Spanish riding school

Thank goodness I made it to June's very last Lipizzaner Stallion performance at Vienna's Spanish Riding School because this venerable insti...

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The maneuvers and jumps associated with high classical dressage were originally designed as equine military training to develop strength, agility,

The "White Ballet“ of the Spanish Riding School dances into the new autumn season After its traditional summer break the Spanish Riding School Vienna will open the new season on August 16th: As from this day the Lipizzaner stallions and their riders will again present the High School of Classical Horsemanship during regular performances. In order to be well prepared and show their best side the stallions and their riders have already started their training sessions today, August 5th.

Riders perform on their Lipizzaner horses at Vienna's 430 year old Spanish Riding School - Vienna, Austria

In the capriole (meaning leap of a goat), the horse jumps from a raised position of the forehand straight up into the air, kicks out with the hind legs, and lands more or less on all four legs at the same time. It requires an enormously powerful horse to perform correctly, and is considered the most difficult of all the airs above the ground.

These horses are the famous Lipizzaner stallions from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna Austria. On the back of this card, where the message would normally be written, there is an ad for a performance at the Sportpaleis Antwerpen in Antwerp, Belgium. | best stuff

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