Amy Millar’s 2009 season was highlighted by a short European tour in September, during which she competed in Chantilly, France and Barcelona, Spain. She was a member of the Canadian team that placed second in the nations cup in Barcelona. Her brother, Jonathon, was one of her team-mates. Earlier in the season, she kicked off the Canadian summer tour with a win in a major grand prix at the Caledon Equestrian Park, north of Toronto.

She is the daughter of Canada’s most frequent Olympian and most decorated equestrian, Ian Millar. She has twice finished the year on top of the national Jump Canada series, in which points are accumulated in sanctioned competitions from coast-to-coast. The second time she did so, she led by a narrow margin over her father.

The three Millars, dubbed “Team Millar”, all ride and train together at Millar Brooke Farm. Their family feats have made sports history on several occasions. In 2001, Amy, Jonathon and their father, found themselves the only three members of a first-place tie-breaker in a $100,000 grand prix in Ocala, Florida. Jonathon won, followed by his father, followed by Amy. A year earlier, in 2000, the three Millars were all members of the Canadian team in the nations cup at the prestigious Spruce Meadows Masters tournament in Calgary. Jill Henselwood, who had begun her grand prix riding career training at Millar Brooke Farm, was the fourth member of the team — making it an all Millar Brooke team.

Amy made her Canadian Equestrian Team debut in 1999, and narrowly missed a berth on that year’s Pan American Games team.

She not only rides and trains her own mounts at Millar Brooke Farm. She coaches other riders and operates various aspects of the horse business, alongside her father and brother. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Ryerson University in Toronto. After university, and before joining the family business, she worked as a trainer in the U.S.


HORSES

Costa Rica Z – 14-year-old, German-bred mare, owned by Millar Brooke and Mathews

Romanov – 11-year-old, Belgian-bred gelding


RECENT RESULTS AND CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

2009
9th $100,000 World Cup Qualifier, Royal Winter Fair, Toronto Costa Rica Z
4th $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championship, Royal Winter Fair, Toronto Costa Rica Z
2nd All Star Grand Prix, Scotiabank Place, Ottawa Costa Rica Z
2nd Member of 2nd-placed team, Promotional League Nations Cup Final, Barcelona, Spain Costa Rica Z
7th €60,000 Grand Prix of Barcelona, Spain Costa Rica Z
9th €30,000 international jumping competition, Chantilly, France Romanov
6th $75,000 Brookstreet Grand Prix, Ottawa, Ontario Costa Rica Z
8th $100,000 Summer Festival Grand Prix, Palgrave, Ontario Costa Rica Z
4th $125,000 Grand Prix, Bromont Internationale, Bromont, Quebec Costa Rica Z
6th $32,000 Open Jumper Welcome, Bromont, Quebec Costa Rica Z
6th $30,000 AON Cup, Spruce Meadows North American, Calgary Costa Rica Z
9th $200,000 CN Reliability Grand Prix, Spruce Meadows National, Calgary Costa Rica Z
1st $50,000 Caledon National Grand Prix, Palgrave, Ontario Costa Rica Z
7th $30,000 Winter Equestrian Festival Challenge Cup, Wellington, Florida Costa Rica Z
8th $50,000 Grand Prix, Winter Equestrian Festival, Wellington, Florida Costa Rica Z

