Lipizzaner
Sign in to saveThe Lipizzan or Lipizzaner (, , , , , , ) is a European breed of riding horse developed in the Habsburg Empire in the sixteenth century. It is a muscular horse, powerful, slow to mature and long-lived; the coat is usually gray.
Key facts
- Horse breed.name
- Lipizzan
- Horse breed.image
- File:Lipizzaner Conversano Traviata.jpg
- Horse breed.altname
- Lipizzaner, Karster
- Horse breed.country
- Developed by the House of Habsburg from Arab, Barb, Spanish and Neapolitan stock. Today associated with the nations of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia.
- Horse breed.group1
- Verband der Lipizzanerzüchter in Österreich (Austria)
- Horse breed.std1
- http://www.lipizzanerzuchtverband.at/Zuchtbuchordnung_15.1.2011.pdf
- Horse breed.group2
- Lipizzan International Federation
- Horse breed.std2
- http://www.lipizzan-online.com/main.asp?VID=1&kat1=85&kat2=603&kat3=&_=2
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- Other nations
- Horse breed.std3
- http://www.lipizzan-online.com/main.asp?VID=1&Kat1=81&Kat2=518&Kat3=465
- Horse breed.group4
- United States Lipizzan Federation
- Horse breed.std4
- https://www.uslipizzan.org/contact
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- Slovenian Lipizzaner Breeding Association
- Horse breed.std5
- https://www.lipicanci.si/en/
- Horse breed.features
- Compact, muscular, mostly but not exclusively gray in color, popularly associated with the Spanish Riding School.
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- Characteristics
- Color
- History
- Foundation horses
- Spanish Riding School
- Wartime preservation
- Modern breed
- Heritage of humanity list
- Training and uses
- "Airs above the ground"
- In popular culture
- References
- Sources
- External links
The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner (, , , , , , ) is a European breed of riding horse developed in the Habsburg Empire in the sixteenth century. It is a muscular horse, powerful, slow to mature and long-lived; the coat is usually gray.
The name of the breed derives from that of the village of Lipica (), which was part of the Habsburg empire at the time the breed was developed, now in Slovenia, one of the earliest stud farms established; the stud farm there is still active. The breed has been endangered numerous times by warfare sweeping Europe, including during the War of the First Coalition, World War I, and World War II. The rescue of the Lipizzans during World War II by Allied troops was made famous by the Disney movie Miracle of the White Stallions.