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Request: Program USA-Tour 1950

Dear all,

A question from me to the H&D members: does anyone have (a copy of) the original program of the SRS-Tour 1950  (New York - Harrisburg - Toronto)  ??

For a publication, I am highly interested if  Conversano Bonavista (1925) and OB Ernst Lindenbauer were participating.

Thank you in advance!
Atjan

Foto's-- Ernst Lindenbauer

Ernst Lindenbauer

 “Up to the nineteenth century, there was an exclusive atmosphere about the haute ecole and the Spanische Hofreitschule in Vienna, and the Court had provided many outstanding horsemen to follow in the footsteps of the early masters. This exclusiveness was later modified to admit any aspirant whose aptitude promised to uphold traditions of the past. There were many candidates, though few enough were chosen to become instructors and fulfill what was often the ambition of a lifetime

During the early 1890’s there was one small boy, in particular, who thought of nothing else and who eventually succeeded in becoming one of the best known first instructors. His name was Ernst Lindenbauer, and this is his story as he told it.    
Before he was ten years old he would have given anything to join the Imperial School, but could find no one who would even consider engaging him as a stable boy. He was much too small to reach a Lipizzaner’s neck, let alone groom its silky coat. So for a long time he had to resign himself to pursuing his lessons. If they taught him nothing about horses, at least they made him feel each end of term would bring him nearer the goal he had set himself, and with each year that passed he would grow stronger and fitter for the job. There were holidays too, when he would steal into the stables, if only to be near the horses, to touch their velvet muzzles or enjoy the stable atmosphere and its delicious odour.  He lived just around the corner from the School. Sometimes he would go to the Prater and watch the riders trotting up and down the track. He would watch them eagerly in order to pick up anything he could about how to sit in the saddle and to hold the reins, as he had heard people say that you could see at a glance from the seat of a rider whether he had the art at his command.  At other times he stopped at the rank of fiakers, studying their harness.

One day, when he thought he had learned enough, he decided to make himself a little cab. His parents owned a pair of goats, and he thought he could train them to take him round the city. With any luck, he thought, someone might notice how well behaved they were under his control...and so it happened. He collected a few vegetable boxes and a long pole. In no time he was the owner of a handsome carriage and pair, brilliantly harnessed, spotlessly groomed. So much so, that they attracted the attention of the Archduke Francis Salvatore, one of the Emperor Franz Joseph I’s sons-in-law, who stopped him to examine his work of art and asked if he would not rather be with horses? Some were in Vienna, others in the country at Ischl, where the Emperor had his shooting-box and summer residence. The boy was so thrilled, he could find no word to express his appreciation, as millions of thoughts flashed through his mind all at once. Was his dream really coming true? Would his parents agree?  Anyway, he was to call on the Archduke, to try out one of his ponies. No, he was not afraid, but so excited he could hardly sleep that night.

Before he knew where he was, a little dark brown colt was taking him round the field adjoining the Imperial stableyard, and to his joy it had a wonderful mouth, obeying every one of the boy’s moves at the slightest indication. This was next day, and after that he was allowed to return as often as he wished, to get more practice, until he was fifteen and could leave school. In the meantime, every penny was saved, and he often skipped his meals and went really hungry, only to get back to the horses. One Sunday afternoon, the Archduke came to watch him, when it was decided that he should join the ‘Campagne School’, for beginners.
    
But that meant five o’clock at work each morning to learn everything from scratch. Soon he had to exercise a number of horses per day, and keep them in good condition. Three months later he was roped in to do serious work on the long rein, and in the saddle, joining several other boys of the cavalry club for longer rides. At the age of sixteen he saw his mounts winning prizes in dressage competitions. But his first big day was yet to come. Prince Liechtenstein, who was Master of the Horse to the Imperial Court and chief of the Spanische Hofreitschule, had been approached to accept him as an apprentice, and then came an unforgettable half-hour on one of the white stallions.
   

