Day 3 Gina Miles on the Cross Country Track

Gina Miles talks about the Cross Country Track for the Rolex Kentucky competition on April 25th 2009. Gina talks about her predictions for who will do well and who she is rooting for and walking through the course walk fency-by-fence. She explains what tests the rider will face at each jump and how the fences will need to be ridden. This is one of the only four star courses in the world and the tests riders will face are intense and will be exciting for spectators and will demand the best riding and concentration from both horse and rider.

About Gina Miles

Career highlights: Silver medal in the Individual Eventing competition in the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong; Gold medal, team competition, 2007 Pan American Games; Bronze medal, individual competition, 2007 Pan American Games; 1st place, USEF Fall Championship, 2006; Bronze medal, World Cup Final, Pau, France, 2003.

As a little girl, Gina Ostini Miles kept asking for a horse, a request that led to lessons at Happy Horse Riding School in Davis when she was 7.

When she was 10, she went to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and watched the cross-country portion of an equestrian competition called eventing and knew that's what she wanted to do.

Her father bought her a pony at an auction for $170 when she was 11, continuing a horse-centered life that reached a peak at the 2008 Olympics.

More on Gina Miles...

Name – Gina Miles
Hometown -  Davis, CA
Age - 1973
Place of Birth - San Francisco, CA
Schools Attended -  Davis High School; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Marital Status -  Married
Children - Austin, 7yo, Taylor 7 months
Occupation – Trainer
Qualifications – USEA Cerified Instructor Level III; USPC Graduate "A";
represented U.S. @ 2002 World Equestrian Games; 2003 World Cup Final.
When/Why First Started Riding - At age 7, always loved horses.
Age 10 discovered Eventing at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Name of First Horse/Pony –
Lily, purchased by Dad for $170 at a Boys Club Auction
Non-Equestrian Career/Accomplishments -
Downhill ski racer in high school, also danced in a semi-professional
dance company and was a high school cheerleader/mascot.
Hobbies – Reading, Harry Potter and going to Disneyland.
Most Admired Rider – Karen O'Connor
Equestrian Awards Won –  1993 U.S. Cavalry Award,
2001 Amanda Warrington Trohpy at Fair Hill,
2002 Zeppa International Award at Rolex Kentucky
for Best Presented Horse and Rider.
Favorite Event – Rolex Kentucky
Your Criteria in an Event Horse –The desire to do the job,
good work ethic, trainability.
Your Ideal Career - What I am doing !!
Best Advice Ever Given – You can't let the lows get too low or the highs
get too high or you will never make it in this sport - (Karen O'Connor)
Favorite TV Show – Lost
Favorite Food – See's Chocolate
Favorite Music – 80's
Last Place you Vacationed - San Diego, CA

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