Fall 2007 - United States Lipizzan Federation

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2007 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Tim Foley, President (California) 

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Jennifer Roth, Vice President (California) 

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Muffin Smith, Secretary (Virginia) 

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Lyn Schaeffer, Treasurer (New Hampshire) 

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Kris York, Director (Oregon) 

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Thomas Ritter, Director (Washington) 

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Mella Smith, Director (Arizona) 

928-476-3757 / azlipizzan@hotmail.com 

Linda Duggan, Director (Nevada) 

702-413-9495 / Linchar99lv@yahoo.com 

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Nancy Stockdale / USLRoffice@aol.com 

MEMBER REGISTRATION FEES 

Registration (newborn to six months). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40 

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Transfer of Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15 

Late Transfer (more than six months after date of sale) . . . . . $25 

DNA Parent Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47 

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Greetings! 

And welcome to the “After-the- 

Symposium, 2007” MEGA issue of 

USLR News. 

In this very-important issue, 

you will find reports from the 

various facets in attendance, at 

the Symposium plus the final 

“Unification Report.” 

As an added bonus, Carole Gauger’s 

story (and photographs!) from 

one of the many Tempel Lipizzan 

demonstrations, adds a personal 

touch. The folks at Tempel Farms 

wowed us all with their generosity, 

talents, organization, and more. 

We cannot thank them enough for 

hosting this all-important meeting. 

In addition to the reports, please 

see the story about Lips in ancient 

art by Polly DuPont, the Focus on 

Youth section story, etc., etc. 

2008 Lipizzan Symposium 

Phoenix, Arizona 

November 14-16, 2008 

The 2008 Lipizzan Symosium, to be held next November, will be in 

conjuction with the Spanish Riding School’s 2008 West Coast Tour. 

(Please see page 40 of this issue for further details on the tour.) 

Tickets will go on sale in May 2008. 

Ticket ordering information will appear in future issue of USLR News. 

Thank you to the White Stallion Productions for their sponsorship. 

The 2008 Symposium will mark the first annual meeting since 

unification of all groups into LFA. 

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ON THE COVER: 

Detail from a huge baroque style painting by Ferdinand Wagner, 

depicting Kriemhild’s arrival in Passau at the side of her uncle, Bishop Pilgrim. 

The original painting is in The Great Assembly Room in the Town Hall (Rathaus) 

in Passau, Germany. Ferdinand Wagner, a Passau resident, began the painting 

in 1886. The horse’s groom is a self portrait of the artist!

Two "Lips" 

for your consideration: 

Maestoso 

Contessa 58 

(396 M. Stella x 61 Contessa) 

And 

Pluto 

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Symposium News 

LIPIZZAN SYMPOSIUM, 2007 

By Carole Gauger 

Almost 50 years ago, Tempel Smith began 

importing Lipizzan horses to the United 

States with a dream to create a breeding 

farm and showcase for this Royal breed 

of horse. He created his dream by housing 

his horses in the finest facilities known in 

this country; by hiring the very best riders 

and trainers, and giving them the very best 

equipment. He even gave a life-long home to 

a leading veterinarian from Czechoslovakia, 

who was an experienced Event rider, and 

Four-in-Hand driving champion. 

Mr. Smith’s dream was fulfilled when 

performances equal to those given at the 

Spanish Riding School in Vienna were held 

at Tempel Farm in Wadsworth, Illinois; at 

the first Rolex Three-Day Event, held in 

Lexington, KY; and at Inaugural Parades for 

the newly-elected Presidents of our country. 

When this energetic and magnanimous 

horse-lover passed away in 1980, his family 

stepped up and “took the reins.” They refused 

to let his dream die. 

Now, because of this one man’s family, 

those of us who have been privileged to 

become a part of the Lipizzan legacy, are able 

to continue to experience the exciting thrill 

of hearing the classical music begin, and 

to see the magnificent Lipizzans enter the 

arena for exhibitions of all of the Grand Prix 

movements, plus the Airs Above the Ground, 

which are accomplished to the utmost 

degree only by this special breed of horse. 

Sept. 7-9, the Tempel Family and Staff 

have once again graciously opened their 

farm and their hearts to the Lipizzan 

owners and Lipizzan registries for our yearly 

symposium. Through their generosity, we 

were treated to an exciting exhibition of 

Long-Lining by Jochen Hippensteil, showing 

the collected trot and Piaffe, starting with a 

4-year-old horse just beginning the work, up 

to the Grand Prix horse showing excellent 

Piaffe work in hand. 

Horses for “Progression of the Piaffe” were: 

• Conversano Bana Almira (4 yrs) 

• Pluto VI Andorella (5 yrs) 

• Pluto VI Ballata (7 yrs) 

• Siglavy V Garbo III (8 yrs) 

• Neapolitano IV Almira (10 yrs) 

• Siglavy VI Garbo (10 yrs) 

• Favory VIII Bellanna (9 yrs) 

Jochen stressed that the training “allow” 

the horse to Piaffe “through his body by 

collection,” and not “by mechanical means.” 

We were then treated to a lovely luncheon 

in the beautiful European-style house on the 

hill above the stables, and a presentation by Dr. 

Justin Hayna, DVM, from MiniTube of America, 

Verona, WI, on Embryo Transfer. He gave a 

very thorough slide presentation of the older, 

and now the current, methods of flushing 

embryos from a “donor” mare, and implanting 

into a “recipient” mare, and he listed all 

the benefits of using these procedures for 

important mares that are in competition, or 

that are incapable of producing a live foal. 

Anita Adams, the Director of Equestrian 

Programs for Minitube of America, stated 

that they have imported 19 Lipizzans from 

the Czech/Slovak area, and two mares 

from Piber. So they are establishing a new 

Lipizzan breeding farm in this country, with 

new bloodlines that will help our breed to 

grow and diversify the bloodlines available. 

The Tempel Staff treated us to a tour 

of their show stables. Courtney Tripp, 

Program Coordinator for Tempel Farm, 

gave a thorough and detailed history of the 

farm, and allowed us to visit each stallion 

in the stable. Every stall had a sign with the 

horse’s name, age, sire & dam, and picture of 

him doing his show “specialty.” The horses 

are all in EXCELLENT condition, and all seem 

very content and thoroughly enjoying their 

pampered life. 

The Staff then led us on a walking tour 

of the pastures to see the broodmares with 

new foals (all of which were VERY friendly 

and loved having visitors that were willing 

to pet and scratch necks and withers). We 

also walked through the large pastures that 

house the yearlings, two-, and three-year-old 

stallions. They put on a wonderful exhibition 

of running and wheeling, and showing off to 

the best of their young ability. 

We were privileged to also visit the 

old, retired stallions. They also are still in 

excellent condition, in spite of their being up 

to 30 years old. One old gentleman showed 

us his one trick (for a treat) which was to 

open his mouth widely as if to show us his 

teeth.... or was he laughing at us? 

The highlight of the weekend was, of 

course, the performance by the Tempel 

Lipizzans on Saturday evening. Horses 

presented were: 

MARES & FOALS: 

Almira & filly 

Airella & filly 

Amarika & filly 

Anita & colt 

The Young Stallions of Tempel Farms 

USLR News Fall, 2007 


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DRIVING: Delia Stoner drove the lovely 10 

yr old mare, Alfaya, to a Carriage, showing 

the driving tradition of Tempel Farm. 

unusual art work, and Austrian imported 

items. The highest-selling item was a brandnew 

Dressage saddle generously donated 

by Pam Atkinson of Blue Water Stables, 

Bridgeport, MI, going for $1600.00 to new 

owner of the saddle, Linda Duggan, Las 

Vegas, NV (Linda and Pam, pictured below). 

