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ERIC LAMAZE |
SPRUCE
MEADOWS INTRODUCES CANADA'S TEAM FOR THE 2006 WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES
IN AACHEN, GERMANY |
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Photo Credit: Cealy Tetley
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MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
“Being at the World Equestrian Games
in 1994, 1998 and 2002, team bronze at the 1999 Pan
American Games, and being a member of winning
Nations’ Cup team in 2006,” Eric said. He was third
in a grand prix in Aachen earlier in 2006 with
Hickstead.
TID BITS
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Eric said “I rode for pleasure until I worked
for George Morris as a groom. Then, I was a
pick-up rider.
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“I
played competitive tennis,” he said, and “I
(still) play tennis and work out. I’m a fitness
freak; I even have a gym in my house.”
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PROFILE |
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Hometown: |
| Schomberg, ON |
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Gender: |
| Male |
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Height: |
| 5'8" |
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Born: |
| 1968 |
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Place of
Birth: |
| Montreal, QC |
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HORSE
PROFILE |
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Hickstead
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Member of the winning Nations Cup
Team, in Florida, 2006, placed
third in the 300,000 Euro Aachen Grand Prix in 2006
and won the Duke Energy Cup at Spruce Meadows in
June, 2006.
TID BITS
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Hamlet was an international
level show jumper and is by the phenomenal sire
of jumpers, Nimmerdor. Ekstein is also a top
sire of show jumpers, including Ian Millar’s
former jumper, Ivar.
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“He thinks he’s tall! He has
the biggest heart, is careful and brave,” said
Eric. “He’s friendly, but can be stallion-like
at times.”
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Owner: |
| Torrey Pines and
Ashley Stables Inc. |
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Colour &
Gender: |
| Brown Stallion |
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Height: |
| 16hh |
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Born: |
| 1996 |
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Place of
Birth: |
| Holland |
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Breeding: |
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KWPN: Hamlet / Ekstein |
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