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Originally Posted by scooter
Skydragon, there has been no coverage in the US as to the nature of the injury to Toytown. Has anything been released in England? Specifically, is it a second injury to the suspensory which sidelined him last time? Also, do you know how old he is?
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It appears it is a soft tissue injury that is unlikely to heal in time and after consultation with the team vets, Zara decided to withdraw.
He is, I believe, 15 years old!
Zara Phillips misses Olympics again as Toytown is forced to retire through injury - Olympics News - Telegraph
Zara Phillips' dream of adding the Olympic gold medal to her eventing world championship is over. Her horse, Toytown, has suffered an injury in training and the pair have withdrawn from the Beijing Games
Toytown injury puts Zara out of UK's equestrian Olympic team
Royal blow for Britain and Zara as Toytown forced out of Olypics| Sport | This is London
Zara Phillips will not compete in Beijing Olympics after horse Toytown is injured | Sport | guardian.co.uk