YOUNG STALLIONS: 

Pluto VI Ballata II, ridden by Sarah Hippenstiel 

Pluto VI Andorella, ridden by Linda Leffingwell 

Conversano Mima Anita, ridden by 

Madeleine Axelsson 

Siglavy V Garbo II, ridden by Vickie Saetran 

Pluto VI Ballata, ridden by Mandy Johnson 

Conversano Bana Almira, ridden by 

Jochen Hippenstiel 

ALL STEPS & MOVEMENTS OF THE 

CLASSICAL SCHOOL: 

Favory VIII Bellanna and Jochen Hippenstiel 

Favory VII Andorella and Sarah Hippenstiel 

PAS de TROIS: 

Siglavy VI Garbo and Linda Leffingwell 

Siglavy V Garbo III and Madeleine Axelsson 

Favory V Almira and Sarah Hippenstiel 

WORK IN HAND AND AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND: 

Conversano II Betsy, courbette, 

by Linda Leffingwell 

Neapolitano V Sonora, levade, 

by Sarah Hippenstiel 

Favory VI Brenna, levade, 

by Sarah Hippenstiel 

Neapolitano IV Andorella, capriole, 

by Jochen Hippenstiel 

Conversano II Bellanna III, courbette, 

by Jochen Hippenstiel 

ON THE LONG REIN: 

Siglavy VI Garbo and Jochen Hippenstiel 

SCHOOL QUADRILLE: 

Conversano II Alma IV & Sarah Hippenstiel 

Conversano IV Bellanna & Mandy Johnson 

Conversano II Bellanna II & Linda Leffingwell 

Conversano V Almira 

The entire performance was totally 

in keeping with the tradition from the 

Spanish Riding School, with the live classical 

music that we all associate with the 


performances in Vienna, Austria. Spectators, 

from non-horse owners, to long-time 

professional trainers all had tears in their 

eyes, and gave thunderous amounts of 

applause for the difficult movements so 

beautifully executed by horses and riders. 

It was hard to leave the arena, and say 

good-bye to the horses, but a delicious banquet 

awaited in the house on the hill, beautifully 

presented by a very professional staff. 

President of the USLR, Tim Foley and his 

“auctioneer” wife, created another fun and 

very rewarding evening auction of donated 

items, to benefit the Lipizzan registries. 

Members were thrilled to take home very 

special books, autographed posters of the 

Tempel horses, an unusual “bridle” necklace, 

Each year we continue to set new 

records for amount of donations and 

amount of revenue generated, and this year 

is no exception with the auction raising 

over four thousand dollars! 

I have not commented on the many 

meetings that took place during the 

three days, because those will be covered 

thoroughly in the following reports. It was 

just SUCH a pleasure to reconnect with old 

friends that have helped to develop the 

Lipizzan pedigree base in America over the 

past 30 years, and to meet so many new 

people interested in becoming a part of 

the “Lipizzan family” in this country. But all 

of us owe our UTMOST GRATITUDE to the 

family that followed a dream to create the 

Spanish Riding School of the Western World, 

and continue to inspire each of us to do our 

best with these horses every day. May God 

continue to bless the horses and the family 

of Tempel Smith.


2007 USLR Annual Meeting 

Shannon Rogers Simpson, reporter 

The meeting was opened by Tim Foley 

with warm thanks to Cele Noble for her 

hard work on the newsletter, Rennie Squier 

for the database, Charlie and Linda Duggan 

for the new computer, the Outgoing and 

Incoming Board of Directors, and a big 

salute to Nancy Stockdale and Melinda 

Suydam (who was unable to be present due 

to riding lessons in Piber!). 

Tim read the new mission statement for 

the USLR, which reflected the desire for one 

unified organization, stressing the roles of 

volunteers, striving for professionalism in 

all things, being sure to include all persons 

and adding more value and services to the 

membership. 

Nancy Stockdale reported (per Melinda) 

that in the first half of the year, the USLR 

has registered 27 purebred, one appendix 

and eight half Lipizzans. Additionally, she 

reported on registrations from 1981 to 2007. 

There have been 1309 total registrations of 

purebred horses since 1981 and another 54 in 

the appendix registry. Some of these could 

be considered part-bred, but with research 

into Romanian records it is possible their 

pedigrees could be filled in. There were also 

288 registered (DNA tested) and 49 recorded 

(untested) half Lipizzans for a total of 337. 

Treasurer Lyn Schaeffer reported that 

in the period of August 15, 2006 to August 

14, 2007, there was a 35% increase in income 

but only a 21% increase in expenses. The 

treasurer’s report will be available online 

within one week. The stallion auction 

raised $3900. She was pleased to report that 

income was 10% above the projected budget 

and the expenses were only 2% ahead, 

showing that we are sticking to the budget 

rather well. 

A thank you was offered to Rennie 

Squier for programming, rectifying data 

and teaching everyone how to use the new 

database. New features include better links 

between membership records and the 

registry data, links to DNA markers, better 

compatibility, easier changes and updates, 

and the ability to add a horse’s photograph 

to the record, as well as micro-chipping 

information. Members are asked to please 

e-mail good photographs of their horses 

to the USLR office for inclusion in pedigree 

records, although they will not be printed 

on the pedigree at this time. It will now be 

possible to complete transfers of ownership 

in three working days, along with faster 

registration, naming assistance, better 

security and offsite storage in multiple sites. 

It was reported that the website is now 

professionally done in an endeavor to keep 

the news current. New features include a 

member locator. Please zoom in and check 

your information for accuracy! If you do not 

wish to participate, please notify the USLR 

office. Other new features include the Stork 

Corner (send in photos of your new babies!!!) 

and Lipizzan Legacy, which will feature a 

photo and brief story about Lipizzans who 

have passed away. Please send photos and 

information to shannonsimpson@comcast. 

net or Lyn Schaeffer at farview@together. 

net . It is hoped that eventually we can 

compile, as complete as possible, a pictorial 

history of the Lipizzans who have lived in 

the United States. 

Linda Duggan asked that members 

please consider joining committees and 

to let the office know if they have a special 

talent or profession that could be helpful. 

She also discussed our presence on RFD- 

TV and advertisement successes this past 

year. She reminded members that there 

is support material, such as pamphlets 

and displays, if you just ask for them at the 

office! There has been a significant spike in 

merchandise sales including shipments to 

Canada and France! 

Newsletter revenue has more than 

doubled. Much layout is done by Carol Eilers 

– many thanks go out to her. Please consider 

supporting her publication, Apples ‘n Oats 

[www.applesnoats.com], to show your 

appreciation! All members are encouraged 

to send information, new ideas or stories to 

Cele or Linda to keep the newsletter fresh 

and interesting. 

The entire slide show presentation of 

the meeting is available for viewing on the 

Member Information page at our website, at 

www.USLR.org. 

The ballots were counted (95 were 

returned) and we would like to congratulate 

Tim Foley who remains as President; Muffin 

Smith who remains as Secretary; and new 

board members Mella Smith and Chris York. 

The dissolution of USLR and the 

transfer of assets to LFA were discussed 

at great length. Ingun Littorin reminded 

everyone that the formation of the LFA as 

a single, unified membership organization 

is an inclusive effort, and that “everyone 

involved has put their heart and soul into 

it…”. It was agreed that the goals for the 

LFA are to be a democratic organization, 

to continue to offer professional services, 

and to understand that the Pedigree Trust 

is simply a legal “backup system” for the 

records that we agree with and support. All 

pedigrees are being submitted to the ILF for 

inclusion in their online database. 

Tim Foley called for a voice vote of the 

membership of all those for the unification 

of the USLR, LANA and ALBA. It was spinetingling 

to hear the massive chorus of “AYE” 

resounding across the fields at Tempel 

Farms, and Tim declared it to be by acclaim. 

2007 ALBA Annual Meeting 

Gayla Edwards, reporter 

After an interesting mini-clinic on 

“Teaching the Piaffe from Young to Finished 

Horse,” by the director of training, Jochen 

Hippenstiel, the first meeting of the 2007 

symposium was ALBA. 

The board was represented by 

President, Ingun Littorin; Secretary, June 

Boardman; and Treasurer, Rennie Squier. 

Ingun gave a brief welcome, history of ALBA 

and an overview of the meeting. 

June quickly went over the minutes 

from the last meeting in 2006 and Rennie 

offered the treasurer’s report; the following 

a synopsis of that report: 

• Beginning balance $2269.88 

• Income $2186.34 

• Expenses $1419.12 

• Ending balance $3037.10 

Other reports: 

• The goal of ALBA is to be part of the LFA 

but at the present we are still a separate 

entity. 

• In 2007 ALBA is developing a list of judges 

for evaluations in the US and will facilitate 

evaluation around the country. 

