Captain Canada - Canadian Olympian, Ian Millar - is all set to make Olympic History at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing
He is just as excited for Olympics No. 9 and he was for No. 1
Millar finally earns a medal, on In Style, in 9th Olympic appearance
Ian Millar at the Beijing Olympics 2008
- Canada wins silver medal in team jumping
- Canada earned a silver in the team jumping competition on Day 10 at the Olympic Games, giving veteran rider Ian Millar his first medal in his ninth Olympic appearance.
Ian Millar - Who is Ian Millar?
Millar is a nine-time winner of the Canadian Show Jumping Championship and has captured six Spruce Meadows Derbys. With his horse, Big Ben (1976-1999), Millar won more than 40 Grand Prix titles worldwide and the Show Jumping World Cup two years in a row. At the Pan American Games in August 1987, Ian Millar became the second Canadian to win an individual gold medal. He holds the North American record for Grand Prix and Derby wins. He has been a member of every Canadian Equestrian Team at the Show Jumping World Championships team since 1972. At Athens in 2004, Millar became an 8-time Olympian, competing in every Olympic Games since 1972. He holds the record for competing in more Olympics than any other Canadian athlete.
Ian Millar, CM (born January 6, 1947) is a Canadian show jumping world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longetivity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed "Captain Canada" in his sport.
Legendary Show Jumpers - The Incredible Stories of Great Canadian Horses
Legendary Show Jumpers: The Incredible Stories of Great Canadian Horses (Amazing Stories)
Amazon Price: $7.95 (as of 07/06/2009)
Once in a while a horse comes along that is extraordinary. Air Pilot, Barra Lad, and Big Ben have all had their turn at being the brightest star blazing in the show-jumping sky. For more than 100 years, great Canadian high-flying horses have provided spectators with exhilarating displays of their jaw-dropping talent and love of jumping.
About horses in Canada
Wild About Horses: Our Timeless Passion for the Horse
Amazon Price: $14.04 (as of 07/06/2009)
Scanlan, author of the Canadian horse books Riding High and Big Ben
Show Jumping
Show Jumping Framed Photographic Print
22 in. x 29 in.
Buy at AllPosters.com
Big Ben - the horse that was inducted in the Ontario Sports Legends Hall of Fame
Big Ben (April 20, 1976 ? December 11, 1999) was a world champion show jumping horse.
Included is a tribute to Big Ben
An Apple a Day: A Heartwarming Collection of True Horse Stories
Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)
In 2000, Big Ben's personal groom, Sandi Hill, wrote a touching tribute to Big Ben in the book titled "An Apple a Day: A Heartwarming Collection of True Horse Stories" edited by Kimberly Gatto.
Ian Millar links
- Ian Millar is the most decorated equestrian in Canadian history.
- Millar was inducted, along with horse Big Ben, in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 He was named Ontario's Athlete of the Year in 1989 and awarded the Order of Canada in 1986.
- The Millars pack a punch
- Ian Millar, 61, readies for his 9th Olympic Games as Canada's premiere show jumper
Here is the 2008 Beijing Olympic schedual on CBC TV Canada:
Individual jumping final: Day 4, Tuesday, August 12, 10:45 EDT
Team jumping final: Day 4, Tuesday, August 12, 07:15 EDT
Olympic Equestrian
Olympic Equestrian: A Century of International Horse Sport
Amazon Price: $21.28 (as of 07/06/2009)
This revised edition highlights and chronicles the worlds most celebrated equestrian athletesboth human and equinein the only Olympic sport where men and women compete on a level playing field.
List of the countries in the Olympics
- Competing Countries
- Beijing 2008 - competing countries
DVD
Training the Modern Jumper DVD
Amazon Price: $26.99 (as of 07/06/2009)
Excellent, focus on the welfare of the horse
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mulberry wrote...
Any Olympic event is much more interesting when I know more about the athletes. Thanks for this introducation...I will be looking for them!
Posted August 18, 2008
Big Ben - the Horse
Ian Millar index
- Ian Millar at the Beijing Olympics 2008
- Ian Millar - Who is Ian Millar?
- Legendary Show Jumpers - The Incredible Stories of Great Canadian Horses
- About horses in Canada
- Show Jumping
- Big Ben - the horse that was inducted in the Ontario Sports Legends Hall of Fame
- Included is a tribute to Big Ben
- Ian Millar links
- Olympic Equestrian
- List of the countries in the Olympics
- DVD
- Please leave a message
- Big Ben - the Horse
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