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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 fame of the horses from Lusitania goes back to the Roman Age, which attributed its speed ...
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.
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 ...
Manuel Veiga (born 7 March 1986 in Golegã, Portugal) is a Portuguese dressage rider. [1] He took part at two World Equestrian Games (in 2014 and 2018). On both occasions he campaigned with Lusitano Ben Hur da Broa. His best results were achieved in 2018, when he placed 12th in the team and 67th in the individual dressage competition.
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 ...
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Catherine Durand Henriquet is a French dressage rider, trainer and writer born on April 9, 1955. She started riding when she was 12 years old and started showing dressage in 1988 aged 33 under the coaching and guidance of dressage master Michel Henriquet, a longtime friend and student of Nuno Oliveira.