Yesterday afternoon (January 21, 2010) eight young Lipizzaner stallions of the year 2006 arrived from the Austrian national stud Piber in Vienna.
According to the tradition they were brought in by the stud manager of Piber, Dr. Max Dobretsberger, and handed over to the leader of the SRS, Mr. Ernst Bachinger and stablemaster Mr. Johann Hamminger.
It concerns:
Maestoso Rustica-15
Maestoso Alea II-28
Maestoso Theodorosta I-29, sire: Maestoso Bellamira (1982)
Conversano Bellamira II-16
Conversano Rubina-17
Conversano Bradamanta-27, sire: Conversano Mantua (1978)
Favory Bonavia-23
Favory Trompeta-25, sire: Favory Superba (1990)
Interesting to mention is, that 2 of them were already born in February 2006. The "youngest" among them is born in June 2006. This proves [for those outthere who always may have believed, that it was a fairytale ;-) ] that indeed the Spanish Ridingschool in Vienna is starting to break their horses not earlier than with the age of 3,5 - 4 years !!
Please let us be aware of this ancient experience of this century old institution , and follow this example! Do not start too young with your horse !
See a small video:
http://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/chronik/2275529/hofreitschule-acht-neuen-lipizzanerhengsten.story
or
http://www.upc.at/upclive/news/videonews/?entryId=5820323
Articles:
http://wien.orf.at/stories/417666/ and
http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/wien/534450/index.do?from=gl.home_panorama
Atjan,
AntwortenLöschenI like your sentiments very much. With my young Lipizzaner filly Quiana, I've tried to replicate the Piber experience as much as possible, albeit here in the US. She was living in a herd situation in California until she moved up here to Seattle last month. She was born in May 2006 so she is approximately 3 1/2 years old.
And just last night, I "rode" her for the first time--which means I simply sat on her bareback while Ralph lead her for a few steps in the arena.
She was an angel and very good with her new role as a horse that is "ridden." I am very glad that we waited until she had matured emotionally to begin this work.
Best,
Elaine
I remember when I was going to start Ritza at 3 yrs, You said to wait until 4yrs. "She is not ready" and I told you she was OK because I had her knees exrayed, and had worked with her every day since her birth, but you said no. Then you pointed to the head.."she is not ready." I waited. You can see she worked out beautifully. I did sit on her at 3 1/2, and it was no big deal for her. But training started the day after our birthday (we have the same birthday) when she turned 4.
AntwortenLöschenThat was Andreas who advised me to wait until age 4.
AntwortenLöschenThey mature very slowly mentally. Over here we say that Lipizzans "gain a brain cell" when they turn 8. That's when they're ready to handle some serious thinking and go through a personality change. It's an amazing thing and yes, my girl did grow a cell or two when she turned 8.
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