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I love ruffian so much that I cry

hey i have a mini rex to there amazing rabbits and highly intelligent

1:45 no Ruffian. A horsr name Eight Belles

I don't think I have any more tears left in my eyes from crying!!! This is so sad and horrible!!!!! I love animals with all my heart and I would die jut to save at least ONE animal!!!! If you are abusing an animal, you need to die a slow and extremely painful death!!!! I love animals, I hope that one day I can raise enough money to save all animals and I hope that extremely soon, we can overcome animal abuse and save every single animals life!!! I just want every abused animal and every animal to know that I love you so freaking much!!!!!! I love you!!!! Please run away fast and never go back!!!!! Go find someone who cares about you!!!! God who the actual f*** would abuse an animal!!! Wtf did they do to you to make them deserve this treatment?!?!?!? Wtf is wrong people, you need to die horribly if you are abusing an animal!!!! I love animals so freaking much!!!!!

I'm only a kid but I know right now that I'm gonna spend my life fighting animal abuse, it's sad and cruel thank you for making this vid for telling people how evil others can be

Certainly one of the less appealing show jumpers. poor horse

Stvarno su najbolji :)

they are the best ever have poster in m room of them n even look up to thm yoh yoh yoh

Если вы не слепы,у вас есть возможность увидеть насколько Эрик любил эту лошадь.И любил не изза денег...

Just because a horse can jump, doesn't mean he was born to do it. Frogs were born to jump horses are bred and taught to jump. Just like any sport, it takes ALOT of practice to do this. If a horse was born to jump, all horses would jump this high and there would be no sport. With that being said, I also think we ask way too much of them including jumping 6 foot fences. We push them so hard while we sit on their backs. This horse should have been retired like his gut feeling told him.

Oh my god eric lamaze has so much talent. Look at how he got Stix under control before each jump! Certainly something NONE of us would be able to do!

BELGIUM <3 <3 <3

Oh my gosh! Your amazing! How long did it take you to become such a good artist? I've been attempting to learn how to free draw but I fail at it. I end up giving up because I just suck...

Eric loved hickstead and hickstead loved to jump. Eric would never overwork or drug a horse who was more like a best friend. He did not do it for the money either. This was a video in memory of an amazing horse and you had to add negativity to it. Shame on you

je parle de celui qui n'aime pas

un gros *** a dieu petit champion

The horse at 3:02 is not Hickstead I think... Hickstead had two white socks (at his right front leg and left back leg), and the horse we see hasn't O_o

It was out of the blue! Hickstead was NOT that old. This is not just the riders dreams it's the horses too! He was bred to jump! Jumping is a natural thing for him! Do you know what kind of conditions they are cared in! Hickstead's stall was comfier than your room! His accident was one of those "you don't realize it's there before it's too late!" He's now a legend. A legend that no horse person will forget the name of, Hickstead!

I cried so much at this video, made me sick :'( xx

show jumping horses are treated like VIPs, like the stars that they are and the riders love them dearly. The SJ horses love there job otherwise they wouldnt do it, believe me when a horse doesnt want to jump, it doesnt jump. Heart attacks can happen to people as well as animals randomly. Rest In Peace, such a tragic end to his fab career.

@mercedesmarinful FYI, these horses are treated like *STARS*.

really...look how hee jags him in the mouth at 1;44

@mercedesmarinful You can't be in showjumping unless you have a horse.. Why would he mistreat his partner? Do you know Eric Lamaze personally? Uh no.

RIP Hickstead! You were an amazing horse! Our hearts left over the fences in Heaven with you! <3 <3

RIP hickstead, you was beautiful ♥♥ xx from the netherlands !

Nice Video. Especially nice trubute in light of his demise. RIP Hickstead!

@RabbitTips101 Hickstead did not died from an accident , he had a heart attack which can happen to anybody.

@mercedesmarinful You fool, can you not see after every jump Eric is petting Hickstead? He is rewarding him for making it a clear jump. You can see Eric frankly loves his horse. If you cannot - Then you are clearly blind.