LIF 

• Ingun was appointed Vice President of 

the LIF board and she gave a brief synopsis 

of information, which she will be writing 

up in a report herself. 

• Of great importance to us in the US, is 

the development of a world-wide web site 

of registered Lipizzans to which the LFA 

will add its data, and will update yearly. 

• Anyone will be able to pull up info on any 

Lipizzan in the world. 

• The first LIF judges training session 

was held at Piber with two more to 

follow shortly. Ingun will try to get us all 

a download of all the specifics from those 

meetings. 

More will be written up on the LIF 

activities. 

The ALBA meeting ended and we were 

off for a tour of the Tempel Farm stables, 

horses and pastures – What a treat! 

2007 LANA Annual Meeting 

Kathleen Donnelly, reporter 

September 8, 2007 - The meeting convened 

at 2:15 p.m., led by John Gliege. A quorum was 

present. Board members attending were 

Tom Hull, Sandy Heaberlin, Melody Hull, 

Susan Castle, John Gliege, plus Delphi Toth, 

Gary Lashinsky. and Carolyn Proeber by 

telephone. 

I. Mel gave the Treasurer’s Report for the 

fiscal year July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007. Net 

was -$400 for the year. Significant expenses 

were printing, $5,000 and promotions, $1,300. 


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$8000.00 


The good news is that the organization 

is $1,500 in the black as of 9/5/07. Members 

raised a few questions regarding line 

items: commissions (for the new website), 

trademarks (logos and copyrights on 

publications.) 

Current balance sheet total assets are 

$7,547.65. 

II. Tom Hull presented the Registrar’s Report. There 

are now 892 registered horses. Since 7/1/06, 

38 horses have been registered, compared 

to 47 the prior year. 20 transferred; the same 

number as the previous year. 

A brief discussion of the databases 

followed. Tom and Nancy Stockdale explored 

the handling of duplicates and which name 

is used. The list of duplicates will be further 

reviewed. Samples of new pedigree formats 

were passed around for comment. 

III. Delphi Toth gave the Merchandising 

Report. Merchandise has not been a profit 

center. The goal has been to provide low 

prices. The average sales per month have 

increased from $50 several years ago to 

$500 now. This was achieved by updating 

the website. In August 2007, the website 

was improved to load quicker and get 

more search engine hits. Items per order 

increased from 1 or 2 to 5 or 6. Gross Sales 

were $11,392 while expenses were $9,958, for a 

net profit of $1,434. Inventory is 4050 and the 

bank balance is $1,507. 

IV. Sandy Heaberlin discussed the newsletter. 

Advertising revenues were $2,918 this year, 

compared to $1,887 a year ago. The Breeders’ 

Corner earned $375 in its first year and $1,200 

so far this year to date. A $4,000 full year 

profit is expected using this run rate. 

V. Magazine advertisements were discussed 

next. B&W full pages can cost $4,450 – $5,735 

in several popular publications. Dressage 

Today, at $1,935, is one of the less expensive 

ones. Gary Lashinsky mentioned that Equus 

is the #1 horse magazine in the country at 

this time, which should be considered when 

looking at cost. Gary will ask his Marketing 

Director to see what prices he has, and how 

LANA might benefit. 

VI. The next annual meeting is planned for 

the second week of November, coinciding 

with the SRS Tour in Phoenix. 

Gary reported on the tour: 1 st week of 

November, Citizens Bank Arena in LA; 2 nd 

week, November 14-16, US Airways Center 

in Phoenix; 3 rd week, San Jose; 4 th week, 

Portland; and 5 th week, December 5-7, Seattle. 

There will be 30 horses arriving in two 

planes, with 10 riders and 11 grooms. All 

horses coming here will be CEM free. In fact, 

all but two in Austria have been cleared; 

those two are quarantined. 

VII. The pedigree trust was fully explained. 


It is a legal entity created to preserve and 

protect the records of registered Lipizzan 

horses. It is an irrevocable, non-transferable 

trust, comprising a couple pages. It is not 

owned by LANA and will continue if LANA 

ceases to exist. 

It can benefit the LFA and a copy of the 

data has already been sent to LIF and USLR. 

There is no income or expense connected 

with the trust. Data downloads and 

transfers are the backup. Through simple 

oversight the additional people have not 

been added to the trust yet, but will be as 

soon as a meeting can be arranged. This 

will probably occur in November, and can 

be a telephone or cyberspace meeting. The 

meeting was one trustee short of a quorum. 

VIII. Next,the member survey was discussed. 

The following points were gleaned: all want 

a single organization; the majority wants 

to keep the trust; and members want a 

volunteer organization. Discussion of the 

survey design and the benefits of an office 

followed. It was decided that the point about 

volunteers vs. professional office would 

be dropped. Essentially all now believe the 

office is valuable. It can always be evaluated 

in the future when the full membership can 

determine how well they are being served. 

To summarize, the marching orders are to 

unify and keep the trust. 

IX. Members commented that the LFA 

bylaws must be carefully composed. The 

Bylaw committee would meet Sunday 

morning before the LFA meeting#2. 

X. Next steps were discussed. The USLR had 

set a time table for action and members 

asked what LANA had to do before 

unification could occur. John said the steps 

are procedural. LANA does not have to 

dissolve. LFA must change to a membership 

organization from an umbrella one. LANA 

would be “poured into” LFA. Technically, 

there is nothing LANA has to do in order to 

facilitate unification. There should be three 

letters, one from each organization, stating 

that each has taken the necessary and 

proper steps to form LFA—a “comfort letter.” 

The meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m. 

2007 LFA Annual Meetings 

Jorie Sligh, reporter 

Historic Lipizzan Federation of 

America meetings result in one 

unified Lipizzan group! 

Through the dedication and 

determination of the members of the 

three Lipizzan groups, ALBA, USLR and 

LANA are on their way to being unified as 

one membership group and registry - the 

Lipizzan Federation of America. 

Two LFA meetings were held during the 

2007 North American Lipizzan Symposium, 

and following is a summary of what took 

place. 

Saturday’s meeting opened with ALBA 

Board member Ingun Littorin welcoming 

all to the Symposium and LFA meeting. 

Ingun stated that last year’s joint Lipizzan 

Symposium resulted in a clear message 

from the general memberships of the three 

organizations: Work towards one unified 

Lipizzan organization in North America. 

Bylaws, Finance, and Registration 

subcommittees were formed at last year’s 

symposium and charged with the tasks of 

determining the three organizations’ diffe 

rences and similarities, and the feasibility 

of the three groups coming together as one 

organization. 

The Finance committee (Lyn Schaeffer, 

Melody Hull, and Rennie Squier) clearly 

presented their findings via a Power Point 

presentation complete with income and 

expense data. Over the past year they 

worked through concerns primarily via 

email discussion. These were explained to 

the membership present, along with their 

conclusion that unification of the three 

groups into one was feasible. 

Following the Saturday morning LFA 

meeting, Courtney Tripp (Tempel Farms) 

made copies of all available committee draft 

reports and had them available for the 

attendees at the Symposium. This greatly 

helped people understand the work that 

had been done and the reasoning behind 

the proposals of the committees. 

Progress at Sunday’s meeting, led by 

Ingun Littorin, moved at warp speed. The 

Registration committee (Tom Hull, Jeff 

Kelly, Rennie Squier, and Melinda Suydam), 

as shown in their proposed policies, 

regulations, and procedures draft found 

that there were many commonalities 

between the three organizations and that 

they did not have any items of concern that 

would preclude unifying. The necessary 

adjustments that need to be made will not 

hinder unification. 

The Members present from the Bylaws 

committee (Muffin Smith, Tim Foley, Ingun 

Littorin, John Gliege, June Boardman) met 

prior to Sunday morning’s second LFA 

meeting. They were able to work through 

the bylaws enough so that by the time 

the LFA meeting began, there was a solid 

framework to present. 

All present acknowledged and 

understood the need to make sure that the 

unification takes place in an orderly and 

legally correct fashion. See the LFA Minutes 

elsewhere in this newsletter for details. 


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Continued from page 12 

The first meeting of LFA as the new 

single Lipizzan group in North America will 

take place in Phoenix next November, 2008, 

to coordinate with the November 14 - 16 

performances of the Spanish Riding School. 

