"equestrianism. Despite winning team gold at the 2007 European Eventing Championships in Italy, she failed to defend her individual title after a problem in the show-jumping phase of the competition. The British Olympic Association announced that Tindall would ride Toytown for the British equestrian team at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 in Hong Kong. However Toytown was injured during training and she was forced to withdraw from the team. Tindall also missed the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when Toytown suffered a similar injury during training. On 25 October 2008, Tindall fell from her horse, Tsunami II, at the 15th"
"and won a silver medal in the team event. Her mother, Princess Anne, presented her medal. Tindall finished second at Luhmühlen Horse Trials 2013, on her top horse High Kingdom. At the World Equestrian Games in 2014, Tindall and High Kingdom were part of the British team that won team silver. Tindall stopped using her maiden name, Phillips, in March 2016. She competed for the first time as Zara Tindall during her unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Tindall supports many charitable causes. She frequently attends various events for charity and has taken to supporting certain"
"just one fence, losing to then-world number one Pippa Funnell on her way to the Rolex Grand Slam. Far from being an easy horse to ride, Zara comments that he ""doesn’t like performing these days unless it really matters"" (something he demonstrated at the 2007 Festival of British Eventing when, according to the BBC's equestrian correspondent Clare Balding, he ""went complete bonkers and started rearing"" during the Dressage), and that ""Toytown, almost always, has to do something to show he is in control."" A leg injury following Burghley forced Toytown out of contention for the 2004 Athens Olympics and the"
"Zara Tindall Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall (née Phillips; born 15 May 1981) is a British equestrian and Olympian. She is the daughter of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips and the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Tindall won the Eventing World Championship in Aachen in 2006. The same year she was voted 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British viewing public (an award her mother won in 1971). She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for her services to equestrianism. In 2012, she carried an Olympic"
"became a major power in the Olympics from 1904 to 2000, winning 47 of 90 gold medals, but left out of the medals for the second consecutive Olympics. On July 15, 2008, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named the rider/horse combinations for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. The horses were shipped to England on July 17, placed under quarantine on July 22, 2008, and shipped to Hong Kong for the Olympic Games on July 30, 2008. Before the start of the games, Heidi White-Carty and her horse Northern Spy withdrew from the U.S. eventing team because of a veterinary"
"World Equestrian Games. Soon after, he began riding TC Ravel, who would become his most successful horse. Despite being gelded while in quarantine after his shipment from the Netherlands and suffering an injury in 2007 that prevented training, Ravel carried Peters to a qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In individual dressage competition at the Games, Peters placed fourth, riding Ravel. The US team finished fourth at the 2008 Games, but was disqualified after team member Courtney King's horse tested positive for felbinac, a banned substance. In 2009, Peters and Ravel had the highest scores in all three portions of"
"fence of a cross-country event at Pau, France, and broke her right collarbone. The horse broke its neck after it tipped over the hedge and was put down. In 2009, Tindall announced she was designing her own range of equestrian clothing for Musto Outdoor Clothing. The range is named ZP176 after the team number she was given when she first represented her country. The range was officially launched in July 2010. On 11 June 2012, Tindall was announced as a member of the British Equestrian team for the 2012 London Olympic Games. She competed in the Olympics on High Kingdom"