@shrekandlottie4life do you know what is climax??? its when you are at the top in maturity , training , strenght.. what this means is that after 11 a horse starts to decrease gradually because its a natural process... blame mother nature not me. And this doesnt means you cant compete anymore but you have to gradually decrease work and stress.. thats all i am saying. If you cant understand this like many trainers its not my fault. Saludoooos!!!

@mercedesmarinful Actually,No They Don't Reach Their Climax At 11 You Dipshit,Im A Showjumper And I Ride Horses That Are As Old As 17,And They Still Win Everything!So Don't Say Something Until You Know Its Right.

@mercedesmarinful Have you look at the pictures of Hickstead there is no fear in his eyes he loved to jump, and if you know anything about showjumping you cannot make a horse jump if he doesn't want to. He died from a heart attack which can happen to anybody, it just happens.

omg who the f**k would do this! i saved a cat from abuse i think she was but i helped her shes a cat she lost a eye when we found her i love her so much and i feel so sad for her

♥ Love You ♥

RIP <3

@terucha1999 yes,sadly he is :( he died during fieracavalli show in verona italy few weeks ago during the jumping

Hickstead is death?? D: ?? D:

@mercedesmarinful i know that, but he didnt do it for the money, is what im saying, but u know money is nice, id like to have money myself, but hickstead is one of a kind. like big ben was. u dont get horses like that anymore, so to see eric's favorite horse to die in front of him is deaply heartbreaking. thats what im saying, i have had a similar event, my horse was big and clumbsy and he hurt himself, and of course my ded sent him to a slaughter house, he never told me that til 3 years later.

@kreabis Ok my problem isnt with Lamaze and his rought life, but if you insist : He exceed one million in prize money a year, a third of these earnings came as a result of winning the CN International Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows, so showjumping of course is about money, and its ok ! thats not the problem..... mmm and about drugs Lamze received a four year suspension after testing positive for cocaine in 1996. And again tested positive in Sydney games...

@mercedesmarinful are u mental? eric had a rough life, he used to be a drug addict, and he transformed into a great person, he wasnt greedy, not did he force that horse to do anything! that horse loved to jump. and to retire him, u would kill him, because he loved his job! my friend has a pony, she's 27 and she beats all the young pony's in competitions. so i dont see wats wrong, a vet says it is good to keep animals going, it good for them!

@horseobsessed23 you have obviously no experience with horses, especially jumpers. They aren't forced. You can't force an animal that big to do anything. It is a team effort, a partnership of trust. Many horses love to jump and Hickstead was clearly one of them.

@mercedesmarinful Many jumpers are just getting started at Gran Prix level at 11, you are way off saying he should have been retired long ago. 11 is NOT old for a horse.

@mercedesmarinful You have no clue. Hickstead was not overworked nor drugged. He was the reigning number one jumper in the world. He received excellent care and his age is typical for show horses. Showjumpers don't make much money nor do they have celebrity status despite your delusions to the contrary. Drugs are illegal in Olympic sport and it isn't safe to ride a drugged horse in the first place so no one with half a brain would do it. Especially over jumps. Coronary Aneurysm was COD

@RabbitTips101 jajajaj take it easy, relax jajajaja i am not blind but maybe you are... of course bad things happend but you can try to avoid many accidents. And his heart didnt just stop beating.... Aortic Rupture happens beacause of a big effort that the heart just cant handle... In humans this happens in car accidents so imagine the kind of effort for a horse if we compare. I am not trying to offend anyone but lets stop being romantic .

this song suites him so good, fuck i wish hi didnt die :'(

Rip Hickstead

miss u.

2:10 LOL. His face! xD R.I.P Hickstead!

zo kutt!!!!!!!

I love you Hickstead ! <3

well Mercedesmarinful seems to have a lot of rubbish to say on all the various posts re Hickstead, nothing better to do with their time probably!! Go get a life obnoxious idiot!