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In 1984, the horse began competing in show jumping events, touching off what would become a long and successful career. Millar rode Big Ben to more than 40 Grand Prix titles including six Spruce Meadows Derbys, as well as taking the world cup show jumping championship two years in a row - the first World Cup Final coming at Gothenburg, Sweden in 1988, and then again the next year in Tampa ...
On November 6, 2011, at a competition in Verona, Italy, Hickstead collapsed shortly after finishing a round and died of an aortic rupture. [10] At the time, he was paired with Lamaze, the number one rider in the world. [11] Eric Lamaze had praised this horse in 2006: He's a great horse and a very good competitor.
Brooklyn "Brookie" Supreme (April 12, 1928 – September 6, 1948) [a] was a red roan [4] Belgian stallion noted for his extreme size. Although disputed, the horse may be the world record holder for largest (but not tallest) horse [3] [6] and was for a while designated the world's heaviest horse before Sampson was found to have been heavier.
A horse was hit by a pickup truck on Highway 278 after jumping a fence and running into traffic Wednesday morning just west of the bridge to Hilton Head Island, near the intersection of 278 and ...
A third horse, Napper Tandy, died in the next race of the day, in the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle. The British Horseracing Authority issued a statement on the deaths, saying that the losses “are a ...
The Breeders’ Cup, horse racing’s most prestigious series of races, is finding itself in a public perception nightmare as one of its top horses died on Tuesday and the Belmont and Travers ...
Kjell Qvale was undergoing heart surgery when the horse died. Alice Campbell, wife of his last keeper (trainer Emmett Campbell), phoned the Qvale family with the news; Mrs. Qvale felt it fortunate that Kjell was still groggy when told of Silky Sullivan's death, since he loved him. "There was no horse like him," said Kjell. "He was a gentleman.
Another horse has died after racing at Belmont Park, the second fatality in 24 hours after the Belmont Stakes. Mashnee Girl fell near the quarter pole and sustained a catastrophic injury to her ...