On the Edge: Lipizzaners

With all of the crap going on in my life, I almost forgot to attend the performance of the "World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions" at Lawlor Events Center. They come to Reno every two years. Two years ago I forgot to bring a camera (I took pictures of them when they were here in 1994, but they aren't as good as these), and I made sure this time I was prepared.

After the show. Note the protective "boots" the horses are wearing in preparation for travel.

This one is of an Andalusian horse, which is very similar to the Lipizzaner.

The announcer talked about the brands on the Austrian-bred Lipizzaners. They have many brands on them denoting their bloodlines and where they were raised.

Another good head shot of one of the stallions.

This horse did an "airs" routine called the capriole where he leapt in the air kicking his feet outward. That shot didn't turn out, however.

If and when I see these horses again, I will get prime seating directly in front of the entrance. Especially when the horses did difficult manoeuvres there would be heads in the way and made the pictures harder to frame.

A picture showing one of the horses doing a routine.

A close-up of the same horse. This horse was bred in Austria. The company which owns these horses are raising a few of them in this country after having imported all of them.

I think this was my favorite horse of all of them. They were all beautiful and would have given the late, great Secretariat a run for his money in the looks department.