Hickstead dies in the ring......

Well, I knew what I was going to see (perhaps because I saw the resulting comments and TFC had changed the link) and I don't normally watch these things but I did. I didn't expect to be moved to tears for a horse who, embarrasingly, I knew very little about, but I was. Thanks to those who suggested that it would be an education; yes, I found it so.

I thought the statement that FEI released (shown on the subsequent tribute link) was very well put, and bravo to the riders who abandoned the competition after that.

As others have said, that poor chap, how devastating it must be to stand there and not be able to do a thing while a horse dies in front of you. Even those who ran into the ring - they couldn't do anything apart from stand there, either. :(
 
RIP Hickstead. A truely phenomenal athlete. My thoughts are with all connected, particularly Eric, who had such a wonderful partnership with this superb horse. x
 
Thank you for posting the link, my friends 8 year old gelding went in same away around a month ago, I never really understood what happend and now I do, I never knew that it was so common for horses to suffer from heart attacks :( i always thought it will never happend to any horse I know. so sad R.I.P Hickstead

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I was so sad to hear about this, he was a beautiful boy. My thoughts are with EL & everyone else who knew and worked with him, rest in peace hickstead x
 
So tragic, and so awful for everyone involved. But as someone's already said, at least it was quick, there was no suffering and he was doing what he loved right up to the last moment.

RIP Hickstead xxx
 
How about stopping the argument about the video. Eric himself has posted the moment of Hickstead's death on his facebook page. So, no, it's not disrespectful. Let's just pay homage to a wonderful horse and send deepest condolences to his connections.
 
lizh said:
How about stopping the argument about the video. Eric himself has posted the moment of Hickstead's death on his facebook page. So, no, it's not disrespectful. Let's just pay homage to a wonderful horse and send deepest condolences to his connections.
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The argument stopped pages and pages ago. How about you and others stop trying to bring it back up?
 
Grow up the lot of you, they the owners and rider are in it for the money.The horse is only meat money now and no doubt insured for a lot of money so neither the owners or rider will be out of pocket. So no doubt can start looking for a new horse to fill his place.
 
Whilst EB may not thank me for this, please nobody give them a hard time about their post. They have lost a beloved pet of their own recently and tonight posted on a different thread about the anger they feel. I think we should grant EB the benefit of the doubt that they are reacting to circumstances outside of this thread tonight. Take care, EB xxx
 
mon said:
Are most top competition horses insured? Of does it cost too much.
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I don't know about the top International horses, but a friend of mine has a very good 4* mare, and she's insured for £1k plus £5k for vets bills. The premiums for a competing horse valued at £70k+ are astronomic.

I nearly formed a small syndicate last year to buy a very good stallion. The premiums would have been 10% of his value of £150k, and that would have been annually. This horse doesn't compete, so what a horse in competition would cost, God only knows.

Alec.
 
ERRR!! Mbequest, you wouldn't happen to be one of my cousins would you, as I have a lot of family in Perth/Sydney/Melbourn and I do think some reach Darwin. Did live just outside Williamstown this side of the Yarra in my youth. SO many years ago:):)
 
Perhaps Echo Bravo youmight care to get at least one of you facts correct. I suggest you go to the facebook page of a former member of this forum who reports and was in Verona, and you will see from all the statements there that in fact the riders all walked away from a great deal of money when they asked for the competition to be abandoned. Unlike the eventers, it must be said, when Springalong died. And did they continue with express eventing the day mary kings horse was killed?
 
badattitude said:
Unlike the eventers, it must be said, when Springalong died. And did they continue with express eventing the day mary kings horse was killed?
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Express eventing did carry on, but there was only one horse left to go. When the horse didn't SJ well the rider retired, so no more horses attempted the xc.

I don't know whether or not the riders would have wanted to stop the competition, but I would get the feeling (may be totally wrong and unfair) that becuase of all the hype and excitement before the start of Express Eventing that the organisers themseleves wouldn't want to see the first one abandoned.
(Although I'm not sure my impressions of that day were very good anyway).
 
Echobravo - I most certainly am not one of your cousins.

You would be amazed just how few horses valued at 30k plus are insured, let alone horses worth millions.....

And I still say making such rudiculously sensational comments just to provoke people whilst hiding behind a screen name is a cowardly act, one fir which you should be dreadfully ashamed.
 
mbequest said:
Echobravo - I most certainly am not one of your cousins.

You would be amazed just how few horses valued at 30k plus are insured, let alone horses worth millions.....

And I still say making such rudiculously sensational comments just to provoke people whilst hiding behind a screen name is a cowardly act, one fir which you should be dreadfully ashamed.
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^^ sorry, i am staying out of these arguments, but can i just ask why you feel that it would be LESS likely for a horse worth millions to be insured, than it would be for one worth a mere £30k???? i am not sure i follow your logic...




RIP Hickstead- one truly wonderful little horse
 
RIP Hickstead. A wonderful horse who brought great pleasure to a huge number of people. His ability and scope were breathtaking. In one of the tribute videos there is a sequence of film showing him jumping over a jump wing. Goodness only knows what height he managed, bless him. His passing just goes to reinforce the hair's breadth we all are from death. One minute he was jumping a superb round and the next . . . . . gone. I feel for Eric Lamaze; Hickstead must surely have been his horse of a lifetime.
 
No, it's not. But it is easily linkable via a simple google search and I dont believe I'm making antagonistic comments that I would feel the need to hide from and yes, thank you Alec, I'm aware your user name is also your real not only
 
Most expensive competition horses are not insured, the costs would be astronomical. I remember John Renwick lost a valuable horse and it wasn't insured because of the cost.

Hickstead was an absolute legend of a horse and his passing is desperately sad.

Re EB's comments she is correct EL will be on the lookout for more top horses but its because its his living and doesn't mean he loved H any less.
 
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