LIF Meeting in Kelebija, Serbia 

June 16 & 17, 2007 

The 2007 Lipizzan International 

Federation annual meeting was conducted 

on June 16, 17 and 18, 2007, in Serbia at the 

invitation of Milenko Aleksic, the Lipizzan 

breeders of Serbia, and stud farm Kelebija. 

Mr. Verbic, the outgoing President from 

Slovenia, started with a short welcoming 

speech as the day’s agenda was very long-- 

over 10 hours. The minutes from the 2006 

meeting in Dakovo, Croatia, were approved. 

Atjan Hop, the General Secretary of 

LIF had experienced a very busy year as 

he is also the secretary of the Breeding 

Committee. He traveled to Vienna to assist 

in the negotiations to list the Spanish Riding 

School as a Cultural Heritage within UNESCO. 

Mr. Hop also traveled to the Spanish 

Riding School in Piber for the annual 

selection and evaluation of the horses and is 

now a member of this committee. 

Mr. Cacic submitted a draft studbook on 

behalf of the private breeders of Croatia and 

it has now been reviewed for correctness 

and is approved. 

A training program is under development 

in Europe for the training of Judges 

and several meetings have been conducted 

to set up the program. 

More intense communications have 

also been opened this year with some of 

the international organizations, currently 

not members of the LIF, i.e. South Africa and 

New Zealand, who will probably join the 

Australian Lipizzan organization. 

The financial report, presented by Mr. 

Wim Doove, The Netherlands, indicated 

that there is money left in both the Vucijak 

(€ 1,084) and Croatia (€ 7,598) funds. In the 

2006 Dakovo meeting it was suggested that 

some of the money be forwarded to Croatia 

to conduct DNA-testing on their horses; 

however, this has not yet occurred, as the 

details are still being worked out. There is 

also money left in the Copernicus Research 

Project funds and the complete results are 

to be published this fall. 

The president of the breeding committee, 

Hans Soelkner, is currently in Australia as a 

guest professor and could not be present. 

Yesterday’s agenda was quite full (12 issues) 

and could not be completed. Some of 

these, i.e. Copernicus and the International 

Registry, will be discussed later today. 

In the breeding committee, a lot of time 

was spent on the Croatian issues, including 

investigating the mare’s families, Munja and 


Olka, where there are some interesting findings. 

The committee is also working on the 

acceptance of the various performance testing 

programs. The traditional performance testing, 

as practiced at the traditional stud farms in 

a traditional way, should have equal value to 

the testing performed in other countries. This 

needs to be made clear, by LIF, to all national 

warmblood organizations--the traditional 

tests are equal to the modern tests and should 

be recognized by all countries. For countries 

not currently having a testing program, LIF has 

solicited evaluation information from other 

organizations/countries, in order to develop a 

more formal system. 

The first day of three full day training 

sessions of the judge’s program was held in 

Austria on May 12, and consisted mainly of 

the history of the breed, breeding purpose, 

conformation, and review of horses. Two 

more continuation sessions are scheduled 

this year, the next on October 13 in Piber and 

the third session in Szilvasvarad, Hungary, in 

April, 2008. 

This was followed by the election of the 

Board. There were four candidates for the two 

Vice President positions. One of the Slovenian 

candidates, Dr. Ivan Urbas, withdrew his 

nomination from the Board in preference 

of working on the Breeding Committee. 

The remaining candidates gave a short 

presentation of their qualifications which 

was followed by the voting. Mr. Karl Reiter 

(Austria) was elected as President, Ing. Andos 

Dallos, (Manager of Szilvasvarad, Hungary) 

re-elected as Vice President, Ingun Littorin 

(USA) elected as Vice President, Wim Doove 

(The Netherlands) re-elected as Treasurer and 

Atjan Hop re-elected as General Secretary. 

Mrs. Darja Peharc (Slovenia), with extensive 

knowledge of EU affairs, was appointed as 

Legal Advisor to the Board. 

There were several reports regarding 

Vucijak. Reports indicated that the condition 

of the infra-structure was worse, as 

very little money had been put into it. Dr. Rus 

visited Vucijak this week and reported that 

the conditions for the horses have improved. 

They have added a couple of mares and 

now have all the mare-lines that have traditionally 

been at Vujiak. The studbook is 

now under the control of a professor from 

the University of Sarajevo who has previous 

knowledge of Lipizzaners. Twenty-one foals 

have been born to the stallions sent there 

by Lipica to assist in their breeding program. 

There are currently 88 horses at the stud 

farm. The conclusion of this issue is that LIF 

will send a strong letter to the Government 

in Bosnia-Herzegovina, to advise them to 

increase their ownership and responsibility 

for the stud farm and fulfill their promises 

to the highest level of the Government. An 

invitation to visit Vujiak was forwarded. 

Croatia strongly supported the 

assistance to Vujiak as the horse’s genetic 

material is very important to the Lipizzan 

breed. The stud-farm of Vujiak was elevated 

from observer status and unanimously 

voted in as a full member of LIF. 

The Romanian Private breeders had 

requested to be elevated from observers to 

full members of the LIF. To be elevated they 

had to fulfill certain requirements; i.e., they 

were informed that the studbook had to 

have a clear separation of those horses that 

had, by LIF review, pure backgrounds (section 

A), and those that had not yet been fully 

investigated (Section B). This has been done. 

The organization started with 5 members 

in January of 2003 and 23 horses. Today there 

are 66 members and 63 horses. They have 

18 A mare families and 4 B families. Their 

membership was approved. 

The Dutch Lipizzan breeders requested 

last year to be allowed re-join the LIF and 

were placed on observer status. As they have 

not yet finished their studbook, in spite of 

a lot of work, they requested to remain as 

observers for another year. This was not a 

problem as, for instance, South Africa has 

remainded on observer status for 12 years. 

After this presentation, we went to visit 

Ergela Kelebija, our host’s breeding farm, 

where we were presented with several 

beautiful stallions and mares. This is a 

working farm and both mares and stallions 

are used extensively for driving with tourists 

and visitors to the Villa Majur. Representatives 

of all the stallion lines can be found here. 

When we returned, Mr. Aigner, the 

Director of the Spanish Riding School and 

Piber, had decided to support the effort 

with Vujiak within the frame of LIF. They are 

committed to sending ~25 tons of oats to the 

stud farm in the next couple of weeks. 

The meeting then continued with a 

presentation by Dr. Marc of Lipica, of the 

International Lipizzan Registry (ILR). In 

2003, Slovenia was asked by LIF to develop 

a database that could include all Lipizzan 

horses and ultimately be accessible, by all 

members of LIF, over the Internet via the 

LIF site. Currently, Lipica has offered to 

enter the initial data as they are the most 

familiar with the database. To date, there 

are approximately 2,400 horses in ILR, the 

total Swedish registry as well as the Dakovo 

(Croatia), the old German and Slovenia and 

currently 12, 416 lipizzaners with known 

heritage. At this time, Dr. Marc was inviting 

all registries to submit their data to the 

registry. The pedigrees would be reviewed 

when entered and only one, the initial 

correction, will be required. Subsequently, 

each country will control their own data; 

however, corrections in pedigrees can 

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maintaining the ILR.through the ILR system, 

transfers from country to country should 

be simplified. In order for this registry to 

work, each horse must have a unique number. 

Currently, a 10-digit number is used, with an 

in-bedded country code, unique registration 

number and the year the horse was registered. 

This number cannot repeat. The LIF system 

now has two business rules for the control 

of the data--an automatic control that the 

computer will not allow the input of two 

horses with the same identification and will 

for instance automatically check the age of the 

parents when the foal was born. Currently, the 

data is very secure and the database is hosted 

on an international server. There are already 

two similar databases in place, for the Shagya 

Arab and the Kladruber breeds, and they have 

been very successful, 

Dr. Dobretsberger gave a presentation 

of the database currently in use at their 

stud farm in Piber. It not only contains 

registry information, but also contains 

health information, including vaccinations, 

diseases etc. as well as a gene data bank. Piber 

is now offering this program for free to all 

the other traditional stud-farms, of which 

Topolcianky, Szilvasvarad and Monterotondo 

have already shown an interest. The goal is to 

eventually develop a complete gene database. 

