In the fall of 1991, a magnificent horse was presented to Yvonne (writer of the VFTH web site). It was a beautiful site to behold for her. Although somewhat on edge due to the fact this horse stood at 16.2 hands and was trained only to race, this did not stop her from saying yes to the opportunity of having this horse become her first. When asked what his registered racing name was she was informed it was Five Sails. Almost too hard to believe as it was the same name of a restaurant Yvonne worked morning shift in often at the Pan Pacific Hotel in downtown Vancouver, B.C. He was also the first horse she viewed when she decided to rescue a horse from the race track. Yvonne knew back then something significant was going to happen during her experience having this horse and it escalated several years later as a result of health issues he began to suffer from. Hence, Yvonne has since studied natural therapies and ventured down many paths to educate herself on the horse. They say in life there is a reason for everything and it is strongly believed that Yvonne's experience with this one horse was to lead to where she finds herself today. Having spent nearly 19 years together with a horse that was classified as unwanted, made every single difference it could in her life; one could even call it of a celestine nature. Truely a life by design having followed her dreams with strong visions of further goals yet to be attained. 

We are proud to feature a horse with such meaning and truly today we will never forget him as we are celebrating the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The beautifully lit up Five Sails under the Trade & Convention Center and joined to the Five Sails Restaurant have been noted by many world wide as the international backdrop to various newsrooms covering the 2010 Winter Olympics. It is this coverage that we seek for VFTH and all those that we touch, with lessons brought to us indirectly through this one amazing horse. Yvonne sadly put down Five Sails this past October, 2009. He will be deeply missed.

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Five Sails Restaurant & the Vancouver Trade & Convention Center