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Hickstead (March 2, 1996 – November 6, 2011) was a
"Olympic show jumping champion Eric Lamaze's horse Hickstead dies during event"
Canadian Press, 6 November 2011
In 2007 Hickstead and Eric Lamaze won the coveted $1Million CN International at th
Spruce Meadows "Masters"
Tournament in Calgary, Alberta (Canada). During that event, he also won a record four ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup titles. At the 2007 Pan Am Games, Hickstead and Eric Lamaze won team silver and individual bronze medals. In 2008, Hickstead and Eric Lamaze won Individual Gold and Team Silver for Canada at the Beijing Olympic Games. This was the first individual gold medal won in equestrian, and second overall gold won by Canada in Olympic history, the other being a team medal coming from the 1968 Olympics. In 2010 Hickstead earned the title 'Best Horse in the World' at th
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
WEG) in
unique format
of the Top Four Final, riders with the four highest scores throughout the competition exchange horses. Hickstead and Lamaze were also the 2010 champions of the Rolex Grand Prix at the prestigiou
CHIO Aachen: World Equestrian Festival
in Germany. In a competition where the top three combinations completed both rounds and the jump-off without faults, Hickstead raced to victory – finishing the jump-off in a time that was ''twenty four one hundredths of a second'' faster than that of the second place 'Carlina', ridden by Pius Schwizer of Switzerland. In 2011 Eric Lamaze and Hickstead won the $1 million CN International for a second time. The pair was second in the 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping Final in Leipzig, Germany. On November 6, 2011, at a competition in Verona, Italy, Hickstead collapsed shortly after finishing a round and died of an aortic rupture. At the time, he was paired with Lamaze, the number one rider in the world.Vancouver Sun
"Canadian show jumping horse Hickstead dies"
Randy Boswell, 7 November 2011 Eric Lamaze had praised this horse in 2006:
Eric Lamaze
at Olympic.ca
Hickstead
at Torrey Pines Stable * Trinity Chinner * EMG 1996 animal births 2011 animal deaths Show jumping horses Individual male horses Horses in the Olympics Horses in the Pan American Games Filmed deaths in sports Filmed deaths of animals Horses who died from racing injuries
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Stallions follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" nec ...
ridden by Canadian Eric Lamaze
Eric Lamaze (born April 17, 1968) is a Canadian retired showjumper and Olympic champion. He won individual gold and team silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, riding his famed horse Hickstead. Lamaze has won three Olympic medals, as well as four ...
. With rider Lamaze, he was an Olympic
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gold and silver medalist in show jumping
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. Hickstead was owned by Torrey Pines and Ashland Stables Inc.
A Dutch Warmblood
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, Hickstead was high and bay in colour. He was born in Belgium. During his career, he won more than $4 million CDN.Global News"Olympic show jumping champion Eric Lamaze's horse Hickstead dies during event"
Canadian Press, 6 November 2011
Career
In 2006, Hickstead was a member of the winning Nations Cup Team in Florida. He also placed third in the AachenGrand Prix
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and won the Duke Energy Cup at Spruce Meadows.
In 2007 Hickstead and Eric Lamaze won the coveted $1Million CN International at thSpruce Meadows "Masters"
Tournament in Calgary, Alberta (Canada). During that event, he also won a record four ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup titles. At the 2007 Pan Am Games, Hickstead and Eric Lamaze won team silver and individual bronze medals. In 2008, Hickstead and Eric Lamaze won Individual Gold and Team Silver for Canada at the Beijing Olympic Games. This was the first individual gold medal won in equestrian, and second overall gold won by Canada in Olympic history, the other being a team medal coming from the 1968 Olympics. In 2010 Hickstead earned the title 'Best Horse in the World' at th
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
WEG) in
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...
. After completing the ''extremely'' rare feat of logging four clear rounds with four different riders in the Rolex Top Four Final, Hickstead was named Best Horse of the discipline. Under thunique format
of the Top Four Final, riders with the four highest scores throughout the competition exchange horses. Hickstead and Lamaze were also the 2010 champions of the Rolex Grand Prix at the prestigiou
CHIO Aachen: World Equestrian Festival
in Germany. In a competition where the top three combinations completed both rounds and the jump-off without faults, Hickstead raced to victory – finishing the jump-off in a time that was ''twenty four one hundredths of a second'' faster than that of the second place 'Carlina', ridden by Pius Schwizer of Switzerland. In 2011 Eric Lamaze and Hickstead won the $1 million CN International for a second time. The pair was second in the 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping Final in Leipzig, Germany. On November 6, 2011, at a competition in Verona, Italy, Hickstead collapsed shortly after finishing a round and died of an aortic rupture. At the time, he was paired with Lamaze, the number one rider in the world.Vancouver Sun
"Canadian show jumping horse Hickstead dies"
Randy Boswell, 7 November 2011 Eric Lamaze had praised this horse in 2006:
Reactions to Hickstead's death
"I was watching it on tv and I would have never guessed it would happen at that point... I now care for horses and I'm joining a national cup." -Lana Jaeger, Long beach MississippiSee also
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References
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Eric Lamaze
at Olympic.ca
Hickstead
at Torrey Pines Stable * Trinity Chinner * EMG 1996 animal births 2011 animal deaths Show jumping horses Individual male horses Horses in the Olympics Horses in the Pan American Games Filmed deaths in sports Filmed deaths of animals Horses who died from racing injuries