"Cabral (horse) Cabral (2001–2017), also known as ""JP"", was a gold medalist dressage horse ridden by Natasha Baker. The Polish-born British dressage horse, a Paralympic gold winner (2012) in Rio, was euthanized. JP was previously owned by Christian Landolt an FEI Dressage and Eventing rider and judge. He brought JP to event however he was not bold enough in the cross country. Natasha was selected as part of the dressage squad for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom. In the individual championship test grade II event Baker and Cabral scored 76.857% to set a"
"eight and begin competing in dressage at the age of twelve. In 2008, she won the junior international class at Hickstead U21 International, becoming the first disabled rider to win an able-bodied international event. She was named as the first reserve rider for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, but withdrew when her horse was found to have a tumour on its foot. At the 2009 European Championships in Kristiansand, Norway, she won three gold medals; with her horse Pinocchio she won the individual and team grade IV events and was also part of the British"
"the last day of competition. During the show jumping phase she knocked down a fence and eventually finished seventh in a competition won by Mark Todd. She won a bronze medal at the 2009 European Eventing Championships as the British side finished behind Germany and France. Wilson was initially selected as a reserve rider for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was added to the squad for the individual and team eventing when Piggy French withdrew after her horse DHI Topper W suffered an injury. Wilson's horse for the Games was Opposition Buzz. The events were held at"
"final round on August 22. Jillian Terceira was not originally chosen to participate on Bermuda's Olympic team, and was passed up for Patrick Nisbett and his horse, Antille 8. This occurred when neither Terceira nor Nisbett qualified for an Olympic spot at the equestrian finals in Hong Kong, caused in part by the injury of Terceira's horse, Navantus. Because Bermuda was allowed only one horse rider, the Bermuda Equestrian Federation awarded their one reserved Olympic spot to Nisbett because Terceira's horse had been injured during the course of the event. Terceira argued that she had a second horse, Chaka III,"
"in 1972; individually, he finished in 35th place in 1972. At the 1988 Olympics his horse sustained a pulled muscle and could not complete the individual three-day event, but Phillips won a silver medal with the British team. Phillips was a four-time champion at the Badminton Horse Trials, in 1971–72 on ""Great Ovation"", in 1974 on ""Colombus"" and in 1981 on ""Lincoln"". It was through his equestrian activities that he met Princess Anne, the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Their own daughter Zara won a silver medal in the three-day event with the British"
"the Pan American Games. They competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, winning individual silver. Gina Miles Gina Miles (born November 27, 1973) is an American eventing rider. Riding McKinlaigh, owned by Thom Schulz and Laura Coats, Miles won a silver medal in individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She gives clinics to aspiring riders and trains horses for eventing. She was born in San Francisco, California. Miles began riding McKinlaigh in 2000. In 2002, she competed him in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event and went on to place in the top 25 in the World Equestrian"
"she began competing with ""Delgado"", who quickly became her top horse. Continuing the plague of injuries, she was scheduled to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was forced to withdraw after ""Delgado"" suffered an injury to his hoof. The horse, although capable of producing high scores, was prone to injury, and also caused Ferrer-Salat to withdraw from the 2010 World Equestrian Games and the 2011 European Championships. Despite these setbacks, she is known as the ""most successful dressage rider"" in Spanish history. She currently is working with at least two new horses, ""Edgar Wallace"" and ""Sir Radjah"", who she"
"and won bronze individually. In 2008, Miles and McKinlaigh competed on the US Olympic team in the Beijing Olympics, winning silver individually; the American team did not medal due to many faults on the cross-country course. In 2015, McKinlaigh was inducted into the United States Eventing Association Hall of Fame for his notable career and Olympic accomplishment. McKinlaigh McKinlaigh (foaled 1994) is an Irish Sport Horse who competes internationally in the sport of eventing for the United States. With rider Gina Miles, he won team gold in the 2007 Pan American Games, and individual silver in the 2008 Olympic Games."
