyner.
From left: Theo Kefalas of Trojan Pacific Construction, Jim Shelton of 100 Nights restaurant in Yaletown, and Dorian Banks of Metro Bridge Networks.
The masterminds of The Social Concierge, a local boutique event planning company and a producing sponsor of A Day at the Races: Tyson Villeneuve (l) and Jordan Kallman.
A picnic in the Playboy Energy Drink lounge: UBC researcher Thea Sellman (l) and Stephen Wilson of Light-Based Technologies.
From left: Armita Moss, Katy Pisheh of Ultramode Design, and Ghazaleh Farrokhyar.
From left: Dan Mcleod of The City of Surrey, event planner Jennifer Jones, and The Province of B.C.’s Graham Stockdale.
Jennifer Ruddick (l) of Heenan Blaikie law firm with UBC MBA student Ryan Steward.
Ali Sinawi and Franceska.
Former VANOC colleagues Tina Morabi (l) of Teck Resources and Lise Carriere of Canucks Sports and Entertainment.
From left: gastroenterologist Dr. Janki Singham, mortgage broker Jessi Johnson, Dan Mez of Fitness on the Go, and Sam, a Vancouver realtor.
When the dress code reads “ascots for men and hats for ladies,” it promises to be a photo-worthy event. The Marquee Tent at the Hastings Racecourse is the closest Vancouver will get to the glam fashion of the Kentucky Derby. Dapper gents and chic ladies gathered to revel in the pageantry and betting of a good old fashioned day at the races.
The horse race event, which was started by the British nobility in the 1500s, received a modern injection from local event production companies The Adelphia Group and The Social Concierge. They rolled out the red carpet, pitched wedding-white canopy tents, and popped bottles of bubbly. The harmonic vocals of Company B jazz group filled the air with swinging tunes from the 1920s to 1940s, while the Playboy Energy Lounge took guests on a bunny-flare time warp to the lifestyle of the 1960s’ social elite.