![]() Millar was aboard Big Ben when he last won at Spruce Meadows … in 1991. ![]() Consider: Big Ben, his old buddy, was euthanized in 1999, and Mr. And, let’s face it, a day for everyone, myself included, who loves a good underdog yarn since, legend or no, Mr. Last Sunday, then, was a day for the optimist at the CP International Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows in Calgary. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() If the analytical mind ever overrode that optimist in me, I’d be in some serious trouble.” “And I am always shocked when we actually don’t do it. “The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, ‘Come on, let’s go,’ I absolutely believe that the horse and I can do it, and that we will do it,” Mr. But there is another voice, one unperturbed by the available evidence, eager to shout down the realist so that the horse and rider can get to work. Millar as to what all this information means, which is: he doesn’t stand a chance out there anymore, jumping fences, going horse-to-horse with riders half his age or less. His analytic-self will dutifully inform Mr. Millar, Order of Canada member (1986), Canadian Sports Hall of Fame member (1996), 10-time Olympian, Canadian equestrian legend - and the Ian Millar of Ian Millar and Big Ben fame - hasn’t done a whole lot of winning in recent years, nor has he had the right horse to do the winning with. ![]()
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