All Blog Posts Tagged 'eric lamaze' (5)

Rest In Peace, Hickstead.

When the news of Hickstead's death reached me, the first thing that came into my mind was denial. There was no way a great horse such as him could have an end such as it was. Hickstead was a horse that deserved another Olympic performance, a retiring ceremony, and many more years relaxing on a stud farm. But when I watch the video, the great horse sinking to the ground, carefully rolling as if to set Eric safely down, I realized there was no denying it. Hickstead's death had really…

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Added by Phoebe Autumn on November 9, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Canadian Show Jumping Team Set to Compete at Pan Am Games

Visit www.therider.com and check out our latest stories. Get the latest on the Pan Am games here: http://www.therider.com/rider/canadian-show-jumping-team-set-to-compete-at-pan-am-games/

Added by Barry Finn on October 26, 2011 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Day 5 - the CN International

The very big news today is the CN International. McLain Ward has been wanting to win this class for years and today was his day. He and his amazing mare Sapphire had two clear rounds as did Eric Lamaze on his equally amazing stallion Hickstead. Ward had to go first in the jump-off and had a clean round that was deceptively fast.

Then Lamaze put in a very quick clean round to great cheering, but looking at the clock, everyone suddenly… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 13, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Spruce Meadows 2009

It's day 2 here at Spruce Meadows for the Masters Tournament, one of the biggest stops on the yearly international show jumping tour.

I'm just getting started updating my blog, so I'll start with the results from day One:

There were two classes in the International Ring on the first day. Eric Lamaze won the Zeidler Financial Cup riding Take-0ff, a 9 year old Dutch… Continue

Added by KatyM., Community News on September 10, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Eric Lamaze and Hickstead Win the World Cup Qualifier at the Royal

News for yesterday's results:

Toronto, ON – Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze brought his Gold-medal horse Hickstead across the ocean to compete in just one class at The Royal Horse Show this week, and it couldn’t have gone any better than it did tonight. Hickstead once again demonstrated he is in a class all to himself, exploding over the jumps with power and stamina unmatched in the arena this evening, if at all.

Of the 23 competitors to begin the $100,000 CN FEITM World…

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Added by Laura on November 13, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments