When the athletes named to the National Team Program for Jumping were announced for 2022, Amy Millar topped the ‘A’ Squad with the highest percentage of clear or four fault rounds jumped at the 1.55m-1.60m level riding Truman. Her name also appeared on the ‘B’ Squad beside Christiano where rounds in CSI2* competition and classes held at 1.50m or above were taken into consideration.
As a member of the Millar show jumping dynasty, Amy and her older brother, Jonathon, are the children of 10-time Canadian Olympian Ian and the late Lynn Millar. Amy, now 45, has no memory of the first time she sat on a horse, only the photographic evidence to prove it. She does, however, have clear memories of the first time she jumped and, more than four decades later, still loves it today. That passion for the sport saw her follow in her father’s footsteps to the Olympic Games where she and Heros represented Canada at the 2016 edition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
With a successful career currently in full bloom, Amy was preparing to head to Europe to represent Canada in Nations’ Cup competitions in La Baule, France, and Rome, Italy, when we caught up with her during a rare week home at Millar Brooke Farm in Perth, ON. When not based in Wellington, FL, for the winter season, Amy lives on the farm with her husband, Brad, and their two children, Lily and Alex.