The andalusian horse has existed since the beginning of times.
Horses from the Iberian peninsula were famous for being excellent war horses already about 500 BC.
but evidence of the existence of the Iberian equine can be found in cave paintings on the peninsula, that date back to 20.
000 -30.
000 years before Christ.
The Andalusian has had its own studbook since the 1400s and so becomes one of the oldest breeds.
The king Filip the second of Spain was a great horse lover and he stands out in the making of the Andalusian breed.
He had read the great Greek philosopher Xenophon's scriptures about the perfect horse, descendant from the four elements; earth, wind, fire and water.
So Filip embarked on creating what was to become the most expensive and beautiful horse in Europe.
He wanted to create an equine as beautiful and good natured as the earth, supple as water, fast as the wind and explosive as fire and I must say that he succeeded in his mission.
The Spanish horse is namely all that.
He is gentle but tough, high spirited and courageous, intelligent, willing and breathtakingly beautiful.
He also maintains his cool in the most stressful of situations.
Almost all horses you see in films are andalusian horses and most horses that you see in circus and other spectacular shows are also Andalusians.
The Carthusian monks were good business men and very good horse breeders.
They were the ones that started the first studbooks of the breed and continued to excel the breed.
They are the founders of the so called Cartujano bloodline within the P.
R.
E.
studbook, that is thought to be the purest lineage of the Andalusian horse.
But one of the most important things that they did apart from breeding the horses were trading them, and already by the mid 1500 the Andalusian horses were famous in all of Europe.
Although these horses were rare you could find one in most royal courts in northern Europe.
Today the andalusian horse continues to be one of the most sought after breeds of horse and it still carries the nobleness of past times.
The Andalusian horse is a mediums sized horse that stands between 157 and 167 cm tall at the wither.
If it gets too big it looses some of it's agility, and that is not desirable as one of the key traits this horse has is its compact easy to collect conformation.
Horses from the Iberian peninsula were famous for being excellent war horses already about 500 BC.
but evidence of the existence of the Iberian equine can be found in cave paintings on the peninsula, that date back to 20.
000 -30.
000 years before Christ.
The Andalusian has had its own studbook since the 1400s and so becomes one of the oldest breeds.
The king Filip the second of Spain was a great horse lover and he stands out in the making of the Andalusian breed.
He had read the great Greek philosopher Xenophon's scriptures about the perfect horse, descendant from the four elements; earth, wind, fire and water.
So Filip embarked on creating what was to become the most expensive and beautiful horse in Europe.
He wanted to create an equine as beautiful and good natured as the earth, supple as water, fast as the wind and explosive as fire and I must say that he succeeded in his mission.
The Spanish horse is namely all that.
He is gentle but tough, high spirited and courageous, intelligent, willing and breathtakingly beautiful.
He also maintains his cool in the most stressful of situations.
Almost all horses you see in films are andalusian horses and most horses that you see in circus and other spectacular shows are also Andalusians.
The Carthusian monks were good business men and very good horse breeders.
They were the ones that started the first studbooks of the breed and continued to excel the breed.
They are the founders of the so called Cartujano bloodline within the P.
R.
E.
studbook, that is thought to be the purest lineage of the Andalusian horse.
But one of the most important things that they did apart from breeding the horses were trading them, and already by the mid 1500 the Andalusian horses were famous in all of Europe.
Although these horses were rare you could find one in most royal courts in northern Europe.
Today the andalusian horse continues to be one of the most sought after breeds of horse and it still carries the nobleness of past times.
The Andalusian horse is a mediums sized horse that stands between 157 and 167 cm tall at the wither.
If it gets too big it looses some of it's agility, and that is not desirable as one of the key traits this horse has is its compact easy to collect conformation.