Mark Todd (NZL) Comes out of Retirement

(As Reported in Horse and Hound, 25 January, 2008)

New Zealand's double Olympic Individual Gold Medalist, 51 year old Mark Todd, has come out of retirement and bought Gandolf, a 10 year old grey gelding who won the CCI*** at Richfields (NZL) last year.

Todd plans to run Gandolf at the Manakau City Puhinui Three Day Event on 13 - 16 March after prepping at Arran Station, in Hawkes Bay, on February 24th.

Todd has been training race horses in New Zealand since retiring from Eventing after winning the Individual Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in 2,000.