2008
1st $50,000 Phase II, Canada Cup, Tournament of Champions, Palgrave, Ontario Costa Rica Z
5th $50,000 World Cup Qualifer, Bromont Internationale, Bromont, Quebec Costa Rica Z
3rd $35,000 Kubota Cup, Bromont Internationale, Bromont, Quebec Costa Rica Z
4th $35,000 Kubota Cup, Bromont Internationale, Bromont, Quebec Piccobello de Val du Geer
3rd 1.5 metre competition, Bromont Internationale, Bromont, Quebec Costa Rica Z
1st $50,000 grand prix, Classique Internationale de Blainville, Quebec Costa Rica Z
4th $50,000 grand prix, Classique Internationale de Blainville, Quebec Piccobello de Val du Geer
4th $25,000 grand prix, Beaulieu Summer Classic, Ste. Justine de Newton, Quebec Piccobello de Val du Geer
2nd $50,000 Grand Prix, Caledon National, Palgrave Ontario Piccobello de Val du Geer
5th $50,000 Grand Prix, Caledon National, Palgrave Ontario Costa Rica Z
4th $25,000 Open Welcome, Caledon National, Palgrave, Ontario Costa Rica Z
6th $50,000 Grand Prix, Classic at Palgrave, Palgrave, Ontario Costa Rica Z
6th $75,000 grand prix, Palm Beach International Equestrian Centre Costa Rica
3rd $30,000 Winter Equestrian Festival Challenge Series Week 10, Wellington, Fla Costa Rica Z
3rd $30,000 Winter Equestrian Festival Challenge Series Week 4, Wellington, Fla Costa Rica Z
6th $30,000 Winter Equestrian Festival Challenge Series Week 1, Wellington, Fla Costa Rica Z

2007
1st Leading rider and horse combination in the Kubota Cup Eastern Conference Costa Rica Z
4th International Jumper Speed, Royal Winter Fair, Toronto Piccobello de Val du Geer
2nd $40,000 Kubota Cup, Maritime Fall Fair, Halifax Piccobello de Val du Geer
1st Open Welcome, Maritime Fall Fair, Halifax Piccobello de Val du Geer
1st $75,000 World Cup Qualifier, Canadian Country Classic, Halton Hills, Ontario Costa Rica Z
4th $60,000 Kubota Cup, Collingwood, Ontario Costa Rica Z
2nd $50,000 Miele Grand Prix, Collingwood, Ontario Costa Rica Z
4th $50,000 Miele Grand Prix, Collingwood, Ontario Piccobello de Val du Geer
2nd $60,000 Kubota Cup, Bromont, Quebec Costa Rica Z
1st $25,000 Modified Grand Prix, Bromont, Quebec Piccobello de Val du Geer
1st $15,000 Open Welcome Stake, Bromont, Quebec Costa Rica Z
4th $70,000 World Cup Qualifier, Blainville, Quebec Costa Rica Z
1st $25,000 Grand Prix, Ste. Justine-de-Newton, Quebec Navarre
2nd Open Welcome Stake, Old Salem Week 1, North Salem, New York Costa Rica Z
2nd $20,000 Garden State Open Jumper Welcome, Augusta, New Jersey G Force

2006
4th $75,000 World Cup Qualifier, Halton Hills, Ontario Sweet Dreams
1st Open Jumper Level 9 competition, Bromont, Quebec Sweet Dreams
1st 1.45 metre competition, Caledon Summer Festival, Palgrave, Ontario Costa Rica Z
4th $50,000 Old Salem Grand Prix, North Salem, New York Costa Rica Z

2005
2nd $40,000 Grand Prix, Atlanta, Georgia Costa Rica Z
1st $10,000 Grand Prix, Ocala, Florida Fancy Hill
2nd $10,000 Grand Prix, Ocala, Florida Sweet Dreams

2004
2nd $25,000 Grand Prix, Ocala, Florida Valentino

2001
1st $100,000 Catskills Grand Prix, Ellenville, New York Manhattan
3rd $100,000 Grand Prix, Ocala, Florida Roseanne

2000
1st $30,000 Grand Prix, Tournament of Champions, Newmarket, Ontario Roseanne
2nd $75,000 Capital Classic Grand Prix, Ottawa, Ontario Roseanne

1999
1st $10,000 Leading Rider Award, Bromont Internationale, Bromont, Quebec
2nd $60,000 World Cup Qualifier, Bromont, Quebec Mont Cenis

1997
1st Desert Circuit Six-Bar, Indio, California Zagal

1996
2nd Individual silver medalist, North American Young Riders’ Championships, Wadsworth, Illinois Zagal