illustration: GarY ClEMEnt; Paul DuCHart oCtoBEr 2015 BCBusiness 117
More than 3,500 well-
dressed guests attended
the seventh annual
Deighton Cup where
horses met horse power
and bubbles met bourbon
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(Left to right) Alexandra Thompson, Ward-
robe apparel operations director; and
David Bentil, Mile's End Motors president
2 Michelle Zembrzuski, showbiz talent
actress; Lee James, Haute import
owner; Sara Ahadi, landscape architect;
Laura Pelaez, mining engineer; and Jose
Chavez, General Motors Financial B.C.
dealer relationship manager
3 Deighton Cup co-founders Brett Turner,
Droski turner partner, and Jordan
Kallman, social Concierge co-founder
4 Amalia Schön, Hewlett Packard Enter-
prises legal counsel; Neil Aisenstat, Hy's of
Canada president and CEo and Gotham
steakhouse lP managing partner;
and Jessica Taylor, shapiro Hankinson and
Knutson barrister and solicitor
5 Justus Parmar, Mackie research VP; and
Christopher Hill, tavistock Capital Corp.
VP operations
6 David Prodanovic, Wirtz Beverage Group
regional director B.C./Yukon; Peter
Thomasen, Wirtz Beverage Group key
accounts manager Western Canada;
Deighton Cup co-founders Dax Droski,
Droski turner partner, and Tyson Ville-
neuve, social Concierge co-founder
The Deighton Cup–
Lucky Number Seven
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Hastings Racecourse July 25, 2015
Our unscienti•c poll of random partygoers at the bash above
Who Are You?
My whole
outfit
25%
Nope,
everything
I needed
was in my
closet
20%
Yes
55%
Yes!
40%
Not yet
30%
I'm
not a
betting
person
30%
Did you buy anything new to wear for the
occasion?
Beer
15%
Bourbon
15%
Cocktails
25%
Wine
10%
Bubbly
35%
What's your poison? Did your horse win?
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