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The Lusitano, also known as the Pure Blood Lusitano or PSL (Puro Sangue Lusitano), is a Portuguese horse breed. Horses were known to be present on the Iberian Peninsula as far back as 20,000 BC, and by 800 BC the region was renowned for its war horses .
The Portuguese name refers to what is now the Lusitano, while the Peninsular, Iberian Saddle Horse and Iberian War Horse names refer to horses from the Iberian Peninsula as a whole. The Extremeño name refers to Spanish horses from the Extremadura province of Spain and the Zapata or Zapatero name to horses that come from the Zapata family stud.
The primary directives of the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art are the conservation of the Lusitano horse, also known as the Pure Blood Lusitano, and the maintenance of classical Portuguese Baroque horsemanship. The Lusitano is an Iberian horse of Baroque stock famed for its prominence and strength in dressage and Portuguese-style bullfighting.
These may include: the northern or Atlantic Celtic ponies or small horses, which show similarities to British breeds such as the Exmoor Pony; the southern or Mediterranean breeds of Celtic origin, including the Mallorquín and Menorquín; the hot-blooded breeds, including the imported Arab and Thoroughbred, as well as the Spanish Trotter; and ...
Iberian horse, encompassing horse and pony breeds developed in the Iberian Peninsula, including the Andalusian, Lusitano and others. Meat horse, originally working draft breeds bred larger, meatier and fatter for horse meat markets. [2] Mountain and moorland pony breeds, abbreviated "M&M," a specific group of pony breeds native to the British ...
Two distinct phenotypes of Iberian horse were identified in early research: so-called "Celtic" ponies, centered in the Cantabrian Range in the north, and the horses of the south, represented today by the Andalusian and Carthusian, Lusitano, Marismeño and related breeds, many of which have a Baroque horse phenotype.
Carinho des Noes: Bay Lusitano stallion born in 1990, Carinho des Noes was a licensed breeding stallion and sired Grand Prix horses Roberto des Frettes (rider Charlotte Haid-Bondergaard), Diabeau du Coussoul (rider Catherine Henriquet) and small tour horse Soberano du Parc (rider Jeremy Roy). Farahin des Cloets: Bay Selle Français mare born in ...
Horses such as the Andalusian, Lusitano, Lipizzan and Menorquín are the breeds most often trained to perform the airs today, in part due to their powerfully conformed hindquarters, which allow them the strength to perform these difficult movements. There were originally seven airs, many of which were used to build into the movements performed ...