Dr. Dobretsberger also indicated that there 

may be a possibility for public participation 

in the future in this program. The benefits of 

this program include: Documentation of all 

Lipizzaners worldwide; Analysis of descent; 

coefficient of inbreeding; Genetic diversity 

and population structure; Mating program; 

Medical genetics; Color breeding; Genetics of 

performance traits. It is not the intent for the 

other stud-farms to copy the Piber breeding 

program; the database structure is there 

for their use to help professionalize their 

Dear members, 

breeding programs. This will also result in the 

establishment of a “registry” for the traditional 

stud farms. Mr. Dobretsberger (SRS) indicated 

that looking to the future, they would work 

with Lipica to see how these two programs 

could be connected. 

The next item on the agenda is of a more 

sensitive issue. LIF had received a letter from 

the Minister of Agriculture in Croatia to place 

this item on the agenda. To discuss this point, 

Mr. Cacic was asked to make a statement. These 

horses were stolen in August of 1991 and have 

been issue of discussion for repatriation since 

then, without response from the Government 

of Serbia. In 2004, the repatriation committee 

was finally able to see the horses and was very 

disappointed in their condition. In September 

of 1991, the horses were taken to Bosnia and 

in February, 1992, they were moved to the 

military compound of Karaordjovo where they 

remained until February of 1995. The Serbian 

government made clear to Mr. Komasovic, who 

is alleged to have stolen the horses, that he 

had to return the horses to Croatian territory. 

These directions were not obeyed and the 

horses were moved again to an agricultural 

society ranch were they remained until early 

1998, when again they were moved to the 

custody of Mr. Bukinac in Novi Sad. During the 

following year the conditions of the horses 

were very poor and many horses died from 

disease and low resistance. .Mr. Komasovic 

made a request to Croatia for Euro 300,000 

for keeping and caring for the horses. Several 

of the stolen horses are now the property of 

private Serbian breeders, and we have to thank 

them for saving and caring for these horses. 

Crotia is trying to confirm that in December 

of 1999, a total of 199 Lipik horses and their 

offspring were sold – where did that money go? 

It is estimated that there are 300 Lipizzaners 

Lipizzaner Judging Course 

October 12,13 2007 

Federal Stud--Piber, Austria 

from Lipik, and their offspring, remaining. Mr. 

Pust (director of Lipica) has proposed that they 

make arrangements with the holder of the 

horses and take DNA samples as well as set up 

a separate register within ILR for these horses, 

until the issue can be resolved. Croatia pointed 

out that veracity of these horses can only be 

verified by Croatia. The DNA is Croatia’s DNA. 

These horses have been seen with horse 

dealers and in riding stables around Europe, 

and they are now horses without status. This 

situation is getting critical as the original 

horses from Lipik are now old and if we do not 

act soon, there is no resolution to the problem. 

The breeding committee has recommended 

that, as soon as possible, we go to where the 

horses are and collect DNA samples of the 

basic population there. If not, the Lipik horses 

around the world will be lost to the breed. LIF 

cannot make any decision; however, it can offer 

its services to assist in the mediation between 

these two countries. This assistance has 

already been established through the letter 

received from the Ministry of Agriculture of 

Croatia prior to this meeting 

The last item on the agenda was 

next year’s General meeting. Two years 

ago, Mr. Andor Dallas had requested that 

the meeting be held in Szilvasvarad, in 

conjunction with an International Driving 

Championship for singles and pairs. The 

meeting will be held the 2 nd or 3 rd weekend of 

July. The private breeders of Romania have 

proposed that the General Meeting in 2009 

be held in their country. 

In all, it was a very productive meeting, 

with a lot of very important issues on the 

agenda, as seen by the length of the meeting. 

If anyone would like to have more detail, 

please contact me. 

Herewith we would like to confirm, that the announced 2nd LIF course for Lipizzaner judges definitely 

will take place on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th of October 2007 in the Federal Stud of Piber, Austria 

The main goal of this seminar will be the international consensus injudging Lipizzaner horses. 

The definite program will be proclaimed a.s.a.p. 

Please be informed that the program of this weekend will be specially organized for experienced horse 

judges and aspirant judges, in order to improve the specific knowledge of judging Lipizzaner horses, 

and to be able to discuss on international level. Therefore we explicitly would like to invite your experienced 

judges to this seminar as well. 

Costs of this seminar will only be your personal accommodation costs. Hotels of several classes will be 

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Illinois Lipizzan Symposium 2007: 

A time for listening, evaluating and compromise 

Unification Timeline Established for 2008 

Twelve years ago, representatives 

from the two Lipizzan registries (LANA 1 

and USLR 2 ) and the breeder’s commission 

(“ALBA 3 ”) met to discuss the formation of 

a unified Lipizzan organization in North 

America. The 2020 Committee was formed 

as a result of this initial meeting (so named 

because the Committee members thought 

it would take until the year 2020 to get 

everything together). Discussions continued 

on and off among 2020 Committee 

members for a number of years to no avail. 

Unification discussions were revitalized 

when old and new representatives from 

LANA, USLR and ALBA met in Las Vegas in 

2001. At this meeting the Lipizzan Federation 

of America (“LFA”) was formed and attorney/ 

director John Gliege from LANA and 

attorney/president Al Saiz of USLR drafted 

and filed the articles of incorporation in 

Arizona. The LFA represents all three groups 

to the USDF and the Lipizzan International 

Federation. As it presently exists, the LFA is 

an umbrella organization - an organization 

of organizations. The LFA is formed from 

designated representatives from each of ALBA, 

LANA and USLR, and is not a membership 

organization. This will change in 2008. 

All four 2007 annual meetings (LANA, 

USLR, ALBA, LFA) were held at Tempel 

Lipizzans in Wadsworth, Illinois. The 2007 

LFA meeting was opened by Ingun Littorin, 

acting as moderator. At last year’s Lipizzan 

Symposium held in Oregon, the message 

from the joint memberships indicated that 

they wanted the multiple organizations to 

work towards one single organization. At 

that time, three committees were formed 

to tackle the most difficult issues first: 

Finance, Registration and Bylaws. There 

were two major sticking points identified 

– professional office management and the 

non-revocable Lipizzan Pedigree Trust. 

The Finance Committee consisted of the 

treasurers of ALBA, LANA and USLR – Rennie 

Squier, Melody Hull and Lyn Schaeffer, 

respectively. Their primary goal was to 

ascertain whether a combined membership 

would be fiscally prudent. After comparing 

one year of financial information, it was 

determined that by combining the existing 

budgets there would be a proposed gross 

income of $62,349 and a proposed gross 

expense of $60,296, leaving a net of $2,043. 

Where possible, duplicate memberships were 


taken into account, as well as differences 

in membership rates and categorization 

questions. It was agreed to circulate the draft 

proposed combined budget to the respective 

memberships of the three organizations 

for comments so that all members would 

have an opportunity to review what was 

presented in Illinois. 

USLR currently operates its 

organization by utilizing a professional 

management company by the name of 

NELA. In additional to USLR, NELA manages 

a number of other companies, and USLR pays 

NELA $17,100 per year or $1,425 per month. 

NELA’s management fees are based upon 

the number of members, registrations and 

transfers processed. The Finance Committee 

indicated that the NELA fee schedule will 

increase incrementally, depending on the 

number of combined memberships and 

transfers it processes. 

NELA answers incoming telephone 

requests, processes the general inquiries 

(sends out literature for events) and processes 

transfers. The NELA office does not 

produce pedigrees, manage the website 

or merchandise, nor does it produce the 

USLR newsletters (although it does mail out 

the finished newsletter). NELA’s contract 

is subject to review every three months 

which allows for other bids for services 

could be submitted for consideration with 

appropriate notice. 

Among the comments following the 

presentation of the Finance Committee, 

several members indicated that they were not 

adverse to higher membership or registration 

fees because many belonged to both registries 

and were already paying duplicate fees. 

Other members spoke of the advantages 

of a combined advertising budget. 

Ingun thanked the committee for its 

work and indicated that the next step was 

to have each organization circulate the 

Finance Committee data with a watermark 

“draft” and that any comments the organizations 

receive from their respective memberships 

should be then forwarded to the 

Finance Committee. 

