Cause of Death of HIckstead Revealed

[Matt73]

At a press conference today it was revealed that Hickstead died of an acute aortic rupture

http://www.fei.org/veterinary/press-releases/preliminary-post-mortem-results-hickstead

 

[topnotchminis]

That is awful

 

[HGFarm]

Thanks for the update- such a loss.

 

[Hosscrazy]

Huge, huge loss

Thanks for the update.

Liz N.

 

[Matt73]

More added....here: http://www.barnmice.com/group/barnmicenews/forum/topics/hickstead-s-death-due-to-acute-aortic-rupture

And here: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2011/11/09/sp-lamaze-hickstead.html

 

[SHANA]

Such a shame, here is the tribute they did to Hickstead at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ThDKUbpa6VQ. Eric later went on to ride Herald 3 in the FEI competition, he had a standing ovation, http://vimeo.com/31885323.

 

[SHANA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEd4gJbG6us&feature=related This is how I will always remember Hickstead, a winner.

 

[New mini]

Can not watch the video. It says it is not released for my country. Wish I could see it as he was an amazing horse to watch.

 

[Taylor Richelle]

A major loss for sure

He was a one in a million horse...- Thanks for the update.

 

[SHANA]

Yes it was a sad loss, you can see the video on youtube.

They say for every great horse there is only one rider and for every rider there is only one great horse.

For Ian Miller it was Big Ben, for Beth Underhill it was Monopoly, for Jill Henselwood it was Special Ed and for Eric Lamaze it was Hickstead. He will be greatly missed. Eric does own a son of Hickstead though, he is a yearling, his name is Fort Knox WF. He looks a lot like his sire. http://www.woodlawnfarms.com/fortknox.htm