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  Lipizzan Association of North America
In 1992, members of the oldest American Lipizzan registry, the Lipizzan Association of America, joined with members of the Lipizzan Society of North America to combine their interests and form the Lipizzan Association of North America (LANA).
LANA is a North American representative to the Lipizzan International Federation, a world-wide association of Lipizzan owners and breeders.
Partbred Lipizzan horses are recorded in a separate division of LANA.
www.lipizzan.org   (204 words)

  
  Breeds of Livestock - Lippizzan Horse
The Lipizzan (or the Lipizzaner as it may sometimes be called) trace their history back to the early 1560's when the finest Arab blood was introduced and fused with the local athletic Spanish horses during the Moorish occupation of Spain.
The Lipizzan is noted for his sturdy body, brilliant action and proud carriage as well as his intelligent and docile disposition.
The second purpose of the Spanish Riding School is the breeding of the Lipizzan horses.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/lipizzan/index.htm   (802 words)

  
  Across the Diagonal Farm - Lipizzan Breeding Farm Competitive Classical Dressage Training Stable
Lipizzaner Stallion Siglavy Angelica II-I, winner of multiple USDF Horse of the Year Awards
Stoso's bloodlines are very unusual; on the maternal side he is related to the rare "49 Hidas" line from the original Lipizzan mare born in 1909 at the famous stud of Count Andrassy in Hungary.
Across the Diagonal Farm is a boarding and training stable run by Jennifer Roth, a Dressage judge, trainer, breeder and clinician, pictured below in Piaffe on Lodi (Dutch Warmblood) and passage on Maestoso II Favoressa III (Lipizzaner stallion).
fp.redshift.com /jroth   (606 words)

  
  Lipizzans
Lipizzans are not very tall, the largest stands about 16 hands, but their proud carriage, muscular bodies and elastic, powerful movements make them appear much larger than they really are.
Lipizzans are actually grey; their dark skin hidden under a white coat is not revealed unless they are wet or bear a large scar.
Lipizzans are a joy to ride with their soft, broad backs and lively gait.
www.furrycritter.com /resources/horses/Lipizzans.htm   (2418 words)

  
 Lipizzan FAQs
A crisis in the breeding of the Lipizzan led to this appointment of one person to head both institutions and Dr. Oulehla was the man deemed able to deal with the crisis.
Lipizzans from 14.2hh upwards are quite large enough for me (a long-legged 5'6") and most anyone who tries one of the "little" horses comes away with a different attitude.
While the temperament of the Lipizzan is such that even the stallions are pretty easy to deal with, they do have their moments, especially in their youth, and not everyone wants to put up with even mild testosterone rushes.
www.carrouselfarm.com /FAQs.htm   (2799 words)

  
 Lipizzan Horses
The Lipizzan is one of Europe's oldest breeds of horse.
Mnay times, Lipizzans have lived to be 35 years of age or older.
Lipizzans are born fl or bay and slowly turn white by the time they are between 5 or eight years of age.
www.horsespirit5.com /lipizzan.html   (156 words)

  
 Mammals » Horses » Lipizzan Main Page
Lipizzans are the principle breed in use at the Spanish Riding School, where they are also bred.
Lipizzaners are full grown around seven years of age and when placed next to another horse of the same age (i.e.
Lipizzans used to appear in other colors, including fl, bay and roan, but these darker colors were bred out and are very rare today.
centralpets.com /animals/mammals/horses/hrs452.html   (679 words)

  
 eSteed - Lipizzan Breed
The Lipizzan population has varied greatly over the past hundred years, and it is still an incredibly rare breed, with approximately 3000 horses living today.
They are almost always gray or white, and it is incredibly rare to find a Lipizzan of another color, although foals are generally born dark and then fade to gray.
One of the remarkable characteristics of the Lipizzan is its natural ability to execute certain dressage movements which other breeds have difficulty with even after training.
www.esteed.com /breeds/lipizzan.shtml   (306 words)

  
 Royal View Farm Lipizzans
The Lipizzan breed had its beginning in 1580 when Archduke Charles II established the stud farm in Lipizza (Lipica), using the best imported Spanish horses, Andalusians, Barbs and Berbers bred to the local Karst horses.
At the time, only 208 Lipizzan's were known to be left in existence.
Extreme care is taken by those involved in the production of Lipizzan horses to insure that the purity of the breed is preserved.
www.royalviewfarm.com /breedhistory.html   (736 words)

