Video: London Olympics 2012 torch relay: Zara Phillips carries torch on horseback in Cheltenham Zara Phillips and her horse Toytown gave the Olympic torch relay the royal seal of approval at Cheltenham racecourse on Wednesday. The Queen's grand-daughter carried the flame for 300 yards in front of thousands of screaming fans. Phillips, who will follow in the footsteps of her Olympian mother Princess Anne when she takes part at London 2012, was moved by her experience. "It is unbelievable," she said. Actually I am still shaking, it was an unbelievable experience. It was quite dodgy at the beginning, but we got there.