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About Us...
We,
the McCormick's, are an odd bunch from the
Ottawa Valley, eh! Willis and wife Eleanor head up the family.
Daughter, Pam lives with Norm Racine with her daughter Taylor Leigh
Cholette and son Riley Joseph Racine. As well as a daughter
Willis and Eleanor have a son Jeff who is married to Joan with
children Joshua James McCormick and Adele Margaret McCormick.
Willis, worked for Agriculture Canada for 37 years and is now
retired and spends most of his time at the barn. Eleanor,
retired as well, was a Public School teacher at the Blossom
Park Public School. Taylor Cholette is currently
attending Algonquin College, her hobbies include horsen' around with
Papa Willy. Jeff is an employee of Public Works and
Government Services Canada and spends most of his spare time with
his children, at the barn or trying to keep up to his wife, Joan,
who is an Analyst for IMS Brogan Inc. Josh plays softball, soccer and hockey as
well as show ponies and attends Rideau Valley
Middle School. Adele
enjoys Art class that she attends in Osgoode,
she attends Kars Public School.
The McCormick's have
been showing ponies for over 35 years. The McCormick's started
their small hackney
pony breeding program with their first pony Ridgetop's Likity Split in
April of 2002 . Willis is past president of the Canadian
Hackney Society and the Ottawa Valley Light Horse Association and Jeff is presently the President of the Canadian Hackney
Society and is also a Past President of the Ottawa Valley Light
Horse Association!. Both Willis and Jeff are on the horse show committee
of the Richmond
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