  
 Lipizzan Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lipizzans consistently impart their proponent qualities of intelligence, temperament, and soundness, (and, in almost all cases, color).
Then Lipizzans are so easily trained and learn so quickly and obediently, that the trainer of a Lipizzan is often accused by horsepersons to have unfairly "pushed" the horse.
It was later sold to John Iannuzzi of New York and was renamed "Lipizzan Association of America." In February 1992 the Lipizzan Association of America was merged with the Arizona registry, the Lipizzan Society of North America, to form the Lipizzan Association of North America.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/lip.html   (2830 words)

  
 All About Horses - Breeds - The Lipizzan Horse.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The survival of the Lipizzan was threatened yet again during World War II, when the German High Council sent the mares and foals from Austria, Italy and Yugoslavia to Hostau in Czechoslovakia.
In the second half of the 20th century and continuing into this new millennium the Lipizzan has proven itself to be a formidable competitor in many equine endeavors, especially dressage and carriage driving.
Today’s Lipizzan can also be found participating in numerous other activities including pleasure riding with their lucky owners – owners who no doubt appreciate the rarity and remarkable history of this noble breed.
www.allabouthorses.com /site/breeds/lipizzan.html   (986 words)

  
 Lipizzan horses
The Lipizzan is a horse breed that was selectively bred for royalty about 400 years ago.
The American Lipizzan population grew further in 1955 when Tempel Smith (of Tempel Steel fame) imported 20 horses from Austria, 11 from Hungary and six from Yugoslavia.
Lipizzans are relatively small horses, averaging between 14.2 and 15.2 hands.
de.essortment.com /lipizzanhorses_rheo.htm   (586 words)

  
 Lipizzan Horse Breeed Spotlight and Breed Resource
The Lipizzan breed was founded in 1580 by the Hapsburg Arch Duke Charles at the village of Lipzza near Trieste, Italy in what is now Slovenia.
From the foundation of the breed only fully trained Lipizzan stallions have been returned to the stud for breeding, thereby passing on the characteristics of temperament, trainability, agility, and strength to the next generation.
Other Lipizzans of note competing at International levels now or in the recent past are Maestoso II Sabrina in California, Tulipan Neapol in Georgia, Siglavy II Sandra in Florida, Conversano Sarissa and Conversano Belvadera in Illinois.
www.horsequest.com /bredshow/lipissan/lipizzan.html   (750 words)

  
 Lipizzan horse   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Lipizzan horse is one of the oldest cultural breeds of horses in the world.
The Lipizzan horse breed was formed with the crossbreeding of the horse of Karst with Spanish, Neapolitan, Fredericksborg and later the Kladrub and Arabic horses.
In the 19th century the Lipizzan horse had spread throughout the countries of Austro-Hungarian empire Croatia, Hungary, Romania and in the 20th century to Austria, Italy and Slovakia, where they become a part of the country’s national horse centers.
www.bfro.uni-lj.si /zoo/publikacije/avtohtone_pasme/eng/The%20Lipizzan%20horse.html   (439 words)

  
 Photo Gallery: Shana Ritter | ClassicalDressage.com
With the Lipizzan Stallion, Maestoso II Catrina ("Tony"), in the Levade; 2006.
Longreining the Lipizzan Mare, Sophia Dahlia, in the Passage.
With the Lipizzan Stallion, Maestoso II Catrina ("Tony"), in the Levade in-hand; 2006.
www.classicaldressage.com /photos/shanaritter.html   (1135 words)

  
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The Lipizzans were once again evacuated during World War II to Houstau in 1943.
By the end of World War II, the Lipizzan breed numbered less than 200 and it was not until 1955 that the performance stallions were returned to the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.
Lipizzan mares have one name that is usually a feminine name ending in the vowel “a.” It is strongly suggested fillies are named with the same first letter of their Dam.
www.equineexpooftexas.com /LipizzanInfo.htm   (627 words)

  
 Lipizzan Salute to World War II Veterans
Lipizzan horses are not fully-grown in size until they are seven and do not reach full maturity until almost ten years of age.
Lipizzan mares have one name that is usually a feminine name ending in the vowel “a.” It is strongly suggested fillies are named with the same first letter of their Dam.
The Lipizzan horses will be performing an “American Tribute” to the veterans of World War II to publicly thank them for the dramatic rescue of our breed a the Equine Expo of Texas (www.EquineExpoOfTexas.com) on May 14-15 in Fort Worth.
www.horsegazette.com /Monthly_Features/05-May/Lipizzan-index.htm   (745 words)

