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Jumping Millars Can't Be Stopped

July 21, 2007

Bromont, Quebec For the second consecutive day, Amy Millar, of Perth, Ontario won the feature competition at the Bromont International show jumping tournament. 30-year-old Millar and her 32-year-old brother, Jonathon, have been on an unprecedented winning streak for the last six weeks.

Today's victory in the $20,000 Cheval Blanc Speed Derby left no room for error. In a rare show jumping outcome, Millar tied to 1/100th of a second for the victory. In an even more unusual twist, the dual winners both had refusals. Jump-offs are rare in speed competition and, after some deliberation, it was decided to call it a tie.

Millar's co-winner was Hyde Moffatt, of Brantford, Ontario, on Ting Tin, who made a valiant attempt to stop the Millar winning streak, stopping the clock at 151.9. Last to compete, Millar had the identical outcome as Moffatt, also having a refusal and equalling his time. The winners were more than three seconds faster than their closest rival, Quebecer Billy Derouet on Jezabel, who logged a time of 155.02.

G Force is a 9-year-old Dutch-bred gelding with whom Millar has had considerable success against the clock. She first rode him as a "catch ride" in Florida in March, when his owner, who was also his usual rider, had to go home for a week. That first ride resulted in a second-place finish against a large international field, with only U.S. Olympian Laura Kraut faster. Millar kept the ride and has continued to have success with him. G Force is owned by Victoria Smith, the same owner Millar won for yesterday on Costa Rica Z.

"Tomorrow I'm going for a hat trick", Millar said, looking ahead to Sunday's $60,000 BonjourQuebec.com Grand Prix.

The sister and brother show jumping duo, whose father is Canada's most decorated show jumper, are now in the second-last week of the Quebec summer show jumping circuit that began in Ste-Justine-de-Newton in mid-June. Both Amy and Jonathon have logged grand prix wins, open welcome stake wins, as well as a

modified grand prix win and now a speed derby win for Amy.

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