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Misdee WRIGLEY MILLER

Misdee WRIGLEY MILLER, American Driving athlete.
Name Misdee WRIGLEY MILLER
FEI ID 10064469
Gender Female
Date of Birth 02/01/1957
Competing for United States of America - USA
Registration Driving 2024
Last update 03/08/2021
FEI Database



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Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She began combined driving in 2009 when she helped organize the test event for the 2010 Alltech WEG. She started to drive a team in 2014 and was named to the US team for the 2014 WEG where the team finished in fourth.
Why this sport? Equestrian sport is popular in her family. She became particularly interested in driving after reacquiring two carriages that had belonged to her great grandfather that had been in a museum.
Club / Team Hillcroft Farm: Paris, KY, USA
General Interest
Hobbies Skiing;Diving;Sailing
Memorable sporting achievement Being one of only 4 amateur riders in the 110-year history of the Saddlebred Worlds Championship Horse Show to win the 3-Gaited World Championship.
Sporting philosophy / motto Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you are right.
Awards and honours Twice USEF National Pairs Champion, 2015 USEF Equestrian of Honor, recipient of the Bill Robinson Award; 2015 USEF Saddlebred Leading Owner Award;
Famous relatives Her great-grandfather is William Wrigley Jr, who founded a chewing gum company and owned the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Her husband James Miller has played polo for Hillcroft at the Sarasota Polo Club in Florida, United States. (yourobserver, 31 Jul 2013; kentucky.com, 20 Nov 2011)
Ambitions To win a gold medal at the 2018 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Tryon, NC, United States of America, (phelpsmediagroup.com, 28 Nov 2017)
Other information COMPETITION HOST She owns Hillcroft Farm in Paris, KY, United States of America. The facility has driving, saddlebred and polo divisions. Roughly half of the total acreage of the property is devoted to agriculture. In July 2017, the farm was selected to host the Kentucky Classic Combined Driving Event from 2019 in a rotation with Hermitage Farm in Goshen, KY, United States of America. (hillcroftfarm.net, 01 Jan 2018; hermitagefarm.com, Aug 2017) CHOOSING HER HORSES Having studied journalism at university, she rejected an offer to work for a news network in New York, NY, United States of America, because it meant that she would have had to leave her horses. "That's when I had my epiphany. I couldn't do it. I turned down New York, and soon after left the news business for good." (chevychaser.com, 10 Aug 2007) OTHER ACTIVITIES She has served on the advisory board of the All Glory Project, which seeks to promote and support programmes that use animal-assisted therapies to aid military veterans and their families. (allgloryproject.com, 2014)
Further Personal Information
Family Husband James Miller
Other names MIsdee Wrigley
Residence United States
Occupation Athlete
Languages English, French
Higher education Journalism - Arizona State University: Phoenix, AZ, USA