Zara Phillips injured & horse dies after serious fall

A previous fall.
Picture courtesy of The Daily Mail.

Zara Phillips has suffered a serious fall, breaking her collarbone and losing her most prized horse, Tsunami II whilst competing at the 3 day Les Etoiles de Pau event in Pau near the French Pyrenees.

The Daily Mail quotes one of Zara's friends: ‘The horse hit the fence and broke its neck. Zara fell off and broke her collarbone. She was taken for professional medical treatment at a nearby hospital and is pretty drugged up with painkillers. She is in quite a lot of pain and is very upset about the death of Tsunami, who was one of her favourites.’

Although Tsunami II survived the fall it had broken a vertabrae in it's neck and had to be put down.

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Zara Phillips prepares for the Olympics

With the 2008 Beijing Olympics fast approaching, the Queen's grandaughter Zara Phillips joined fellow members of Great Britain's eventing team for a training day at the Unicorn Centre in Stow-on-the Wold. Zara, who has already won an individual gold medal for three day eventing in the World Equestrian Games, spoke of her fears over her horse Toytown being injured before the Olympics;

"The only thing I'm worried about now is him. Before Athens I was only long-listed, so I don't know if I would have been chosen, but now I'm in the team the important thing is to get on the plane."

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