Bode Miller, one of the world's most famous ski racers, is planning a career change.
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Bode Miller, one of the world's most famous ski racers, is planning a career change.
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After a long and illustrious career on the slopes, Miller plans to conquer the world of horse racing.
Bode Miller's equine ambitions —
After a long and illustrious career on the slopes, Miller plans to conquer the world of horse racing.
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Bob Baffert, pictured here with Miller in 2006, will be the six-time Olympic medalist's partner as he embarks on the new challenge. Baffert is a three-time winning trainer at the Kentucky Derby, a race Miller has long dreamed of conquering.
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Bob Baffert, pictured here with Miller in 2006, will be the six-time Olympic medalist's partner as he embarks on the new challenge. Baffert is a three-time winning trainer at the Kentucky Derby, a race Miller has long dreamed of conquering.
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Baffert named one of his sons Bode -- pictured here with Miller at Churchill Downs -- and in 2012 his horse Bodemeister was runner-up at the Kentucky Derby and then the Preakness Stakes, having led both races, before skipping the third leg of the Triple Crown season.
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Baffert named one of his sons Bode -- pictured here with Miller at Churchill Downs -- and in 2012 his horse Bodemeister was runner-up at the Kentucky Derby and then the Preakness Stakes, having led both races, before skipping the third leg of the Triple Crown season.
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The 37-year-old Miller spoke to CNN's Christina MacFarlane at the 2014-15 skiing season's World Cup opener in Solden, Austria in October.
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The 37-year-old Miller spoke to CNN's Christina MacFarlane at the 2014-15 skiing season's World Cup opener in Solden, Austria in October.
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It's not the first time Miller has ventured outside of skiing. In 2010, he was invited by the United States Tennis Association to compete in a qualifying tournament for the U.S. Open. He was beaten in straight sets by Erik Nelson-Kortland.
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It's not the first time Miller has ventured outside of skiing. In 2010, he was invited by the United States Tennis Association to compete in a qualifying tournament for the U.S. Open. He was beaten in straight sets by Erik Nelson-Kortland.
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Still a keen tennis fan, Miller was pictured with his wife Morgan Beck Miller, at the 2014 U.S. Open. The Olympic beach volleyball player <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fp%2FsulCuwJFoQ%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">joint-owns a horse with Miller's young daughter Dacey.</a>
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Still a keen tennis fan, Miller was pictured with his wife Morgan Beck Miller, at the 2014 U.S. Open. The Olympic beach volleyball player joint-owns a horse with Miller's young daughter Dacey.
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They were among the attendees at the 2014 Kentucky Derby, where Baffert's horse Chitu was ninth behind victor California Chrome.
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They were among the attendees at the 2014 Kentucky Derby, where Baffert's horse Chitu was ninth behind victor California Chrome.
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Miller won an emotional sixth Olympic medal of his long career at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. He claimed joint bronze in the men's Super-G event.
Bode Miller's equine ambitions —
Miller won an emotional sixth Olympic medal of his long career at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. He claimed joint bronze in the men's Super-G event.
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Miller tasted gold in the Super Combined four years earlier in Vancouver, while also taking home bronze in the Super-G.
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Miller tasted gold in the Super Combined four years earlier in Vancouver, while also taking home bronze in the Super-G.
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