"three equestrian disciplines that took place in Hong Kong. Zara Phillips, the reigning world eventing champion and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, had been included in the squad until her horse, Toytown, sustained an injury, which meant she missed her second successive Olympics. Great Britain qualified three fencers for the fencing competition. Two of these came from the re-allocation of places by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE), the governing body for Olympic fencing, after the withdrawal of other fencers. The Great Britain men's team qualified for the men's Olympic field hockey tournament after a must-win game against India in 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"
"via Twitter on the 27th of June 2017. 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002 Toytown (horse) Toytown was a British event horse owned and ridden by Zara Phillips. Toytown was a chestnut gelding born in 1992, standing at 17hh and with particularly distinctive markings including a white blaze and white spots. Toytown and Phillips competed together at the highest level of the sport until the horse's retirement in 2011, after accruing 1,421 British Eventing points in his career. Toytown's exact breeding is unknown. Noddy was spotted as a 7-year-old novice eventer in 1999 by Zara's father, Mark Phillips, when rider and"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Burghley Horse Trials, the first mare in 33 years to do so, a win at the 2007 Badminton Horse Trials, the first mare in 53 years, and a win at the 2009 Rolex Kentucky Three Day. She came third at the 2006 Luhmuhlen Three Day Event, a great accomplishment after having taken a fall the previous year on cross-country and then contracting a virus which nearly killed her. She was an alternative to the 2006 World Equestrian Games, but when not called, was switched to the Burghley Horse Trials. She is one of only two horses in history to have"
"was later sold to the Schultz family. In 2000 McKinlaigh was imported to America and became the mount of eventer Gina Miles, who was managing the Schultz's California ranch at the time. Competing for the United States, McKinlaigh and Miles placed in the top 25 at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain. McKinlaigh also competed in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event for the first time in 2002. In 2006, he was the United States Eventing Association's Horse of the Year. Miles and McKinlaigh were part of the gold medal-winning American team in the 2007 Pan American Games,"
"herself. Halla died on 19 May 1979 at the advanced age of 34 years. International Grand Prix Wins include: Halla (horse) Halla (16 May 1945 – 19 May 1979) was a horse ridden by Hans Günter Winkler. She is the only horse ever to win three Olympic Gold medals in the sport of show jumping. She stood . Halla (also listed as ""Sonnenglanz"") was born in the yard of Gustav Vierling in Darmstadt. Her parents were Helene, a French trotter horse of unknown breeding, and the Standardbred Oberst. Halla was first trained as a steeplechaser before she was discovered by"
"event and fourth in the freestyle grade III. She won individual, freestyle and team gold medals at both the 2001 European Championships and the 2003 World Championships. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, she won three gold medals. Riding the Nina Venables owned horse Figaro IX she won the individual and freestyle grade III events and was a part of Great Britain's victorious squad in the team championship. This made her and Figaro the first horse and rider combination to have won triple gold at consecutive European, World and Paralympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,"
"Zara and Toytown's hard work with Mark Phillips in the show jumping ring and Pflueger in the Dressage arena put paid to these teething problems, and the pair's first real success came with the Young Rider title at Bramham Horse Trials in 2002, followed by individual silver at the 2002 Young Riders European Championships in Austria. This success was cemented in their CCI**** debut at Burghley Horse Trials in 2003. Competing at this level for the first time, over a particularly challenging course, Zara and Toytown found themselves in the lead after the cross country and missed overall victory by"
"She joined the North Cornwall Pony Club, winning the junior section of club's championships in 1976. Her international career started in 1994. In that year she competed in the World Equestrian Games. She rode at the Atlanta Olympics 1996 with her horse Cupido. For several years after this she did not compete internationally due to horse injuries, but by 2001 she was first in the small tour rankings. She made a full comeback in 2006, when she won grand prix and grand prix special with the horse Lucky Star at Munich CDI in May, then she won the grand prix"
"Park during a ceremony at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day in 2001. The Gray Goose The Gray Goose was a horse ridden by American eventer Kim Walnes. At one point, the pair was ranked third in the world. Kim Walnes first met The Gray Goose at a local riding stable in Ireland, when he was a three-year-old. They were separated for two years, during which time the horse was started under saddle, and fox hunted, where he fell and injured his knees. As a five-year-old, Kim began riding him, and she bought him a year later and returned with him"
