What was zara phillips first horse called

As for the horse, she broke her neck after tipping over the hedge, and she was eventually put down. On 11 June , Zara had another chance to compete in the Olympics. Competing in the Olympics on High Kingdom, Zara won a silver medal in the team event. Her mother, Princess Anne, a member of the International Olympic Committee, presented her daughter with her medal.

That March, she competed for the first time as Zara Tindall during an unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Click here to subscribe to the Royal Central newsletter. Features Princess Anne and Family. Zara at The Sporting Champion. I graduated with a degree in journalism and sports studies, and a minor in sport and recreation management.

A highlight of my college career was getting the chance to study abroad in London and experiencing royal history firsthand. I have a passion for royals, royal history, and journalism, which led me to want to write for Royal Central. It was also in this year that Zara became a Rolex Testimonee, joining an elite roster of sportsmen and women. Her career continued to flourish and she was selected to ride Toytown for Great Britain at the Beijing Olympic Games in Disappointment followed when Toytown suffered a training injury and the pair was forced to withdraw.

Today, Tindall remains pragmatic about the setback. Not every horse is as good as he was. The horses that get to the top are pretty unique and exceptionally hard to find.

Toytown was retired in , allowing Zara to ride her new horse, High Kingdom, at the Olympic Games. The pair were longlisted for the Athens Olympics, but injury ruled the talented gelding out for the rest of the year. Head to Cheltenham racecourse tomorrow for the chance to see Zara Phillips and Toytown carrying the Olympic flame. In they took individual and team gold at the Europeans at Blenheim, following this up with an individual gold and team silver at the World Equestrian Games at Aachen.