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	Spanish Riding School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spanish Riding School (de: Spanische Hofreitschule, the "Spanish Royal-Riding-School") of Vienna, Austria, is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses, which perform in the Winter Riding School arena in the Hofburg.
		The riding school was established during the Austrian Empire in 1572.
		The Spanish Riding School is located in a number of buildings on the Michaelerplatz and the Josefsplatz near the Hofburg in central Vienna.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_Riding_School (447 words)

	The Training Programme
		A Rider at the Spanish Riding School is assigned four to six stallions which he trains and perfects in the manoeuvres of the haute école.
		The stallions, which come to the Spanish Riding School at the age of four from the Piber Stud, are gently trained in accordance with the teachings of classical dressage and are not subjected to undue pressure.
		The haute école - riding in an upright position with a strong curvature of the haunches (angling of the hindquarters), regularity, skill and finesse in all of the natural gaits, dressage manoeuvres and leaps as adapted from nature.
	www.spanische-hofreitschule.com /index.php?id=323 (491 words)

	Directives of the Spanish Riding School \| ClassicalDressage.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Spanish Riding School in terms of the durability of the bones, joints, and muscles, as well as temperament and character, with a view to using certain individual for breeding purposes.
		Riding with as natural a posture of the horse as possible, not in collection, and on straight lines: the so-called riding forward.
		Riding the horse in an artistically elevated posture, with increased flexion of the haunches and regularity, maneuverability, and dexterity, in all ordinary as well as nature-oriented extraordinary gaits and leaps.
	www.classicaldressage.com /articles/srs.html (1565 words)

	The Lipizzaner of the Spanish Riding School
		The Spanish Riding School, founded as a Spanish riding hall in 1572, and located close to Vienna's Imperial Palace (Hofburg), became the main taker of the foals.
		Pluto: Pluto whose background is solely spanish was born in 1765 in the royal stud in Frederiksborg.
		Maestoso: was the son of a Neapolitaner and spanish horse.
	hiddentrails.com /europe/austria/lipizzaner.htm (2120 words)

	Spanish Riding School heads to Dubai - International horse news; equestrian event news, equine news - Horsetalk
		The Spanish Riding School, 'Spanische Hofreitschule' of Vienna, is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses.
		It was established in 1572 and named after the Spanish horses that were, and still are, the mainstay of the riding school.
		The Spanish Riding School is a part of the German-Austrian-Swiss group which, with 26 companies, has emerged as the biggest overseas group to exhibit at Al Fares Dubai 2006.
	www.horsetalk.co.nz /news/0610/029.shtml (275 words)

	The Lippizaner Stallions (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Colonel Alois Podhajsky, head of the famed Spanish Riding School in Vienna, feared the valuable Lipizzaner Stallions would be destroyed and arranged for the stallions to be transferred by train to St. Martin's in Upper Austria, 200 miles from Vienna.
		After the Spanish reclaimed their lands, their efforts to develop an unexcelled warhorse were continued by the breeders of the Spanish province of Andalusia.
		The Spanish horse was so strong and agile that he could be trained to do amazing things, and the techniques that are now recog-nized as modern dressage were actually methods used to train the superior war horses.
	www.rozylowicz.com.cob-web.org:8888 /retirement/lipizzaner/lipizzaner.html (4295 words)

	Spanish Riding School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Spanish Riding School in Vienna with its famous Lipizzan ballet can be experienced live in the baroque ambiance of the Imperial Palace.
		The Spanish Riding School in Vienna is the only institution in the world where the classic equestrian skills (haute Ã©cole) has been preserved and is still practiced in its original form.
		In the course of gala performances, visitors experience unique presentations of the Lipizzans in the most beautiful riding hall in the world, which was impressively outfitted by baroque architect Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach between 1729 and 1735.
	info.wien.at /article.asp?IDArticle=10095 (290 words)

	Welcome
		Visitors are invited to learn more about the tradition, philosophy and training of this oldest classical Riding School in the world.
		The Spanish Riding School in Vienna is the only institution in the world which has practiced for over 430 years and continues to cultivate classical equitation in the Renaissance tradition of the haute école.
		The objective of classical equitation is to study the way the horse naturally moves and to cultivate the highest levels of haute école elegance the horse is capable of through systematic training.
	www.spanische-hofreitschule.com /index.php?id=353 (120 words)

	Vienna Sightseeing - Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) @about-vienna.org
		Vienna Sightseeing - Spanish Riding School (Spanische Hofreitschule) @about-vienna.org
		The Spanish Riding School is the oldest and last Riding School in the world where classic dressage is still practised in its purest form.
		The Riders of the Spanish Riding School train the horses and perform in the Winter Riding School in the Vienna Hofburg (Imperial Palace) in a splendid Baroque hall built by Josef Emanuel Fischer von Erlach between 1729 and 1735.
	www.aboutvienna.org /sights/hofreitschule.htm (236 words)