"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"
"Greenwich Park between 28 and 31 July. Nicola Wilson Nicola Wilson (née Tweddle, born 1 October 1976) is a British equestrian rider specialising in three-day eventing. Riding Opposition Buzz, she won a team gold at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games and team silver at the 2012 Olympic Games. She is also a five-time medallist at the European Championships, including team golds in 2009 and 2017, and individual bronze in 2017. Born in Darlington, Wilson was given her first pony when she was three years old and later joined Hurworth Pony Club, where she competed in various pony club events"
"flame at Cheltenham Racecourse on her horse Toytown. As a member of the Great Britain Eventing Team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, presented to her by her mother. She is 17th in line of succession to the British throne. Zara Tindall was born on 15 May 1981 in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London. She was baptised Zara Anne Elizabeth on 27 July 1981, and her first name was suggested by her uncle, the Prince of Wales. Her godparents are her maternal uncle, Prince Andrew; the Countess of Lichfield; Helen, Lady Stewart (wife"
"Halla (horse) Halla (16 May 1945 – 19 May 1979) was a horse ridden by Hans Günter Winkler. She is the only horse ever to win three Olympic Gold medals in the sport of show jumping. She stood . Halla (also listed as ""Sonnenglanz"") was born in the yard of Gustav Vierling in Darmstadt. Her parents were Helene, a French trotter horse of unknown breeding, and the Standardbred Oberst. Halla was first trained as a steeplechaser before she was discovered by the German Olympic committee. She was to be used in eventing competitions, but was considered very difficult and changed"
"Sapphire (horse) Sapphire (born April 15, 1992) was a Holsteiner gelding who competed in Olympic show jumping, and 2003 Pan American Games gold medalist. On May 27, 2002 Sapphire won $35,000 Lexus of Glendale Memorial Grand Prix prize money, at the Memorial Day Classic Horse Show. Sapphire bested a field of 25 starters with a double clear rounds and the fastest time in the jump off of 41.176 seconds. This win moved Sapphire into fourth place standing for American Grand Prix Association's ""Horse of the Year"", and Mark Watring ""AGA (American Grand Prix Association) Rider"". 2003, 2003 Pan American Games"
"Toytown (horse) Toytown was a British event horse owned and ridden by Zara Phillips. Toytown was a chestnut gelding born in 1992, standing at 17hh and with particularly distinctive markings including a white blaze and white spots. Toytown and Phillips competed together at the highest level of the sport until the horse's retirement in 2011, after accruing 1,421 British Eventing points in his career. Toytown's exact breeding is unknown. Noddy was spotted as a 7-year-old novice eventer in 1999 by Zara's father, Mark Phillips, when rider and former owner Meryl Winter went to him for a lesson. Zara bought the"
"in 2006 on Headley Britannia In 2006/2007 she achieved a remarkable Burghley/Badminton back-to-back - winning both 4* competitions riding Headley Britannia. In June 2007, Lucinda competed at Luhmühlen Horse Trials, Germany riding Prada, however she withdrew before the Cross Country phase. After Luhmühlen Lucinda travelled to The Netherlands and competed in the CCI** and CIC** at Ede International Horse Trials. She won the CCI** riding Mister Alligator and came 14th on Prada in the CIC** At the 2008 Olympic Games, Fredericks won a silver medal in the team competition. In the individual event, she was in tenth position after three"
"Lauren Kieffer Lauren Kieffer (born June 6, 1987, Mount Carmel, Illinois) is an American equestrian who competes in eventing. As the leading USA rider in the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event CCI, she won the Pinnacle Cup Trophy in 2014 and again in 2016, both times riding the Dutch Warmblood mare Veronica with whom she has been paired since 2013. Kieffer was a member of the gold medal-winning US eventing team at the 2015 Pan American Games, riding Meadowbrook's Scarlett. Kieffer comes from a ""non-horsey"" family, the only daughter of a diesel mechanic and an accountant. She began riding lessons"
"Silverbulletday Stakes to the Rachel Alexandra Stakes to honor her. On April 25, 2016, Rachel Alexandra's induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was announced. The mare was joined by her trainer Steve Asmussen and Zenyatta in the class of 2016. Rachel Alexandra Rachel Alexandra (foaled January 29, 2006 in Kentucky) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse and the 2009 Horse of the Year. When she won the 2009 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, she became the first filly to win the race in 85 years (the last filly to win was"
"won the Holidays and Horses $50,000 Grand Prix competition. In early 2015, he and Kraut won the Trump Invitational Grand Prix. Later the same year, he won the $150,000 Ocala Grand Prix in Florida. Cedric (show jumping horse) Cedric is a Holsteiner horse who competes internationally in the sport of show jumping. With rider Laura Kraut, he was part of the gold medal-winning American team in the Beijing Olympics. Cedric is a gray Holsteiner gelding, standing high. He was foaled in Belgium and at the age of seven was purchased by American rider Laura Kraut, who took him to the"
