
[He was a legend, and we will never forget him] Dislikers, real mature. A terrible tragedy for all of the equestrian world happened today, Hickstead, a fantastic show jumper, had a heart attack after performing yet another great jumping round, the boy died proud. Hickstead was a horse like no other and there is not exception, no equivalent, no horse that could match up to him. And may Hickstead now join the great team of show jumpers, galloping their heart free among the clouds now. RIP Stix ♥ A great article of Hickstead: Eric Lamaze's stallion Hickstead, whose resume included gold- and silver-medal performances at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a seemingly endless list of triumphs at Spruce Meadows, collapsed and died during Sunday's Rolex FEI World Cup event in Verona, Italy. "It's just very, very sad for that to happen to the horse, to happen to Eric, to happen to the sport," said Mac Cone, a member of Canada's silver-medal jumping team at the 2008 Olympics, where Lamaze and Hickstead also won gold in individual jumping. "I think he's the best show-jumper I've ever seen in my life. It's too bad it had to come to an end." According to a statement released by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), Lamaze and Hickstead had just completed a 13-fence track with a single rail down in Sunday's event in Italy when the 15-year-old Dutch Warmblood collapsed and died. Attempts to revive the horse were not successful. The event was stopped, with other competitors gathering <b>...</b>
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