	Preparation press journey USA- list of questions for journalists
		Since the school was founded we have continuously taught the classical art of riding, which is known since the days of the antique Greek heroes and was first documented by Xenophon 400 BC.
		It is a wonderful baroque type horse especially for the presentation in the classical art of riding which was famous of renaissance and baroque era in Europe in the 17th and 18th century.
		The Spanish Riding School is a part of the old imperial court in downtown Vienna called "Vienna Hofburg"; there are marvelous baroque surroundings.
	www.lobelinepr.com /riding/qa (927 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Wiener Hofreitschule - Spanish Riding School at Epinions.com
		In the centuries that followed, using Spanish horses and Italian horses with Spanish ancestry, the Hapsburg Emperors raised a breed of horses that was representative of the ideals of the Baroque Court.
		The Spanish Riding School is the oldest Riding School in the world where classic dressage is still practised in its purest form.
		The majestic hall, with its Saeulengalerie (Gallery of the Columns) and the Hofloge (Imperial Loggia), is adorned with chandeliers, and with the equestrian image of Emperor Charles VI gazing down from the gallery, was the venue for ceremonies and court feasts from 18th century onwards.
	www.epinions.com /content_185025859204 (1126 words)

	Spanish Riding School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		This pre-performance clinic is a rare and exclusive chance to understand the traditional training and education of the world famous Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.
		For the first time in the history of the Riding School one of the chief riders will explain personally to UK audiences how the horses are classically trained, with demonstrations from 3 riders.
		One after the other you will see the steps horse and rider have to take in the course of their education, and how the life-long bond between horse and rider is formed and cultivated.
	www.spanishridingschool.co.uk /clinics.htm (198 words)

	Spanish Riding School Tickets - Cheap Spanish Riding School Concert Shows Tickets At Onlineseats
		Spanish Riding School of Vienna is definitely the oldest and the last Riding School in the world.
		The Winter Riding School situtaed in the Vienna Hofburg (Imperial Palace) is the superb arena in which the Riders train the horses.
		The Spanish Riding School with its troop of 30 dancing white stallions came to America in November and December of 2005.
	www.onlineseats.com /spanish-riding-school-tickets/index.asp (969 words)

	The Spanish Riding School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Winter Riding School, which is the elegant riding school familiar to us all from movies and photographs, was completed in 1735 and was commissioned by the Emporor Charles VI.
		The only horses used in the school are the white stallions, who begin their training when they are three and a half years old.
		The Spanish Riding School is today a cultural institution and visitors may watch training sessions and also twice weekly performances, accompanied by the strains of Bizet, Mozart and Chopin.
	equisearch.com /horses_riding_training/travel/spanish092198/index.html (519 words)

	EquiSearch's Spanish Riding School Blog
		Aigner, the new director at the Spanish Riding School, and to Oberbereiter Riegler.
		This week, the stallions of the Spanish Riding School have had a few days off in West Monroe, Louisiana, at an equestrian center that was helpful to the Katrina evacuation effort.
		The color and stripe pattern of the cloth tells whether the horse is to be used for the high school demonstrations, the quadrille, or the long rein training.
	special.equisearch.com /blog (3136 words)

	Spanish Riding School Of Vienna Tickets - Cheap Spanish Riding School Of Vienna Concert Shows Tickets At Onlineseats
		The Spanish Riding School is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses.
		The methods used by the Riding School, like those of the Cadre Noir, are based on the teachings of the French riding master Francois Robichon de la Guérinière.
		Performances at the Spanish Riding School include individual and pas de deux (two horses at once) displays, as well as a Grand Quadrille consisting of 16 horses working in formation at the walk, trot, and canter, including flying changes, piaffe, and passage work.
	www.onlineseats.com /spanish-riding-school-of-vienna-tickets/index.asp (1117 words)

	Spanish Riding School of Vienna to exhibit at Al Fares Dubai 2006 \| Al Fares Dubai
		Spanish Riding School of Vienna to exhibit at Al Fares Dubai 2006
		Spanish Riding School of Vienna to exhibit at Al Fares Dubai 2006
		Spanische Hofreitschule (Imperial Court Spanish Riding School), the 434-year-old Spanish Riding School, together with Federal Stud Piber and Albion Saddlemakers of UK, will be exhibiting at Al Fares Dubai 2006, the number one exhibition on horse products and services in Asia and Africa, to be held in Dubai from December 11 to 13, 2006.
	www.ameinfo.com /98678.html (815 words)

	Lipizzan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The traditional training methods for Lipizzans were developed at the Spanish Riding School and are based on the principles of classical dressage.
		In 1735, Charles VI established the Spanish Riding School and recorded the bloodlines of the Lipizzans.
		The only other school of performing Lipizzaner stallions in the world to be given the stamp of approval by the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lipizzaner (2005 words)

