Lipizzaner
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 A modern Lipizzan |
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| Distinguishing features | Compact, muscular, generally associated with the Spanish Riding School |
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| Alternative names | Lipizzaner, Karster |
| Country of origin | Developed by the House of Habsburg from Arab, Barb, Spanish and Neapolitan stock.[1] Today associated with nations of Austria, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. |
| Breed standards | |
| Verband der Lipizzanerzüchter in Österreich | Breed standards |
| Lipica Stud, Slovenia | Breed standards |
| Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali, Italy | Breed standards |
| Lipizzaner Society of Great Britain | Breed standards |
| Lipizzan International Federation | Breed standards |
| Lipizzan Association of North America | Breed standards |
| Horse (Equus ferus caballus) | |
The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner[2] (Hungarian: Lipicai, Slovene: Lipicanec, Croatian: Lipicanac, Czech: Lipicán), is a grey horse breed that is known for its Dressage acts.[3]
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History [change]
The Lipizzaner was born in Carthage almost 2,000 years ago. The people who lived in Carthage mated their horses to the Vilano. There is also a mix of Arabian and Barbary blood.[3]
Notes [change]
- ↑ Das K.K. Hofgestüt zu Lippiza 1580-1880, Wien 1880
- ↑ Pronounced "Lip-ah-Zahn" (from French) or "Lip-ah-Zah-ner" (from German).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "History of the Lipizzaner". White Stallion Productions. http://www.lipizzaner.com/home.asp. Retrieved 9/2/2009.
References [change]
- Bongianni, Maurizio (editor) (1988). Simon & Schuster's Guide to Horses and Ponies. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc.. ISBN 0-671-66068-3.
- Brode, Douglas (2004). From Walt to Woodstock: How Disney Created the Counterculture. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-70273-6. http://books.google.com/?id=jxdip1iKLkQC&pg=PA169&dq=miracle+of+the+white+stallions.
- Dolenc, Milan (translated by Zarco Harvat and Susan Ann Pechy) (1981). Lipizzaner: The Story of the Horses of Lipica. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia: Mladinska Knjiga. ISBN 0-89893-172-X.
- Edwards, Elwyn Hartley (1994). The Encyclopedia of the Horse (1st American ed.). New York, NY: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 1-56458-614-6.
- Helbig, Alethea and Perkins, Agnes (1986). Dictionary of American children's fiction, 1960-1984: recent books of recognized merit. Volume 2, Dictionary of American children's fiction. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-25233-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=Pyjt9xhNKJ4C&pg=PA278&dq=white+stallion+of+lipizza&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XZBoT-_OJsae2wW-1eGICQ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=white%20stallion%20of%20lipizza&f=false.
- Hirshson, Stanley P. (2003). General Patton: A Soldier's Life. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-000983-7.
- Jankovich, Miklos, translated by Anthony Dent (1971). They Rode Into Europe: The Fruitful Exchange in the Arts of Horsemanship between East and West. Great Britain: George G. Harrap & Co, Ltd.. ISBN 0-684-13304-0.
- Patton, George S. and Martin Blumenson (1996). The Patton Papers. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80717-3.
- Podhajsky, Alois (1967). The Complete Training of Horse and Rider In the Principles of Classic Horsemanship. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. OCLC 501758.
- Swinney, Nicola Jane and Bob Langris (2006). Horse Breeds of the World. Globe Pequot. ISBN 1-59228-990-8. http://books.google.com/?id=k--QG6CTpXMC&pg=PA52&dq=spanish+riding+school+tradition+horse+color.
Other websites [change]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lipizzaner |
- Fédération Française du Lipizzan (F.F.L.)
- Lipizzaner Society of Great Britain
- Lipizzaner National Stud Book Association of Great Britain
- Lipica stud farm official website
- Lipizzan International Federation-LIF
- Spanish Riding School and Federal Stud Farm Piber
- Lipizzan Association of North America
- South African Lipizzaners
- Piber Stud
- United States Lipizzan Registry-USLR
