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
Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics withdrawn from the eventing team (due to an injury of her horse Foxwood High, and replaced with Kathryn Robinson and Let It Bee). The team did not include Ian Millar, who was looking to make a record eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics. Millar's horse was injured earlier in the year and therefore could not compete. His daughter Amy, made her Olympic debut. <br> Canada entered five fencers into the Olympic competition. Joseph Polossifakis and Eleanor Harvey secured a spot on the Canadian team by virtue of a top two placement from the America region outside the world's top 14