Following the first LFA session, the 

USLR held their annual meeting, followed 

by LANA’s annual meeting. Although not 

technically an LFA meeting, a majority of 

the LANA annual meeting consisted of 

a detailed question and answer period 

regarding the Lipizzan Pedigree Trust. 

For this reason, this segment of the LANA 

meeting will be presented here. 

John Gliege explained that the Lipizzan 

Pedigree Trust is a separate legal entity. 

The Trust has a separate board of Trustees 

and is not owned by LANA, although 

there are several LANA directors who are 

also trustees of the Lipizzan Pedigree 

Trust (“LPT”). The purpose of the Trust is 

to preserve and protect the records of 

registered Lipizzan horses. The Trust is 

an Irrevocable Trust, designed to last into 

perpetuity, and was originally established 

because of problems that had occurred 

concerning ownership of Lipizzan records 

which resulted in litigation. The Trust 

provides protection so that no single 

individual can claim ownership of all the 

records pertaining to the Lipizzan horse 

that are in the possession of the Trust. 

John Gliege explained that the Trust is nontransferable 

and can exist independently 

of any other organization. Likewise, the 

purpose of the Trust was not to hide the 

data but rather secured it for everyone as 

indicated by the availability of the data 

on CDs which were also forwarded to the 

Lipizzan International Federation in Europe. 

There is no financial maintenance involved 

in the Trust. 

A lengthy discussion of the Trust 

ensued during the LANA meeting, and 

once everyone in attendance was assured 

of its purpose and the fact that the Trust 

was merely a secondary protective device, 

someone in attendance equated it to a 

“filing cabinet wrapped in duck tape.” 

Attendees came to realize that the Trust 

was just another vehicle to safeguard all the 

information for the Lipizzan community 

and that the Trust, as a separate entity, 

would work in conjunction with the LFA. 

Since there were an insufficient number 

of LPT trustees attending the meeting, it 

was reaffirmed that Rennie Squier, Melinda 

Suydam and Jeff Kelly would be added as 

trustees to the Lipizzan Pedigree Trust 

following a telephonic meeting of the 

Trustees which would occur, depending on 

schedules, within the next month. 

By the end of the day on Saturday, it was 

the consensus that the newly reorganized 

LFA would have a professional management 

office as well as the Lipizzan Pedigree Trust

safeguarding the pedigree records. The 

biggest stumbling blocks toward unification 

had been resolved. 

On Sunday, the Registration Committee 

report was given. Consisting of Melinda 

Suydam, USLR; Tom Hull, LANA; Rennie 

Squier, ALBA and Jeff Kelly, the Registration 

Committee’s purpose was to look into 

the differences in registering horses and 

problem horses. An exchange of registration 

information has been shared between 

USLR and LANA for several years. This 

year USLR was delayed in submitting its 

information to LANA due to transfer of 

registry data to a new program; however 

the data transfer did take place during 

the Illinois meeting. The Registration 

Committee put together a report but 

indicated that if the general registration 

requirements of both organizations 

were compared word for word, they were 

surprised and pleased to discover that there 

were very few differences between the 

registries. The document prepared by the 

Registration Committee varies very little 

from each of the current registries’ Rules 

and Regulations. This report will also be 

circulated to the respective memberships, 

marked “draft.” 

Next came the Articles & Bylaws 

Committee report (“ABC Committee”). 

The ABC Committee as set up in Oregon 

2006, consisted of John Gliege and Carolyn 

Proeber from LANA; Ingun Littorin and 

June Boardman from ALBA; and Tim 

Foley and Muffin Smith from USLR. The 

ABC Committee met Sunday morning, 

and John Gliege spoke for the Committee 

and provided the following timeline for 

proceeding. 

As explained above, the LFA, presently, is 

an organization of organizations. The LFA’s 

current Articles of Incorporation provide 

that its Board consists of representatives 

from LANA, ALBA, USLR. The first step 

is to amend the Articles so that the LFA 

will become a membership organization. 

Those amendments will be prepared and 

circulated among the Bylaws committee 

by October 15. Once approved by the ABC 

Committee, the Articles will be submitted 

to each of the respective Board members of 

USLR, LANA and ALBA. Again, there will be a 

30-day approval period. 

In addition to the Articles, the Bylaws 

will be drafted and circulated to the ABC 

Committee and the respective ALBA, 

LANA and USLR Boards by the middle of 

November. The proposed Bylaws will be 

submitted to the joint memberships by 

December 15 by mail. The membership will 

have 30 days to reply. 

Once the Bylaws are approved by the 

existing the Board of the LFA – which will 

the current Boards of LANA, USLR, ALBA 

– the transition plan will be started. Once 

the amended LFA Articles and Bylaws are 

filed with the State of Arizona, a new 501(c) 

will be set up for the LFA. 

There are many details to be worked 

out on the transition plan since LANA 

and USLR have different fiscal years and 

the unification of memberships will 

affect membership, as well as advertising, 

newsletters, websites, merchandise, and so 

on. Continuity of people qualified to make 

the transition to a single entity as seamless 

as possible was discussed and more details 

will be provided in each organization’s 

magazines in the next year. 

In closing, Ingun remarked that there is 

a lot of work to be done. While enthusiastic 

volunteers will be helpful and utilized as 

needed, the LFA, as it is transitioned into a 

professional organization, will require the 

services of professional people with the 

requisite skills and experience. These skills 

and experience will be necessary to help 

transform the LFA into a new organization 

that will not only register horses, but grow 

and promote the Lipizzan horse as a business. 

(Footnotes) 

1 

Lipizzan Association of North America (formed in 

1992 by merging the oldest – Lipizzan Association 

of America, estab. 1969, out of New York – and 

the newest Lipizzan Society of North America , 

est. 1985, out of Arizona ) 

2 

United States Lipizzan Association, estab. 1971, 

out of California. 

3 

American Lipizzan Breeders Association, estab. 

1995, out of Washington. 


The United States Lipizzan Registry 

wishes to express our utmost appreciation and gratitude to 

The Tempel Lipizzans and Tempel Farms 

For hosting the 2007 North American Lipizzan Symposium 

We wish to extend a special “thank you” to Linda Buonanno. 

Thank you, Linda, for the hospitality, for sharing the beautiful facilities, for having staff available 

to us, and for providing the ultimate atmosphere to conduct our meetings. 

The USLR would also like to thank Courtney Tripp, who spent countless hours planning and 

organizing every flawless detail from start to finish. This could not have been possible without her 

dedication to making the Symposium a success. 

Lastly, we salute Jochen Hippenstiel and his talented staff for introducing us to the T 

empel Lipizzans, entertaining and educating us with performances and farm tours. 

This symposium was truly a memorable event for everyone. 

Thank you to our friends at Tempel Farms for making it possible. 


Sincerely, 

The United States Lipizzan Registry

Spotlight on Youth 

First Show Year for an American Girl and her Lipizzan, “Tristan” 

Submitted and written by Christine Bell 

of Wind Mountain Lipizzans 

A tear slid slowly down the 

porcelain cheek of the thirteenyear-old 

girl as she sat astride her 

beautifully groomed white Lipizzan 

gelding. A breeze wafted through 

his voluminous, silky tail and he 

stood quietly in the line-up with 

two other horses in the Dressage 

Equitation class. 

Catherine Mayhew had worked 

so hard on the lunge line to improve 

her seat and balance, and her 

hopes had been high to win this 

class. But the trim judge with pen 

and notebook in hand was telling 

her that she was in last place. “You 

did very well my dear,” the judge 

said, “but your horse took the wrong 

lead at the canter so instead of 

first place, I have to put you at third 

place. You have to be more clear 

with your aides and then you’ll do 

well.” 

This was the third test of the 

day. Catherine had already ridden in 

Training Level Test 4, and First Level 

Test 4, plus the warm-up rides for all three 

tests in scary arenas full of horses that 

were whizzing about. As she rode out of the 

arena and saw her dad’s friendly face, her 

shoulders began to shake and fatigue and 

tears took over. 

Catherine is a slender girl, tall as a 

runway model, with pale skin and fair 

hair streaked with blond. Her serious 

demeanor often leads people to think she 

is seventeen or eighteen years old. But 

underneath she is just a tender-hearted 

thirteen-year-old who has worked hard 

at her studies and usually excels in most 

of the endeavors she takes on. She had 

spent much time on the lunge line with her 

trainer, Maria Hallet, and had hoped to win 

this class. 