A new training period was in sight. Ernst was to receive a uniform and undergo his military education to begin with. During the summer holidays, the Archdukes family took him to Ischl where he taught the Imperial grandchildren to ride. Those were the happiest days of his young life and he became a great favorite at the Court. He had been an outstanding member of the Spanische Hofreitschule for some time, when he rose to the position of first instructor in 1926. Two years later he came to London with his team of men and horses, to give one of their usual displays of haute ecole, under the leadership of Count Rudolph van der Straten. Of this occasion, and of the one that followed in 1936, Lindenbauer spoke with the greatest pride of the honor he enjoyed in being presented to their Majesties, King George V, King George VI, and Queen Mary, particularly as Queen Mary delighted him by remembering having met himduring her visit to Vienna, some twenty years earlier. He also told of his devotion to the Duke of Windsor, who, as he said, came no fewer than twenty times to see the Lipizzaners at the Schule in Vienna, when he was Prince of Wales.

Lindenbauer was an Imperial servant of the old school and a master of the art of horsemanship, whose inborn love of the horse earned him a special place among the most remarkable and skilled riders in the annals of the Spanische Hofreitschule. His favorite Lipizzaner was Conversano Bonavista, on which he is pictured performing a Pirouette.”

From “The Spanish Riding School”, by Mathilde Windisch-Graetz

Karen MacKenzie is visiting the Spanish Riding School!

Karen and her daughter are spending a few days in Vienna and attending the morning training and performance.

Spanische Hofreitschule Foto's II

Training of the young Lipizzan

Dear all,

I follow this site with the biggest of interrest since I'm now also one of the proud owners of a Lipizzan from Piber.

I have experience from training of young horses of other breed earlier but want to ensure the best possible start for my Lipizzan and do constantly come back to the advice of not starting with the young Lipizzan until they reach the age of four.

Mine is a three year old at present and the work I'm presenting at the moment is purely on the social side. We're taking long walks in the forrest and I'm getting him used to all type of new items in the surrounding and walking by ourselves and not in group with other horses.

What is your views on training of the three year old? Should longeing, introductions of all tack, double longeing etc be introduced and only the actual riding wait until they're four or should this work also wait for another year?

I'm happy for taking it really slow but also get the warnings from the surroundings that as a four year old I might run into troubles since he then has become to strong to control etc. At the moment I just turn the blind eye for these advices but would like to be strengthened in my believe that I'll prove them wrong in the years to come.

Thank you very much for a wonderful blogsite.

Cheers, Maria

SRS film from London 1920s

I found this film clip on the British Pathé website of the SRS tour to London in the late 1920s (I forget the exact date).

I thought the SRS historians here might be interested!

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=79991

baby night

;-) tonight rigoletta has born her foal number 10 at the age of 15 years.
mummy and son are doing fine. a strong guy

 

Atjan Hop is visiting the Spanish Riding School!

Atjan and Yolanda Hop from the Netherlands are visiting the Spanish Riding School.

The couple is spending the morning at the school and roaming downtown Vienna in the afternoon.

Conversano Santa (Conversano Zenta x Santa)

Last Sunday on very nice weather, photographer Marco Schmidt made a visit to 5 years old gelding 349 Conversano Santa. Please enjoy the results and more of them on http://www.marcoschmidt.net/show/?gallery=Santa.

Our top model had very much fun during this session (see C. Santa’s Face on the last photo). And Marco did all his best for these pictures, lying in the high grass between insects with his big lens.

Have fun!
Pöhli

Gillian Meyer visits the Spanish Riding School

The Grand Dame of South Africas dressage community and one of the first riders at the "South African Lipizzaners" is currently visiting the SRS! Mrs. Meyer was a former pupil at the SRS and trained with Colonel Handler, First Chief Rider Lauscha and Rider Ernst Bachinger at the Lipizzaner Center in Kyalami - Johannesburg for years.

