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I am getting tons of messages about Hickstead, and instead of answering them all individually, I would like to address everyone together,

I do not know what happened to him, besides that he collapsed after a round. Eric and many others believe it was a heart attack. 

 When the horse does anything athletic, it’s body automatically dump tons of red blood cells into the bloodstream. But at the same time, because you have an increase, the blood becomes thicker, and if the horse was prone to a weakened heart, it could have burst.

An autopsy will take place later this week.

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