"new Paralympic record for the grade II classification and win the gold medal ahead of German defending champion Britta Napel who won silver with a score of 76.000%. She won her second gold medal of the Games in the individual freestyle test grade II. She set a new Paralympic record of 82.800% , beating second placed Napel by over 5%. Cabral was put down on 26 February 2017 after contracting a bacterial infection. Cabral (horse) Cabral (2001–2017), also known as ""JP"", was a gold medalist dressage horse ridden by Natasha Baker. The Polish-born British dressage horse, a Paralympic gold winner"
"again in 1999. She was part of the national jumping team at the 1998 FEI World Equestrian Games that finished in 10th place. She was in 81st place in individual show jumping at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was offered $1 million for her horse Altair, an offer she declined. In 2001, Altair damaged a suspensory tendon at an event at Spruce Meadows. Underhill has stated that Altair and Monopoly received fan mail. At the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 2011, she was thrown from her horse Viggo and suffered a concussion, the second of her career but the first"
"team at the 2012 Olympics. In 1998, Phillips designed the cross-country venue for the Red Hills Horse Trials, a qualifying event for the Olympics located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. He is now a regular columnist for ""Horse & Hound"" magazine. He also remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles, and serves as ""Chef d'Equipe"" of the United States Eventing Team. Phillips married Princess Anne on 14 November 1973, at Westminster Abbey. They have two children: Peter (born 1977) and Zara (born 1981). It is believed that Phillips declined a peerage from the Queen which would have allowed his"
"footing. Royal Kaliber was pulled from competition, but his previous effort had still earned him the individual bronze. It was decided to keep the stallion in Europe until he had completely recovered from his injury, before shipping him home. Following the disqualification of gold medalist, Cian O'Connor of Ireland, for a drug infraction, Kappler and Royal Kaliber were finally awarded the individual silver medal, with Rodrigo Pessoa moving up to the gold-medal position. Royal Kaliber's leg was said to be healing very well following the Games. However, the horse began experiencing problems with colic, and an ultrasound was performed finding"
"Tamarillo (horse) Tamarillo was a part-Arabian gelding that excelled in the sport of eventing under rider William Fox-Pitt. Foaled in 1992 at Biddesden Stud Tamarillo was shown successfully as a young horse becoming Part Bred Champion at the annual National Arabian Horse Show in Malvern in 1995. He was first ridden by Diana Burgess through novice and intermediate levels. In 1999 the ride was taken over by William Fox-Pitt. Together they represented Britain in international competitions from 2002. Tamarillo was withdrawn after the cross country phase of the Athens Olympics after chipping his stifle. In September 2013 it was announced"
"issue. Karen O'Connor and her horse Mandiba took their place on the team. The U.S. successfully defended its gold medal from Athens in the team jumping competition against Canada for a timed jumpoff. On September 22, 2008, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) disqualified the U.S. fourth-place finish in the Olympic team dressage event and Courtney King's thirteenth-place finish in individual dressage after King's horse Harmony's Mythilus tested positive for the banned substance felbinac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. According to USA Today, the FEI did not believe King or ""anyone on her behalf or related to the USEF had knowingly administered"
"vertebra and a compression fracture of her T5 vertebra. After one of the vertebra shifted, she underwent surgery on October 18. In June 2013, it was announced that during the remainder of her recovery, Phillip Dutton would again take over as the rider of her top horse, this time 2012 Olympic mount Mr. Medicott. When not competing, O'Connor serves as a member of the USEF's Board of Directors and as an active member of the United States Eventing Association's (USEA) Instructor Certification Program. In 1995, O'Connor's horse Biko was named ""The Chronicle of the Horse's"" Eventing Horse of the Year,"
"in the 2008 Games, but was moved to a competition spot in July 2008 when teammate Heidi White was forced to withdraw. Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Games, the US team repeated their placing, while O'Connor improved to 9th, riding Mr. Medicott. Her 9th-place finish was the highest rank achieved by a US equestrian at the 2012 Games. O'Connor was the oldest Olympian to represent the US in any sport at the 2012 Games. At the 2003 Pan American Games, O'Connor took an individual silver medal, riding Joker's Wild. During the 2000s, O'Connor and her sport pony Theodore"
"In 2008, the Balshaw was part of the British Para Dressage team at the Beijing Paralympics. Excited by what he described as ""one of the best experiences of his life"" Balshaw and Deacons Giorgi (retired) returned to the UK with a Silver medal, coming second to Lee Pearson another British Paralympics team member. Shortly after returning from Beijing, Balshaw put Giorgi into semi-retirement and started training a new horse named ""Bungle"". During one of his training sessions Balshaw fell from the horse, and with his foot stuck in the stirrup, he was dragged by his horse resulting in a few"