Indoor Arena for Training-Center

Opening ceremony of the new indoor-arena of the Spanish Riding School - Training Center in Heldenberg-Wetzdorf.

Visiting or young mare Rorella in State Stud Marbach

Today me and a friend of mine visited our 2-years old filly (Rorella (KL-Siglavy Pastime  x KL-Rigoletta). It was so faszinating that I really want to share some pics. Rorella did not see us for several month, but she did not forget about us. Have a look and - hopefully- a reason to smile ;)

Attachment: rorella_0001.wmv

Slightly Different Horse Sculpture

Some slightly different horse sculpture from around the world. Some amazing, some funny, some just plain odd.

Kobilarna Lipica--430 years

Das Gestüt Lipica feiert sein 430. Jubiläum im Jahr 2010.
Lipizzaner stud farm in Lipica celebrated its 430th anniversary this week.

Second half of foto's from 1967.

FEI Publishes Diagrams for Stewards Manual on Warm-Up Techniques

www.eurodressage.com

"The FEI released the three diagrams that illustrate the permitted positions of the horse's head and neck during pre- and post- competition training. The new Annex (XIII), which has now been completed, was created by the Working Group that produced a revised FEI Stewards Manual on warm-up techniques for Dressage."

See: http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2010/05/11/fei-publishes-diagrams-stewards-manual-warm-techniques

Found something

cleaning is sometimes funny!

Exquis World Dressage Masters

Clipmyhorse.de will provide live coverage over the Internet of all competitions

In the first competition since their victory at the 2010 World Cup, the record-setting combination of Moorlands Totilas and Edward Gal lead a star-studded field in the €100,000 (US$127,500) Exquis World Dressage Masters and the finale of the €25,000 (US$31,900) Nürnberger Rider Challenge at Munich beginning on Thursday.


Isabell Werth of Germany after winning the Grand Prix Freestyle at the 2009 Exquis World Dressage Masters in Munich. © Ken Bradick/dressage-news.com
The leading Dutch pair and World Cup reserve champions Jerich Parzival and Adelinde Cornelissen, will be challenged by the top German, Isabell Werth, riding Warum Nicht FRH to defend the WDM title she won at the inaugural Munich event in 2009.

Pferd International is the second event this year of the globe's four richest dressage competitions with total prize money of €425,000 (US$542,000). As in 2009, the lineup of five-star events is Palm Beach held three months ago, Munich May 13-16, and then Cannes, France, June 13-16 and Hickstead, England, July 28-Aug. 1.

Highlights of the Munich competition event are the €10,000 (US$12,750) Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe Grand Prix presented by Frb E.V. at 14.30 local time Friday, the €30,000 (US$38,250) Moorlands Grand Prix Special presented by Fürst Fugger Privatbank at 13.00 Saturday and the €60,000 (US$76,500) Exquis Grand Prix Kür To Music presented by Nürnberger Versicherungsgruppe at 12.00 on Sunday. The results will determine the winner of the inaugural €25,000 Nurger WDM Rider Rankings and a free gene banking package provided by the U.S. cloning company, ViaGen.

Clipmyhorse.de will provide live coverage over the Internet of all competitions while Sport 1 will broadcast a highlight program 11:45-12:45 on Saturday, May 22.

Edward Gal and Moorlands Totilas are heavily favored to win the Nurger Rider Rankings, but with double points available, Adelinde and Parzival, the only combination to have beaten them--twice--are within striking distance. Rankings leader Anky van Grunsvenis unable to seek the title because of an injury to her Olympic mount, Salinero.

In addition to the world's No. 1 and No. 2 combinations from The Netherlands, Isabell Werth will compete on 2007 World Cup champion, Warum Nicht, to lead a strong German contingent of Hubertus Schmidt, Matthias Alexander Rath, Ulla Slazgeber, Anja Plönzke, Susanne Lebek and Christoph Koschel.

