The horse of royalty, the world famous Lipizzaner Stallions have been delighting audiences around the world for decades. For more information visit WWW.BELENZON.COM
I had (and still have) a book about these horses and its what started my love for horses. Since then I have been in the Special Olympics for a few years in a row and met some wonderful people along the way. Thank you Lipizzaners and the riders! I'm mesmerized every time I see them perform❤
Thank you. Not all of us are lucky enough to live in areas where these tours perform. It's lovely to see such grace, elegance and strength displayed so skillfully. Definitely inspiring to anyone interested in dressage or reining, and the changes every stride? Gorgeous. Thanks!
Dressage skill which is unmatched. I don't care about how good a few of the horses at the Olympics move, none of them do it with such ease and without being tense like a lipizzan does.
@@kasieream5977 Because modern sporting dressage is terribly judged - that's literally 100% of the reason. More points are given to long floppy ugly warmblood movement because that's the popular style, and it's bullshit.
Lovely. I saw them perform, with some friends, in Virginia a year or so ago. We were enthralled. When we bought the tickets we had thought we were going to see the Spanish Riding School on tour - but this American band of Lipizzaners gave us the experience we had hoped for.
In 2007, and then I think 2009, we had the pleasure of boarding the World Famous Lipps at our barn in Hanmer, Ontario. It was a pleasure to go watch the show in Sudbury, and then it was so much more exciting to go back to the barn and await the arrival of our royal guests for the night! All boarders were kicked out for the night, all stalls got 2 bags of new shavings, everything majorly washed down for our royal guests. Every stallion (and gelding) had his own 12 x 12 stall for that restful night. It was a major night on their tour to just not have to be in their trailer every night. They got to lie down, stretch out, separated from each other.A good rest for them, although it was only 12 hours. All of the horses, when I came back in the morning to feed, were still laying down and just loving the pampering. All their grooms and staff weren't there when I got to work in the morning, so I got to do some major loving with those beautiful horses as I was the first to say good morning to them. I got to give them their hay, already provided. I filled their water buckets. I got to tussle their forelocks as they were still laying down. I just got to give them a few moments of being a horse before they got back on the trailer. In that early morning moment, when every show horse was just a horse wanting his morning feed, there was no difference between these horses and the horses who would have normally occupied those stalls. A horse is a horse.
Brenda Dale, this story, so eloquently written, should be preserved for those you love now and those who will know you by your pictures and writings. Thank you for sharing the moments!
@@wigglietail2008 i can in no way convey to you how awesome it was to have the stallions at our barn for that night.Firstly I have to tell you, it wasn't our personal place. My husband and I worked at Pineridge Ranch, a horse boarding place and country zoo. Each time the World Famous Lipps toured Northern Ontario, they spent a quiet and well deserved night of rest at our place. All five of us barn staff had front row tickets to the show, but then we'd have to scoot back to the barn and get ever
My stepfather’s US Army infantry unit liberated the Lippizaner stallions in Vienna, Austria made famous in the movie The Miracle of the White Stallions. He told me those horses were damned lucky that Americans got to them before the Russians did or they would have been eaten.
We all owe your step father & his unit a debt of gratitude for helping to preserve the irreplaceable treasure of these horses and the Spanish Riding School
Americans love animals so much. It's a mystery to me why they protect dogs, cats, and horses, and kill the poor merciful cows, just to taste blood and flesh. Mother cow gives milk, (transformed blood), so she and father bull also must be cared for with kindness and compassion as well as all God's creatures. My father took my family to Vienna when I was 12. It's a beautiful city. I stopped eating animals and chicken menstruation (eggs) a long time ago. It's too cruel to think about slaughterhouses, and I pray for the day all animals are truly loved and respected. God bless.
I've have seen these magnificent horses in the past, hope so much they will come back to Fargo, ND....watching them...gives me goosebumps!!!!! Amazing & stunning!!!!
I don't think they are portraying that this is the ONLY breed that can do these maneuvers. They are just more natural and the training for this is extremely long and can take many years. Not many will devote that kind of time. This breed deserves to be recognized...they deserve it. They are beautiful and graceful.
Lippizaners are actually gray horses. The young stallion is about halfway through his color change, probably around 6 or 7 years old. Grays get progressively lighter as they age. Sometimes they have a bay or black stallion in their shows, and it's considered lucky to have one that stays dark.
+Miranda Paradice did you think of the cruelty behind making them do all those things? Do you think it is enjoyable for them? DO you really think they want to do this?
I am so in love with them! My own mare has lipizzaner blood, but I always thought she looks like her father (a "normal" german warmblood stallion with famous german blood lines). Now I realize that she has more than only the colour and the talent from the lipizzaners - and I am so proud :) And I hope one day I'll get a foal from her and a lipizzaner stallion :)
Gorgeous horses - I lived in Vienna for 6 months and visited their stables, training and shows on Kartner Strasser. Stables were accross the street from collesium where about 20 white stallions were stabled. Stable and training sessions were free and I visited them several times. However, I think the best performance I recall was in a gymnasium in Savannah, Georgia in 1970.
