Toytown (horse) entire 2004 season, and an injury during final preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics forced the pair to concede their place in the British team. Zara Phillips officially retired Toytown from competition on the final day of the 2011 Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park. The popular gelding was paraded to fans and spectators in the main arena before leaving for the rolling Gloucestershire countryside of the Gatcombe Estate. Toytown made a post retirement public appearance with Phillips at Cheltenham racecourse in 2012 as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay. Zara's husband, Mike Tindall, announced Toytown's death
Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics advanced to the next round. Lynch did not progress. Samantha Albert participated on Jamaica's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in an individual mixed three-day equestrian event. She was the only Jamaican participating in equestrian sports at the 2008 Olympics. Born in Montréal, Canada, Albert married Swedish equestrian Olympian Dag Albert and participated in the Beijing Olympics at age 37. At the Olympics, Albert participated first in the August 9 dressage round, which included 70 athletes in total. Out of a maximum possible score of 270, Albert and her horse Before I Do It scored 168 points on their first jump