"purchased a 10-year-old grey called Gandalf to campaign for selection to ride at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His comeback was sponsored by New Zealand Bloodstock. On 19 May 2008, Todd placed sixth at a three-day equestrian event in Saumur, France. Subsequently, achieving qualification and selection for the Olympics, he put up one of the best performances of the NZ team, in what was only his eighth competition in eight years. The New Zealand team finished fifth, and Todd managed the second best individual performance for the team, coming in 17th overall. Following Beijing, Todd competed for the inaugural Express Eventing"
"a bronze medal in the individual competition, and helped the Spanish team to win a silver. She missed the 2006 World Equestrian Games due to an injury suffered by ""Beauvalias"". In 2007, ""Beauvalais was retired"", and Ferrer-Salat began competing internationally with two new horses, ""Fabergé"" and ""Peter Pan"". In the run-up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, she was on the short-list for the Spanish team, but had to withdraw after ""Fabergé"" was injured and ""Peter Pan"" was evaluated as too inexperienced to compete. This withdrawal left Spain with only two riders, removing the country from the team competition. In 2009,"
"at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winners of the team silver medal. However, while jumping in the final round of the individual competition, he had an awkward landing from the 15th fence on course, a large oxer. Kappler felt his mount take an odd step and, with only two fences to go, pulled him up and dismounted. A diagnosis by the team veterinarian found that the horse had an acute strain to his superficial digital flexor tendon of his left foreleg. This made him the third show jumping horse to be injured, which brought up questions of the suitability of the"
"FINA for two months in 1998, despite his protestations. On his return from suspension, he had been surpassed by Klim and Geoff Huegill and was unable to gain selection for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He later made another comeback after the Sydney Olympics, but did not make any further impressions. In 2004, a horse named Krayzelburg which Miller part-owned with other swimming identities won the Sydney Entertainment Centre Trophy. Miller was charged on 16 April 2008 after police seized a commercial pill press, drugs and cash in a raid on a storage facility in Brookvale, New South Wales, on"
"in this event, when he flipped off his horse Diandian on one jump, dragged along with his foot still in the stirrups, and stamped on by his mount, leaving him with bloodied face. Following his disastrous and sudden fall in riding, Zakrzewski placed thirty-fourth out of thirty-six competitors in the men's event, with a score of 4,264 points. John Zakrzewski John Zakrzewski (born 16 September 1982 in Senlis, Oise) is a French modern pentathlete. He is currently ranked no. 179 in the world by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM). Zakrzewski qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,"
"at three. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, riding The Optimist, she posted a DNF (did not finish) in both the team and individual portions. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, riding Biko, she and the US team rode to a silver medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, riding Prince Panache, O'Connor and the US team again took a medal, this time bronze. O'Connor did not ride as an individual at either the 1996 or the 2000 events. In the 2008 Summer Games, riding Mandiba, she placed 44th individually, while the US team took 7th. O'Connor was not originally scheduled to ride"
"she would have to apply for a United States visa, and could face the possibility of rejection. Lee was approved for naturalisation in July 2008, but her quest to represent Hong Kong at the Olympics finally faced an insurmountable barrier in the form of an injury to her horse, Mr Burns. The horse was in Belgium undergoing pre-export quarantine at the time. Lee's withdrawal meant that Hong Kong would not field an Olympic show jumping team; Lee's fellow show jumpers Kenneth Cheng, Samantha Lam, and Patrick Lam would go on to compete as individuals. Lee went on to compete for"
"she resumed competing. In 1992, a horse fell on her at a show, opening a deep cut on her back and breaking four of her ribs. In July 1998, she received injuries to her face as the result of a fall. She rode the next day. She has also fractured her left shoulder, and broken her collarbone twice, her arm, her wrist, and two fingers. At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won a silver medal with the U.S. jumping team (riding Alvaretto). She competed for the U.S. 2000 Olympics team in Sydney, Australia. She won a team"
"sweep the three available dressage gold medals at a single FEI World Games. The Netherlands’ Edward Gal rode Totilas to gold medals at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (Ky.) before the stallion was sold to Schockemöhle and Linsenhof in late 2010. Totilas has since been plagued by injuries, missing out on the 2012 London Olympic Games and 2014 World Games (France). Totilas was retired in 2015 August, after results came back from a recent MRI, showing the horse has bone inflammation in his left hind hoof. Moorlands Totilas was approved for breeding by the KWPN in 2009, and"