Utterly wonderful! I helped to set up for a Lipizzaner show in Kimberly, British Columbia, in 1985 (I think it was). I was much younger, and could carry dozens of performance mats around all day long. Not so much now. :) This remains one of the best experiences I had of Canada's Katimevik program. It was aspecial treat to be right at ground level with these amazing horses.
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I've seen these Horses, also. Just gorgeous animals. Even got to go downstairs to see their stalls and tack rooms. It was quite pricey, but, worth even more. I'd Love to see them again. ;-)))
I was fortunate enough to see them at age 7, with my recently deceased grandmother, when they came up to Michigan- some 34 or 35 years ago. I was entranced..... I still remember the name of a young, still dappled horse- Jordache. He was gorgeous 💖 thank you for the lovely memories.
I saw this show in Rockford. I had never been to a show like this before, and let me tell you I was nearly in tears watching these horses. Their coats looked like they were made of moonlight...LITERALLY. The lighting gave them a gossamer glow. As they performed, their raw strength permeated the air, you could feel every trot and jump. This video cannot convey the grace and majesty of their performance. Seeing them live is in my top 10 life experiences. Sheer magic. Its been 15 years, wish I could see them again.
Magnificent animals, I love them. I did see them in Ontario,Canada, some years ago, wish they could return, Unforgettable performances. Thank you so much .... hopefully this year (2016) they will return to this area.
I had the privilage to work with the Herramans back in 94 ,, it was a memorable time I will never forget,, many changes have happend in their family ,, but the show and the magnificence of these stallions are timeless,, RIP Gabby
Try front row, up and personal. I had front row seats and couldn't take my eyes off them. My Canon Rebel has a sport setting not one bad picture did I get. I got a great picture when the horse jumped off the ground with all legs (forgot the name of move). It was the last thing I did with my father and I placed that picture in his coffin with him.
I was able to see the Lippizaner show at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. We visited while on leave in 1975. They were awe inspiring! Poetic in appearance and so smooth youd swear the rider and horse were one animal.
If you look me up you will see ive seen these guys perform. I only have bits and pieces of the wonderful performance. Im so pleased to see this again its so wonderful to watch. This is excellent why cant people just enjoy it and not argue its just poetry in motion. These horses which i met after the show are treated like royalty as all should be. Thanks again for sharing this thumbs up all the way
Wonderfuly intelligent, insightful and respectful presentation of a great equestrian tradition from Central-European region, which is uniquely connected to Southern Spanish region of Andalusia and through it, to the Arabian (Moorish) horses.
The horses in this video are amazing. I never imagined a horse could be so graceful. I live in NYC and I'm used to seeing the clumsy carriage horses in Central Park, or the occasional police horse. I want to see this show someday.
I took my nephew to see them at the Exhibition grounds in Toronto years ago...I'll never forget. I could hardly afford it, as an art student...but it was well worth it.
They make half-passing so easy! I love the flowing mane! Absloutely beautiful horses. By their performance, they don't look like late bloomers. I relize many of those moves are very hard from my experince.
Master of Ceremonies David King was a very good friend of mine. He was a great entertainer, juggler, sword swallower and magician. Sadly his life was cut short by cancer of the spine.
i had the pleasure of seeing this in cairns when i was 16 best show ever loved it is going to be in brisbane this year so going to see it again love it
Shout out to my brother Ronald Anthony Jackson aka Tony Jackson he was hired on at the age of seventeen years old, and traveled the world! Im his kid brother and im so proud of him! And a little envious. Another shout out to Dave that is narrating this video, heck of a magician. Love ya guys loved this show!!!!
TO THINK WAR ,THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURE,WAS ALMOST LOST,ONLY FOUR WHERE SAVED AT THE TIME♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️2019 I HOPE YOUNG WILL ENJOY ,and learn how much animals mean♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️♥️♥️
I've been to the breeding facility in Piber, Austria. Trust me, these horses are definitely NOT abused. Their stalls are immaculate, they get plenty of turnout with beautiful, lush pastures for grazing, there are people there who attend to their every need. Did you know that they only have one rider? If that rider dies or retires, the horse is also retired. No other rider uses that horse (I'm talking about the Spanish riding school horses in Austria, not the touring horses of North America.)
This brings back some very good memories. My Mom, Grandmother and I would go see them every year when they were in town. I saw them again about twenty years ago by myself and it was still as magnificent as I remembered. I just wish I had my Mom and Grandmother with me.
I've never seen horses do things like this before. My girlfriend was a horse trainer at one time,and turned me to this rare breed. I have to say I am very impressed and would very much like to see this show the next time it is in or near Ga.
I had the privilage of having them stable at my barn twice when they visited Utah. They are incredible. And the trailer they came is is awesome! We had to sneek a tour. :) I would go see them again in a heartbeat.
those horses fuckin LOVE their job. they are treated like absolute gold. i'm so pissed i missed them at madison square garden!!! the riders are some of the most talented in the world and those are some of the most well behaved stallions in the world. i can't imagine training them. sooo gorgeous. we have a friesian but he's only starting dressage.i hope he can turn out like these boys!
