Rider Biographies

Zara Phillips

Country: Great Britain

Age: 30

Since the retirement of her ‘horse of a lifetime’ Toytown, with whom she won team and individual gold medals at the 2005 Blenheim Europeans and the “006 Aachen WEG, Zara has been concentrating on building up a string of talented horses, and Headley Kingdom is at the top of the pack. She has produced the Master Imp-sired gelding from a novice with the help of trainers Tracie Robinson, Carl Hester and Kenneth Clawson. High Kingdom was bred by William Micklem in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Zara’s best Burghley result was also her inaugural one - in 2002 with Toytown, when she led going into the final showjumping phase, but knocked one pole and opened the door for Pippa Funnell to take the Rolex Grand Slam.

Zara, who recently married rugby player Mike Tindall, is based at Gatcombe Park.

Notable achievements

• 2011 – Saumur CCI*** 5th High Kingdom
• 2011 – Burnham Market CIC*** 5th High Kingdom
• 2010 – Ligniere CCI** 2nd Lord Lauries, 9th Silver Lining V
• 2008 – Burgie CCI** 1st Secret Legacy
• 2008 – Chatsworth CIC*** 5th Tsunami
• 2008 – Badminton CCI**** 16th Glenbuck, 19th Ardfield Magic Star
• 2007 – Boekelo CCI*** 8th Glenbuck
• 2007 – Pratoni Europeans 6th Toytown
• 2006 – Aachen WEG 1st Toytown
• 2005 - Blenheim Eur Ch 1st Toytown
• 2005 – Luhmuhlen CCI**** 2nd Toytown
• 2003 – Burghley CCI**** 2nd Toytown
• 2002 – Wiendorf YR Eur Ch 2nd Toytown
• 2002 – Bramham U25 CCI*** 1st Toytown