Tag: Spanish Horses

I always feel I've already won when going into the ring with a horse I love & value as my partner, & I am so fortunate to have a horse like Vinny in my life.

With pedigree records as old as the 15th century, Andalusians were specifically developed by breeders to excel as cavalry mounts, the original dressage horses.

Back in 2008, a Florida breeder of Lipizzans for 40 years welcomed a bay colt into their Lipizzan family. He was the only non-gray Lipizzan foal born to this breeder, and he was promptly named Chester. Tradition requires male Lipizzans be named in a certain way for the registry, so Chester’s fancy name was Siglavy Presciana II-II (Siglavy Aga x Presciana II).   He was backed at five-and-a-half-years-old, and when I met him in 2015 at 7, he was a recently-gelded, sassy, but beautifully started 15.1 hand powerhouse.  It was love at first sight, and I had to buy him.