Even the horse looked like he'd rather be watching telly.But the Zara psychodrama will always eclipse: in the individual event, which by now she couldn't win because she'd dropped to 14th after the team event, she jumped a clear round. Every time he comes out, he improves." "This is a great challenge we face in equestrian sport," explains Connell. No wonder Phillips’s security men looked so relaxed. Her CV sparkles with a World Championship gold and team silver, and three podium-topping finishes in European Championships.
They give me lots of advice - and criticism. "This is an up-and-coming horse, a horse whose star is in the ascendancy, and [in terms of Olympic selection] that's probably what tipped it over the edge.
So here we are, looking at the first British royal in history to win a medal at the Olympics. Nicola Wilson also knocked a fence down, so the question becomes academic. Phillips was selected for Beijing but was forced to withdraw when her horse, Toytown, picked up an injury in training, as he had in 2004.Who is going to be so impertinent as to point out that Phillips dropped seven points in the team event and so hindered Britain’s chances of winning gold? "The media could impact on Zara's medal-winning chances. It is a technical business, seeing inside the mind of a horse.
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"But everyone in the sport is good to me. Stonehenge is in triplicate. Her German rival, Michael Jung, took the gold individual medal to match his gold team medal, and made everything look too easy. Her father won Olympic team gold in 1972 and team silver in 1988. Horsiness is synonymous with the monarchy in Britain. Burghley was probably the result that, to the wider audience, said Zara has a horse that could go to London.She managed it, in the nick of time, with a horse named High Kingdom - taking him from the most basic of introductory events in Wiltshire five years ago to third place at last week's Bramham horse trials, her last chance to prove the pair had what it takes for the Olympic Games. ""Zara attracts a massive amount of media attention and the challenge will come around that," says Connell. Anne was in her floppy hat, Zara was in her hard one, both upper lips were equally stiff. It's so loyal, this horse-person dyad. A kiss and a hug from her mum as Zara rides into royal history August 01, 2012 - 15:36 CEST hellomagazine.com London Olympics 2012: Princess Anne's daughter has … It can't tell you the same things.Alongside all the usual pressures athletes place on themselves, the phenomenon of a British Royal competing at a London Olympic Games will inevitably draw intense scrutiny from the media at home and abroad.Media playback is not supported on this device"Zara is absolutely a team player," continues Will Connell, performance director for British equestrian sport.After Bramham, Phillips told BBC Sport: "Last year was a big year. But what a rollercoaster.Nicola Wilson was next for GB on Opposition Buzz, and knocked over the same postbox jump that did for Zara. The Olympic Equestrian Review - London 2012 Olympics - YouTube Zara’s Olympic success saw her continue her mother Princess Anne and father Mark Phillips' legacy. Zara Tindall (nee Phillips) has followed in her parents' footsteps, representing Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics. King said of the German victors: “They did a better job than we did so they thoroughly deserved the medals they got.”Draping medals round the necks of the Germans, British and New Zealanders was the Princess Royal. Born in Paddington, Zara Phillips, the Queen’s granddaughter, followed in the footsteps of her parents Captain Mark Phillips and HRH Princess Anne in competing at the Olympics.
It's incredibly high and I don't even know what's on the other side.
Medal Count: 0. They have worked tirelessly, over centuries, to maintain their mediocrity, through a combination of posh-only eugenics and the demoralizing effect of having no higher to climb.