	THE SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL OF VIENNA AT THE NEC, BIRMINGHAM
		THE SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL OF VIENNA AT THE NEC, BIRMINGHAM
		She is the acknowledged Doyenne of Classical Riding and a great authority on the Spanish Riding School.
		The School Quadrille is reminiscent of the ‘Horse Ballet’ and requires intense concentration of both horse and rider; eight or twelve horses perform, either simultaneously or following each other, the movements in precisely choreographed sequence with apparent effortless ease in a limited space.
	www.heritagetouring.co.uk /i-tour/spanish-riding.htm (476 words)

	Vienna, The Spanish Riding School Short Breaks
		The Spanish Riding School is a unique and unmissable spectacle though the number of performances is extremely limited.
		The superb arena - the Winter Riding School in the Vienna Hofburg (Imperial Palace) in which the Riders of the Spanish Riding School train the horses and where they perform was commissioned by Emperor Karl VI.
		Children under the age of three are not allowed to attend performances of the Spanish Riding School.
	www.theatrebreaks.com /fr/vienna.htm (1063 words)

	The Spanish Riding School Vienna
		During the Baroque era, manege riding enjoyed an equal footing with music, art, architecture, literature, philosophy, sculpture and the designing of beautiful gardens, since similar skills and disciplines were required.
		Together with the opera house, the Winter Riding School at the Hofburg had become the jewel in the crown.
		Since no other riding school boasted such a structured continuance of purpose and method, it was looked up to worldwide as the mecca for dressage or manege riding.
	www.classical-dressage.net /articles_of_interest_1.shtml (1570 words)

	Classical Equitation
		Images of the famous Lipizzaner stallions may seem remote, and unrelated to modern horseback riding, yet the sport of Dressage (French for "Training") continues to educate riders in the skills of classical equitation.
		Even today the daily routine at the Spanish Riding School is still shaped by the philosophy of classical equitation, a philosophy based on the writings of the Greek commander Xenophon, which were rediscovered in the 16th century:
		If these requirements are deemed met in the candidate's written application, the applicant is invited to an interview and a riding audition, following which the managing director of the Spanish Riding School and the Senior Riders discuss their initial impressions.
	www.thorncroft.org /bereiter.htm (524 words)

	Spanish Riding School - Vienna Austria
		visit to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna tends to be a love-it-or-hate-it experience: to some, it represents the pinnacle of equestrian performance; to others, the spectacle of horses prancing about on tiptoe is downright strange.
		The Spanish Riding School occupies a number of buildings on the Michaelerplatz and the Josefsplatz by the Hofburg in central Vienna.
		The riding hall looks like an elegant ballroom--and, in fact, it has hosted royal balls and other fancy-dress events during its nearly 300-year history.
	europeforvisitors.com /switzaustria/articles/spanish_riding_school.htm (437 words)

	DressageDaily: Spanish Riding School Vienna as guest at the 2005 CDIO Aachen
		As one of the most important cultural assets of Austria, the Spanish Riding School Vienna can look back on an over 430 year old history and is thus the oldest riding institution of the world.
		The school stands out for the continuous striving for the most elegant movement, for the perfect choreography.
		Spanish Riding School Vienna will be showing Wednesday, August 24th and Thursday, August 25th, at 20.00h in the Deutsche Bank Stadium.
	www.dressagedaily.com /2005/dd_200508/dd_20050811.html (203 words)

	The Spanish Riding School of Vienna
		The Spanish Riding School of Vienna is the only riding academy in the world wich has been cultivating the art of equitation in its purest form for over 400 years and wich trains both horses and riders according to methods which have been used for centruries, most of them through word of mouth alone.
		The art of equitation is not the exclusive property of one nation or of one people, no matter which country happens to be the guardian of its tradtition at any given time, and the Spanish Riding School in Vienna cultivates this tradtition as a duty towards the rest of the world.
		And the men at the School are themselves subject to these same laws; each of them is one in a long line of all those who have faithfully handed on a great heritage.
	www.hiddentrails.com /europe/austria/spanish_riding_school.htm (370 words)

	The Spanish Riding School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		is the only riding academy in the world which has been cultivating the art of equitation in its purest form for over 400 years and which trains both horses and riders according to methods which have been used for centuries, most of them through word of mouth alone.
		The art of classical equitation goes back to antiquity; it was first discovered in Italy and flourished in Spain, England and France and is now cherished and cultivated at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.
		Those entering the Riding Hall from the winding, dark stairs stop in surprise for they encounter a Hall - a Ballroom of complete harmony - a white dream, which seems to glow in its own luminosity.
	www.knet.co.za /lipizzaner/spanishridingschool.htm (452 words)

	Spanische Reitschule Wien - The Spanish Riding School of Vienna DVD
		New from L.A.N.A. and new to North America, this is a classic and beautiful video from the Spanish Riding School, now available as a DVD in English.
		This moving and informative DVD, narrated in English, explains the history of the Lipizzaner breed and the development of Classical Dressage in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.
		The DVD ends with excerpts of a performance of the Lipizzaner stallions in the Spanish Riding School's elegant riding hall.
	www.lipizzan.org /merchandisepages/spanische_reitschule.html (123 words)

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