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Horses of the Spanish Riding School in Schoenbrunn Park: four Lipizzan horses and their riders say farewell.
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Horses of the Spanish Riding School in Schoenbrunn Park: four Lipizzan hors...

A rider and horse performing a piaffe. Red chalk drawing.
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A rider and horse performing a piaffe. Red chalk drawing.

A Lipizzan horse performing a passage (Spanish trot) to the right.
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A Lipizzan horse performing a passage (Spanish trot) to the right.

A Lipizzan horse performing a capriole, straight ahead.
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A Lipizzan horse performing a capriole, straight ahead.

"La Bride",bridles and snaffles from Gueriniere's "School of Cavalry"of 1729.
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"La Bride",bridles and snaffles from Gueriniere's "School of Cavalry"of 17...

After the introduction of small firearms,various positions for firing on horseback were taught. From Wallhausen's "Art of Military Riding",1616.
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After the introduction of small firearms,various positions for firing on...

Antoine Pluvinel introduced the art of classic riding in France.He was also teacher and confidant of king Louis XIII.The horse was tied to the two pillars,now also used in the Spanish Riding School.Pluvinel stands right of the pillars, the 16-year old king next to him.
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Antoine Pluvinel introduced the art of classic riding in France.He was also te...

One of Guerniere's important innovations in classic riding,mentioned in his "School for Cavalry",was the so-called "shoulder-in",an exercise for straightening the horse.
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One of Guerniere's important innovations in classic riding,mentioned in his...

"An ideal Stable should not be long and narrow,but rather oval or circular.Thus when the owner sits or stands in the center,he can at once survey all the horses facing him and recognize them by their heads and necks".
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"An ideal Stable should not be long and narrow,but rather oval or circular....

Portraits of famous Lipizzan horses:Neapolitano Graina. The horses' names are composed of the parent's names, the sire's and the dam's.
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Portraits of famous Lipizzan horses:Neapolitano Graina. The horses' names are co...

Sixty miles north of London lies Newmarket, a town of 10.000 inhabitants and half as many horses.There are 58 training stables, 49 stud farms,an auction paddock of 1766 and 25 regular horse shoers and 6 veterinaries.Cleaning the stables in the morning.
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Sixty miles north of London lies Newmarket, a town of 10.000 inhabitants an...

Sixty miles north of London lies Newmarket, a town of 10.000 inhabitants and half as many horses.There are 58 training stables, 49 stud farms,an auction paddock of 1766 and 25 regular horse shoers and 6 veterinaries.A stable in Newmarket.
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Sixty miles north of London lies Newmarket, a town of 10.000 inhabitants an...