In truth, Catherine excels at riding. 

She has only been riding 1½ years. She 

and Conversano II Catrina (bred by June 

Boardman and owned by Wind Mountain 

Lipizzans) have only been partners for a 

year. Already, Catherine and “Tristan,” as 

he is known, have qualified for the Oregon 

Author Christine Bell & pal 

Championships, Northwest Championships 

and Regional Championships at 

both Training Level and First Level. They 

have scores in the high 60’s as well as 

many scores in the mid 60’s. Quite an 

accomplishment for a young rider so new to 

dressage! 

As Catherine slowly rode down the sand 

path to the barn, Maria Hallet and several 

of the parents of other children tried to 

console her. 

“You did great. It was only one mistake.” 

“It happens!” 

“You made great improvement over last 

month’s Dressage Equitation class.” 

“Remember; you are up against kids 

who’ve ridden since they were five years 

old....” 

Catherine was too tired to really take 

all this in. Some children are perfectionists 

even in their tender years. Adults with 

experience often know that horse 

shows are an unpredictable experience. 

Sometimes the weather is bad and the 

arenas disastrous. Sometimes the horse 

is having a bad day. Sometimes a 

judge comes along who seems to 

judge much harsher than other 

judges, and hard good work gets 

low scores. And sometimes, one is 

just up against some stupendous 

competition and what seems like 

fabulous work from one’s own 

horse, looks pale next to the work 

by a much more experienced horse 

and rider. 

A week later, Catherine headed 

out to another show with her 

trainer, Tristan, and several other 

horses. This time the scuttlebutt 

was that there was an unfairly 

harsh judge who was giving some 

horses scores in the 30’s and 40’s. 

People were scratching their 

horses out of classes scored by 

this judge, to avoid lowering their 

national averages and they were 

complaining bitterly. Catherine’s 

trainer, Maria Hallet, talked to 

Catherine and warned her about 

the judge but urged her to ride 

anyway for the experience. 

Everyone held their breath 

when it was Catherine and Tristan’s 

turn to go into the arena in front of 

this judge. What would happen? Would 

Catherine’s confidence get dashed? 

Lo and behold, Catherine and Tristan 

got a 64% out of this judge! Neither had 

buckled under the pressure! What a success 

for this young pair. 

But what happened next was even more 

of an accomplishment for young Catherine. 

On the last ride of the day, Catherine got 

a low score of 58%, which was very unusual 

for her. 

“How was it?” Her dad asked sympathetically. 

“Oh, Tristan felt great!” Catherine exuded. 

“He felt so smooth and so obedient! I loved it. 

I’m going to just let that score go right over 

my shoulder. I had a good ride!” 

All the adults breathed a sigh of 

happiness. This little girl had displayed a 

very grown-up attitude! 

Congratulations, Catherine! We will 

be following your experiences at the 

Championships in September! 


USLR Membership Directory N 

CALIFORNIA 

Karinna Hurley 

80 Old Forest Lane 

Eureka, CA 95503 

PHN: (530) 204-8935 

EMAIL: kbhurley@ucdavis.edu 

Robert & Debbie Rogers 

13596 Deer Trail Court 

Saratoga, CA 95070 

Katie Stevens 

135 Riviera Drive, #533 

Los Gatos, CA 

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COLORADO 

Elle Sharf 

4437 Starflower Drive 

Fort Collins, CO 80526 

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CONNECTICUT 

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Dressu Reitschule, USA 

P.O. Box 148 

New Milford, CT 06776 

PHN: (860) 354-4903 

CELL: (860) 946-9028 

S, BO, TR, DS, SS 

Dorothy Aiksnoras-Vallee 

The Flying Equestrian Preserve, LLC 

705 Quaker Farms Road 

Oxford, CT 06478 

PHN/FAX: (203) 881-8383 

WORK: (860) 488-6681 

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FLORIDA 

Dawn Fausi 

16135 NW 162 Terrace 

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Deborah Misotti, Ph.D. 

The Talkin’ Monkeys Project, Inc. 

1655 Panama Avenue 

Pioneer Plantation 

Clewiston, FL 33440 

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30 Meadow Green 

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21000 W. 105 th Street 

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EMAIL: angelmare@lycos.com 

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1501 N. Sport of Kings Court 

Wichita, KS 67230 

MICHIGAN 

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1527 Natalie Lane, Apt. 107 

Ann Arbor, MI 48105 

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MINNESOTA 

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670 Glenbrook Avenue N. 

Oakdale, MN 55128 

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12619 Hillcrest Drive 

Liberty, MO 64068 

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NEW JERSEY 

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Tristana Trails 

458 Irving Avenue 

Carmel, NJ 08332-9783 

PHN: (856) 221-3493 

WORK: (609) 922-0054 

NEW YORK 

Nihal Dhanoa 

The Waltzing Horse Farm 

130 Musk Road 

New Berlin, NY 13411 

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Joelle Domion 

131 Taylor Road 

Richfield Springs, NY 13439 

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Margaret Peterson 

1429 SE Township Road 

Canby, OR 97013 

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13191 Lakewood Drive NE 

P.O. Box 733 

Aurora, OR 97002 

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St. Cloud Ranch 

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Creswell, OR 97426 

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Rancho Carisma 

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VIRGINIA 

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13256 Stone Heather Drive 

Herndon, VA 20171 

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WASHINGTON 

Jeff & Kathy Kelly 

St. Cloud Ranch 

5735 Cedar Flats Road SW 

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Carol Mudjar 

RR 5 Site 32 Box 1 

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 

CANADA S6V 5R3 

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St. Leonard d’Aston, Quebec 

CANADA J0C 1M0 

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GERMANY 

Anna Roetting 

Hannoversche Str. 26 

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By Polly DuPont 

Horses in Art 

Italian Renaissance, Ancient Rome, and Greece 

In this issue, I wanted to write about 

the type of horse, so like the Lipizzan, 

which we see in much of the Italian art of 

the Renaissance. As the article progressed, 

I discovered that I could not talk about 

the Renaissance horses without bringing 

in also the horses of Ancient Rome. The 

Italian Renaissance was based in part on 

the “rediscovery” of Ancient Rome and 

Greece, through Magna Grecia as well as 

through the Greek culture introduced 

by the Scholars from Byzantium in the 

1400s, Roman ruins and sculptures, friezes, 

triumphal arches and so forth. 

You will find history books saying that 

the Romans were not interested in horse 

breeding, presumably because, given the 

extent of the Empire, they were able to 

import whatever horses they wished in 

whatever numbers necessary. These came 

from the outlying countries of the empire, 

many of which were famous for their horse 

breeding peoples and tribes. The fact that 

loaded ships and caravans were sent to these 

outlying military stations, meant that they 

could return with goods, including horses. 

However, local donkeys, horses, and oxen 

were certainly bred in the country estates 

around Rome, and it seems to me highly 

unlikely that no one in these estates became 

fascinated and passionate about the noble 

horses that arrived from far lands, wishing 

to breed some for themselves... 

Roman art shows quite a different type 

of horse from those seen in earlier Persian, 

Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Etruscan 

art. (see Etruscan Winged Horses, horses in 

friezes at Persepolis, in frescoes in Egypt, in 

frescoes from wall paintings in Etruscan 

tombs all of which are of lighter build, more 

like the Arab and the Akhal Teke. A horse 

more like the Lipizzan is seen in the Elgin 

marbles frieze from pediment of the temple 

of Apollo on the acropolis of Athens, now in 

the National Gallery, London. Examples of 

the horse in Roman art are the Equestrian 

statue of Marcus Aurelias, the four bronze 

horses now in the Loggia of San Marco in 

Venice, horses in bas relief on triumphal 

arches (featured at right). 

Furthermore, the existence of horses suitable 

for cavalry are to be found in the legends 

about the ancestors of the Camargue 

horses and those herds in upper Italy being 

remnants of the passing armies of Hannibal 


TOP PHOTO: 

Four bronze horses, 

now in the Loggia 

of San Marco in 

Venice. 

