Toytown (horse) 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
Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage aspects of the dressage. Final scores were based on the average of the Freestyle and Special Test results. Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage The individual dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 13 and 19, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The first round of the individual dressage competition is the same FEI Grand Prix Test used for the team dressage event. The Grand Prix Test consists of a battery of required movements that each rider and horse pair performs. Five judges evaluate the pair, giving marks between 0 and 10 for each