Anne van Olst will represent Denmark while Austria is represented by Victoria Max-Theurer and Peter Gmoser, Belgium by Stefan van Ingelgem, Ireland by Anna Merveldt, Italy by Valentina Truppa and Marcela Krinke Susmelj of Switzerland. Additional entries can qualify through the CDI3* that is also being held in Munich and includes riders from throughout Europe and North America.

A special feature of the Munich show is a dressage horse breeding symposium, called "Servant or King," and organized by Jacob Schmid for WDM to bring together some of the world's top specialists to discuss the marriage of sport and breeding. The symposium, aimed at promoting knowledge exchange, is sponsored by ViaGen of the United States, a leader in commercial animal gene banking and cloning services. Admission is free once inside the show grounds at the Olympic Stadium.

Symposium participants include: Holger Schmezer, coach of the German Dressage team; Dr. Dietrich Plewa, international dressage judge and trainer; Jan Tönjes, journalist for sport and breeding; Hans Riegler, Chief Rider of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna; Gotthilf Riexinger, Olympic dressage judge; Kees Visser owner of Moorland Stables and Moorlands Totilas, and dressage analyst and; Wim Ernes of the KWPN stallion selection committee and "O" judge.

Anthony M. Kies, Chief Executive Officer of Exquis World Dressage Masters, said that Pferd International in Munich will be the highlight of the 2010 WDM season.

"The final of the Nurger WDM Rider Ranking has made the world's best riders come to Munich," he said. "They will battle over a total purse of €125.000, which is unprecedented in dressage.

"Last year we welcomed two new partners: Nurger Versicherungsgruppe and Jerich International. I want to thank them both for their trust in WDM. Together with our partner Moorland Investments we have been able to move WDM into the international spotlight."

WDM Rider Rankings (Prior to Final at Munich)

Rank Rider Nation No. Events Points
1. Anky van Grunsven NED 2 1530
2. Ashley Holzer CAN 2 1380
3. Edward Gal NED 1 1020
4. Leslie Morse USA 2 990
5. Marc Boblet FRA 2 945
6. Anja Plönzke GER 2 932
7. Adelinde Cornelissen NED 1 870
8. Catherine Haddad USA 2 855
9. Daniel Pinto POR 2 855
10. Laura Bechtolsheimer GBR 1 855
11. Imke Schellekens-Bartels NED 1 780
12. Steffen Peters USA 1 765
13. Isabell Werth GER 1 660
14. Hans Peter Minderhoud NED 1 615
15. Kyra Kyrklund FIN 1 615
16. Nathalie zu Sayn Wittgenstein DEN 1 585
17. Fiona Bigwood GBR 1 570
18. Jordi Domingo ESP 1 558
19. Jeroen Devroe BEL 1 540
20. Anders Dahl DEN 1 510
21. Maria Eilberg GBR 1 495 

Spanische Hofreitschule Performs for Jackie Kennedy 1961

3 – 6 June 1961


On that weekend, the whole world was watching Vienna. The Soviet Premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev and the American President John F. Kennedy were meeting in Vienna. For the Viennese, this summit meeting was an event of top priority. The wives of the politicians, Nina Khrushchev and Jackie Kennedy, were especially welcomed with wild enthusiasm.For negotiation were the future status of Berlin, which was still occupied by all four victorious powers, nuclear weapons tests and disarmament. There was to be no rapprochement. For the young Kennedy, who had become President in the same year, it was his first meeting with his great opposite number from the Soviet Union. For the Viennese it was a major coup to have the two heads of the superpowers in town. In Vienna, Khrushchev presents Kennedy with a memorandum concerning the German policy, the so-called Berlin-Memorandum. It contains a proposal for the conversion of West-Berlin into a demilitarized and neutral city and demands the finalization of a peace treaty.

Jackie Kennedy visited the Spanish Court Riding School with Federal Chancellor Alfons Gorbach. She was deeply impressed by the highly trained stallions and the exquisite performance of horses and riders.