  
 Lipizzans | ClassicalDressage.com
The Lipizzan breed is named after the original stud farm near the village of Lipica in modern day Slovenia.
But since Austria was not prepared to lose its valuable Lipizzans, the stud farm was evacuated once again, and the horses were taken to Mezöhegyes in Hungary, where they had to remain for 6 years.
In 1942 the Lipizzans were moved from Piber to the large stud farm of Hostau in Bohemia, 40km from the Bavarian border, in order to make room for the army's pack animals.
www.classicaldressage.com /lipizzans.html   (1897 words)

  
 The Lipizzan, Lipizzaner or Lipican Horse - Breed
On the hard, stone paved streets of Vienna the Arabian crossbreds could not equal the Lipizzaner, and because it was constantly more noticeable that with further crossbreeding with the Arabian the Lipizzaner would lose his original type/form and invaluable characteristics, the use of the Arabian for crossbreeding in Lipica came suddenly to an end.
In Hungary was established herd of Lipizzaners in Mezöhegyesh and Fogarash, later on in Bábolna and in the state Austrian stud farms Radovec and Piber.
In Mezöhegyesh were the Lipizzaners bred already from the stud farm establishment in the year 1783 till 1874, when the whole herd of Lipizzaners was transferred to Fogarash stud farm.
horsecare.stablemade.com /_articles/lipizzaner.htm   (2152 words)

  
 Cowboy Heaven
Born dark, fl-brown, brown, or mouse-grey, Lipizzans gradually lighten until the white coat for which they are noted is produced somewhere between the ages of 6 and 10.
During World War II, the Lipizzan breed was again threatened with extinction when the mares and foals from Austria, Italy, and Yugoslavia were transferred to Hostau in Czechoslovakia by the German High Command.
Between 1958 and 1969 Tempel and Ester Smith of Illinois imported 1 stallion and 13 mares (5 in foal) from Austria, 7 Lipizzaners from Hungary and 6 from Yugoslavia.
www.cowboyheaven.com /breeds/breed24.htm   (1183 words)

  
 Lipizzan horses and 425 years of history on Slovenia's Lipica Stud Farm.
Lipizzan foals will not develop their trademark white coats until six or seven years of age.
Lipizzaners live for 25 to 30 years on average, usually performing into their early 20s.
Relatively small in stature with a long back, short thick neck and powerful build, this horse is born dark in color, gradually becoming lighter as it matures, and finally adopting the pristine white coat that is its hallmark around the age of five or six.
www.travelwithachallenge.com /Slovenia-Lipizzaner-Horse-Vacation.htm   (1222 words)

  
 Lipizzan ancestors Iberian Spanish Horse
The Lipizzan breed is an ancestor to the Andalusian, being almost totally of Spanish blood.
As recently as 1968, a four year old stallion of the Carthusian line of the Andalusian was imported to rejuvenate the present line of Lipizzans in Austria.
The Kladrub and Lipizza stock were bred to the native Karst horses, and succeeding generations were crossed with the old Neapolitan breed and horses of Spanish descent obtained from Spain, Germany, and Denmark.
www.lipizzan.com /iberian.html   (2289 words)

  
 Pedigree
Roughly 50 percent of the Lipizzan genes may be attributed to horses of Spanish or Italian origin.
Horses from the imperial stud Kladruby contributed four prevent of the gene pool, although this is a somewhat delicate statement as strict separation of Lipizzan and Kladruby lines was not undertaken before 1826 (Bilek 1914).
The Lipizzan genes (10percent) are from horses whose names are in the tradition of the Lipizzan nomenclature but of which pedigree information has been lost.
www.lipizzaneraustralia.org /Pedigree.htm   (159 words)

  
 Royal View Farm Lipizzan Horses
Sooopy’s late sire, 404 Pluto III Bonita III, was a Grand Prix Lipizzan stallion bred by Tempel Farms.
Rorie’s sire, Favory Ilka I is a 15.1h Lipizzan stallion bred by Barbara Van Dam.
Rorie has exceptional potential as a Lipizzan breeding stallion because of his wonderful conformation and correct, straight legs.
www.royalviewfarm.com /photos.htm   (283 words)

  
 Lipizzan Society of North America   (Site not responding. Last check: )
To this end, the School has used the Lipizzan exclusively as a horse capable of performing all the steps and movements of dressage, including the Airs Above the Ground -- the Levade, the Courbette, and the Capriole.
Between 1958 and 1969 Tempel and Ester Smith of Illinois imported 1 stallion and 13 mares (5 in foal) from Austria, 7 Lipizzaners from Hungary and 6 from Yugoslavia.
In 1959, Evelyn Dreitzler of Snohomish, Washington, began negotiations with the Austrian government, and between 1959 and 1973, 3 stallions and 10 mares (1 in foal) arrived from Austria.
www.liberalarts.iupui.edu /~spmckee/lana.html   (411 words)

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