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The Lusitano is a breed of horse from Portugal that closely resembles the Andalusian. Like the Andalusian, it is also an Iberian horse. It was used as a cavalry and carriage horse, but today excels in bullfighting, due to its very calm temperament, and great agility and speed. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...
Andalusian Referring to Andalusia A type of horse: see Andalusian horse This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Iberian horse is native to the Iberian peninsula. ...
Bull ring (Plaza de Toros) La Malagueta in Málaga (Spain) Bullfighting or tauromachy (Spanish toreo, corrida de toros or tauromaquia; Portuguese tourada, corrida de touros or tauromaquia) is a tradition that involves, most of the time, professional performers (generally called in Spanish toreros or matadores and in Portuguese toureiros...
The breed is also used as a pleasure mount, dressage, farm work and light draft work. They make excellent riding horses, due to their extremely levelheaded temperament. They are intelligent, sensible, and brave horses and have great balance. Dressage (a French term meaning training) today is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to Olympic. ...
Although usually gray the horse can be any solid color and usually stands 15 to 16 hands. They are compact, with powerful hindquarters, high-stepping action, and a thick mane and tail. They have a very pronounced Roman nose, with a very wide forehead. They also have a sloping croup and low-set tail, as well as short backs. They have a well set neck, a broad chest, well-sprung ribs. They are extremely powerful and strong, due to their muscular hindquarters and strong, long legs. A hand (or handbreadth) is a unit of length measurement, usually based on the breadth of a male human hand and thus around 1 dm, i. ...
The Lusitano derives its name from lusitania, the Latin word for Portugal.
It is widely spread that the Lusitano has been a breed of horse completely different and purer than its parent, the Andalusian, when in truth the Lusitano is a recently labeled breed of horse. Its heritage is of pure Andalusian decent and thus holds almost the exact same history. The Lusitano has only been a regonised breed since 1960 when the Spanish Andalusian Stud Book closed all portugese Andalusian acceptance. Thus the Lusitano was created. Outcrossing with other breeds, such as the Friesian and Light Berber (Arabian dominated Barbs), has allowed it to get a more slender leg form and more draught head. They come in a variety of colours including the creamed palomino, buckskin and chestnuts, colours which come from Arabian influence. Andalusian Referring to Andalusia A type of horse: see Andalusian horse This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Andalusian Referring to Andalusia A type of horse: see Andalusian horse This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Friesian (alternate spelling: Frisian) can refer to: An inhabitant of Frisia (consisting of the province of Friesland in the Netherlands, and portions of the states of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in Germany) - see Frisians The language spoken in Frisia - see Frisian language A breed of horse from Frisia, see...
The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ...
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