Hickstead dies in the ring......

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in the world cup qualifier at Verona........ but WHY WHY WHY were we shown it three flippin times on the live coverage!!!!...... not good FEITV

Possibly the best horse in the world and that was the dignity shown to him....

Shame on you FEITV.........:mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
Oh how tragic :( Got the live results open and wondered why there seemed to be a gap.

How tragic. Sounds bad on the part of FEI TV

Was it a heart attack or something?? Or was it a fall?
 
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the riders have decided to show their respect by not continuing the class they all riders entered the ring on foot, many of them in floods of tears......

Now THAT is the kind of respect this horse derserved, NOT to have those final few tragic moments shown over and over on TV............

Amyneave, having seen it, several times over including in horrible slowmotion, it was a heart attack,
 
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charlie76 said:
Oh no, he was one of my favourite horses to watch. Does anyone know what happened?
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Heart Attack (type thing, for those pedantic enough to claim horses don't have heart attacks). Had jumped his round and was just walking out of the ring. Unfortunately he was still fairly central in the ring when he collapsed.

Thankfully it was slow enough that Eric did not get trapped under him and at least the poor boy died relatively quickly, doing a job he appeared to love. Very similar to Spring Along. So sad.
 
Desperately sad as he had so much to still offer and was an incredible horse.
 
When FEI TV broadcast live coverage form an event, it takes the live feed from the host broadcaster and therefore has no influence over the pictures shown. The Italian host broadcaster showed images of Hickstead’s final moments. The FEI regrets that FEI TV viewers were upset by this sad incident and joins with everyone in extending our condolences to Eric Lamaze and all those connected to this wonderful horse.

FEI Press Team
 
Obviously not, there are already some "tribute" vids on Youtube of him doing what he did best. Quite why it was deemed reasonable to post a vid of him in the throes of death is quite beyond me. Where is the dignity for him in doing that, a great horse turned into a morbid circus act. I am actually disgusted that it was posted on here:(
 
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