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The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner ( Croatian: Lipicanac, Czech: Lipicán, German: Lipizzaner, Hungarian: Lipicai, Italian: Lipizzano, Serbian: Lipicaner, Slovene: Lipicanec) is a European breed of riding horse developed in the Habsburg Empire in the sixteenth century. It is of Baroque type, and is powerful, slow to mature and long-lived; the coat is ...
Paralympic. 1996. Dressage ( / ˈdrɛsɑːʒ / or / drɪˈsɑːʒ /; French: [dʁɛsaʒ], most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined by the International Equestrian Federation ...
The word hobby is glossed by the OED as "a small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony". The word is attested in English from the 14th century, as Middle English hobyn. Old French had hobin or haubby, whence Modern French aubin and Italian ubino. But the Old French term is apparently adopted from English rather than vice ...
Equestrian vaulting, or simply vaulting, [ 1] is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback, which can be practiced both competitively or non-competitively. [ 2] Vaulting has a history as an equestrian act at circuses, [ 3][ 4] but its origins stretch back at least two-thousand years. It is open to both men and women and is one ...
Today, jaripeos feature bull riding, dancing horses, live music and festivities and are a celebration of Mexican ranching culture. Arriaga’s elder daughter, Briana, a paralegal who recently ...
Charrería ( pronounced [tʃareˈɾia] ), also known as Jaripeo[ 1][ 2][ 3] is a sport and discipline arising from equestrian activities and livestock traditions used in the haciendas of old Mexico . Evolving from the cattle herding traditions created the 16th century, the first kind of charreria events were ranch work competitions between ...
Equus ferus caballus. The Andalusian, also known as the Pure Spanish Horse or PRE ( pura raza española[ 1] ), is a horse breed from the Iberian Peninsula, where its ancestors have lived for thousands of years. The Andalusian has been recognized as a distinct breed since the 15th century, and its conformation has changed very little over the ...
Native Dancer (March 27, 1950 – November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in American history and was the first horse made famous through the medium of television. He was a champion in each of his three years of racing, and was inducted into the National Museum of ...