"and on every occasion by unanimous decision. 2004 - Polish Spring Champion Filly Polish Spring Show, Best in Show Polish Spring Show, Falborek Show Champion Filly, Best in Show Falborek Arabian Show, Polish National Champion Filly, Best in Show Polish National Show, ANC Champion Filly All Nations Cup - Aachen, European Champion Filly, World Champion Filly, winner of the Arabian Triple Crown, junior (The Arabian triple Crown consists of being Champion at Aachen, European, World) 2006 - US Nat. Champion Junior Mare, Scottsdale Champion, 3 year old Mares 2008 - Champion Mare Al Khalediah Arabian Horse Show, Polish National Champion"
"him, only to have him stand at stud. Gem Twist Gem Twist (June 12, 1979 - November 18, 2006) was a world champion American Thoroughbred show jumping horse registered under the name Icey Twist. Bred by equestrian Frank Chapot, Gem Twist had an incredible career at the Grand Prix level. The gelding is the only horse to have won the ""American Grand Prix Association Horse of the Year"" title three times, and is regarded as one of the best show-jumpers in history. Two genetic clones of Gem Twist were subsequently foaled after Gem's 2006 death: the first named Gemini, and"
"Poetin Poetin (1997 - December 2005) was a world-class dressage horse that was the 2003 World Young Dressage Horse Champion in the six-year-old division, and sold for a record amount at the PSI Auction in Germany. Poetin was of excellent bloodlines, sired by Sandro Hit, the Winner of 1999 six-year-old Dressage World Championships and German Bundeschampionate. Her dam, Poesie, was by the 2003 Hanoverian Stallion of the Year, Brentano II. Pedigree for Poetin<br> 1997 Dark bay filly Poetin had a short-lived career as a dressage horse. Her first great success was in 2000, when she won the Bundeschampion as a"
"main international competition horse is Rosamunde. Peters is the first person to be awarded the USEF's Equestrian of the Year Award three times, having won the honor in 2008, 2009 and 2011. Steffen Peters Steffen Peters (born September 18, 1964) is a German-born equestrian who competes for the United States in dressage. He has participated in four Olympic Games, winning a team bronze medal on two occasions (in 1996 and 2016). Peters has been successful in numerous other international competitions, including winning team bronze at the 2006 World Equestrian Games, two individual bronze medals at the 2010 World Equestrian Games"
"Alexandra was the only 3-year-old filly to receive the Eclipse Horse of the Year Award since the Eclipse Awards began in 1971. (Azeri 2002, Lady's Secret 1986, and All Along 1983 – all were 4 years old when they won). Prior to the advent of the Eclipse Awards, there were comparable awards known as the Horse of the Year, in which there had been four other 3-year-old filly winners (Busher, Twilight Tear, Regret, and Beldame), and one 2-year-old filly (Moccasin). On September 29, 2010, just days after that Rachel Alexandra's retirement was announced, The Fair Grounds Race Course renamed the"
"in the individual test and freestyle test events at the 2010 World Equestrian Games at Lexington, Kentucky. She was unable to attend the 2012 London Paralympics and 2014 World Equestrian Games due to transportation and horse injury problems. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she rode Ceasy, a 9-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare. In the lead up to Rio she has been assisted by the Western Australian Institute of Sport. She finished ninth in the Individual Championship Test Grade III and 15th in the Dressage Individual Team Test Grade III and was a member of the Australian team that finished ninth in"
"horse a few months later after watching him jump with her stepmother and dressage coach Sandy Pflueger. Zara has since commented that he ""looked a bit like a hat-rack when we first saw him but I got on really well with him."" Despite Winter's description of him as a 'cross country machine', Toytown was far from a natural eventer, with a particular lack of respect for show jumps - at the Windsor CCI** in 2001, Zara and Toytown entered the ring in the lead only to finish out of the running with six fences down and 25 penalty points. However,"
"2013, she returned to riding with the aim of competing in the Paralympics. She uses a whip and voice commands to guide the horse’s movements. Her international debut was at the 2014 CPEID3* in Hartpury, England, where she finished fifth twice and sixth. She was a reserve rider for the Australian team at the 2014 World Equestrian Games. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she rode Danish-bred horse called Zidane. She finished fifth in the Individual Championship Test Grade II and 13th in the Dressage Individual Team Test Grade II and member of the Australian team that finished ninth in the"
"in two more allowance events. The last victory of her career came in the ungraded Pio Pico Stakes. Cara Rafaela next finished last in the Autumn Days Handicap. Her final race was an allowance, in which she finished fourth. She was then retired to the broodmare barn. Cara Rafaela biggest accomplishment was achieved during her time as a broodmare. In 2003, she gave birth to a brown colt by A. P. Indy named Bernardini. This son, who would become 2006 Eclipse Champion 3-year-old Colt and Co-World Champion 3-year-old, would earn her the title of 2006 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year."
"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"