BellamyRd. |
09-03-2006 11:10 AM |
She knows horse racing:
Christina Olivares was born and bred for the world of horse racing. Her mother worked at the infield at Santa Anita, where she met Christina’s father, former jockey and trainer Frank Olivares. By the age of four Christina was already taking horseback-riding lessons five days a week; she got her first pony when she was six years old. She competed successfully in the world of hunter-jumpers, spending most weekends at horse shows with other Southern California riding connections such as Kristin McCarron, Ashley Stevens, and Kristin Mulhall.
With her father competing in the Southern California circuit, Christina spent her summers as a teenager working for him at Del Mar. She remembers waking early to go hot-walk and pony for her father and building sand castles at the beach with Bill Shoemaker.
After graduating from Mayfield High School in Pasadena, Christina went on to the University of Southern California where she immersed herself in the full range of campus activities, everything from football games and sorority functions to campus leadership and philanthropies. She studied journalism and entertainment communications at the Annenberg School for Communications and gained extracurricular experience working for entertainment programs such as MTV News and Extra.
As a senior in college, Christina began working for HRTV as a weekend reporter and features producer. Upon graduation she was hired full time at HRTV where she continued as a reporter. She also co-conceptualized as well as produced the weekly countdown shows Target Louisville and Pursuit of the Cup. It was here that Christina was spotted by TVG and recruited as a full-time reporter. In this capacity she affords fans the inside advantage of her exceptional racing background.
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Seattle, they often have her covering Emerald. I'm not sure when your ban is up, or if it was a lifetime ban, but there's your chance...I'm sure she'd make you forget all about you know who :cool:
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