BOTTOM PHOTOS: 

The equestrian 

statue of 

Marcus Aurelius, 

which is now 

in the 

capitoline museum 

in Rome. 

and Caesar and other Roman generals 

who were established in large permanent 

camps in the south of France and along 

the Pyrenees; along the border with Spain 

and in the valley of the Rhone up to the 

Seine and further into the north of France 

and the low countries. Vestiges of ancient 

granaries and other aspects of camps 

attest to this Roman presence as well as the 

writings of the Romans themselves. 

That the Romans were not adept at cavalry 

maneuvers is held out by the military 

disaster at Adrianopole, where the barbarian 

cavalry massacred 30,000 Roman 

troops ( these figures change according 

to which writer you are consulting, and of 

course, there were not really “body counts” 

in those times. The figures are arrived at 

by some reckoning of the troops that went 

into battle and then what was left. Some of 

course deserted and never returned, some 

were wounded and ended up living out their 

lives in the area surrounding Adrianopolis, 

just as happened with the Italian troops “lost” 

or taken prisoner by the Russians in WWII. 

The heavy horseman of the Barbarians 

(Goths) was patterned on the Sarmatian 

lancer of the steppes and brought 

about the defeat of the Romans at 

Adrianopolis. This type of heavy horseman 

and the type of cavalry maneuvers that 

he could accomplish would remain 

a prototype on western battlefields for 800 

years, long after the Roman Empire had 

fallen. We know of him as The Knight. 

Says Polly DuPont: “Illustrations of the works 

of art that go with this article will be posted 

on my web site, at www.lipolifarm.com .

temperament. 

whthors@hotmail.com 

Favory Pelaina 


By Judith Tarr, Vail, AZ 

Lipizzan owners are always looking 

for tack and training equipment that will 

fit their Baroque “masterpieces.” Recently 

on the Yahoo! Lipizzaner group, members 

engaged in a lively discussion of longeing 

cavessons, and specifically the type used by 

the Spanish Riding School. 

Most cavessons sold in the United 

States are either a “longeing halter” made 

of nylon webbing, or a leather or nylon 

headstall with a jointed metal piece over the 

nose. Usually the halter has three dee rings 

attached to the lightly padded noseband. 

It is not designed to fit snugly and there is 

no significant amount of control. It doesn’t 

do much but allow the horse to run around 

with the longeline attached to the top of his 

nose rather than underneath. 

The more elaborate version offers 

considerably more control, thanks to the 

metal nosepiece (padded with leather 

or nylon to prevent damage to the skin), 

but it can be difficult to find one that fits 

properly. In my experience, most of these 

cavessons are designed for a long, narrow 

head. Our Lipizzans, with their deep, wide, 

relatively short heads and convex noses, 

just don’t fit the template. The cheek straps 

end up sliding into the horse’s eye, and the 

nosepiece rotates excessively, which makes 

precise longeing difficult to say the least. 

The Spanish Riding School uses a 

different kind of cavesson. The nosepiece is 

an open V of solid metal covered with light 

leather padding. There is no browband, 

although there is a jaw strap that keeps 

the cheek pieces from slipping up into the 

horse’s eyes. The new Spanish Riding School 

line from Albion, sold also by Dover Saddlery, 

offers this cavesson for a not-inconsiderable 

price, complete with imprimatur from the 

SRS itself. 

There are numerous other sources of 

this style of cavesson, most manufactured 

in Spain and Portugal. Sites recommended 

by list members include The Iberian 

Connection, http://www.iberianconnection. 

com/spanish-harness.html#halters and 

Ruitersport, http://www.animoruitersport. 

nl/portserretadetail.htm. Their products 

may be referred to as “training halters” or 

“serretas,” and are the same design as that 

of the SRS, with the solid nosepiece and 

the three rings over the nose. Most have a 

browband, but this can be removed. A few 

have attachments for the bit. 

The solid nosepiece offers superior 

precision and control, without being 

actively coercive. It is a powerful and precise 

piece of equipment, designed for controlling 


A Cavesson for All Seasons 

Pluto Carrma III (aka “Pooka”), models his cavesson. 

stallions. It is also lighter and easier to fit 

than the usual design of leather cavesson. 

The problem I ran into personally 

was that the standard size is still too 

long or large for two of my Lipizzans 

who have exceptionally short, wide, deep 

heads. For that reason I went looking 

for a custom version, preferably for an 

affordable price, and found one offered 

by a lady from Portugal: http://www. 

enlightenedequitation.com/public/ 

featured_maria.html . 

Maria Manuel Bringel works with a 

saddler to make tack and equipment for 

the Baroque horse. Her prices are extremely 

reasonable, and most important for me, her 

products can be made to measure for no 

additional cost. 

Like other list members who purchased 

this cavesson, I found it quite nice for the 

price (low enough that if you have several 

different horses of widely varied sizes, you 

can get several for the price of one Albion/ 

SRS model), very functional, and of course 

made to measure. Like many other Spanish 

and Portuguese bridles and halters, the 

cavesson has large, square buckles that 

some members found “annoying” or difficult 

to manipulate. They recommend taking 

the cavesson to a saddler and having the 

buckles replaced – my preference, when I 

do this, will be for roller buckles. But since 

I have a custom-fitted, nicely designed 

cavesson for under $100 including shipping, I 

don’t find this to be too much of a problem. 

The last word of course goes to the 

horses. My mares find the cavesson a little 

bit strong – they slightly prefer the jointed 

metal nosepiece of the old Cottage Craft. 

One of them, who is much larger than the 

others, has too long a head for the custom 

cavesson, which I had made to measure for 

the stallion and his full sister, but it does 

fit her over the nose. (Some list members 

remarked that very wide-nosed Lipizzans 

may need another model, or recommended 

taking the nosepiece to a blacksmith or 

metalworker and having it reshaped.) 

My stallion, however, loves this 

cavesson. The jointed nosepiece of the more 

familiar style of cavesson makes him fussy, 

and the Cottage Craft was slightly too large 

for him all around, except for the browband 

–he’s very wide across the forehead. He 

clearly likes the quiet control of the serreta, 

responds softly to it and does not pull or 

fight when I apply pressure. He respects 

it without feeling the need to challenge it 

– not a trivial issue for a stallion. So for him 

it’s a win, and we are happy. 

Judith Tarr breeds and trains Lipizzan 

horses at her Dancing Horse Farm near 

Tucson, AZ. 

She writes, avidly and eloquently, about 

what she loves – her white horses! She can 

be contacted at capriole@gmail.com

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Spanish Riding School Bereiter Herbert Seiberl 

Inspires & Instructs in Michigan Clinics 

By Jorie Sligh, Clinic Organizer 

Spanish Riding School Bereiter Herbert 

Seiberl says during his clinics, “You have time 

- there is always time to do something the 

right way.” 

Equine enthusiasts from the Midwest 

were treated to six days of “the right way” 

and inspirational instruction when Herr 

Seiberl returned to Michigan in July for two 

dressage clinics. 

Auditors and riders who participated 

in his first U.S. clinic in Michigan, January, 

2007, had been eagerly looking forward to 

more insight and learning from this gifted 

instructor, and judging from the clinic evaluations 

received, he came through in spades. 

The two clinics were each three days 

long and rider skill ranged from Training 

Level through Grand Prix. Both amateur 

and professional riders rode in the clinics, 

working on everything from improving 

passage, starting one tempis, and improving 

throughness and self-carriage, to showing 

how to ride a green horse straight and forward. 

Herbert has sought out more opportunities 

to speak English in Austria, and as 

a result, his English, which was very good 

when he was here in January, was even 

better for his summer clinics. This enabled 

him to articulate very clearly concepts and 

instruction to the riders. 

He is the kind of instructor both riders 

and auditors can easily learn from because 

he rides every step with the rider … he is 

continually commenting on what is good, 

what the rider can do to improve, and what 

the horse is doing that is good or needs to change. 

One auditor told me that she took more 

notes from the three days she audited with 

Herbert than from any other clinic she’s 

audited. I know this woman is a meticulous 

note-taker and has audited well-known clinicians, 

so coming from her, this is high praise. 

It can be difficult to write a summary of 

a clinic, as different horses and riders often 

need different guidance, and also since the 

instruction can be misinterpreted without 

seeing the horse and rider and what it is 

that is being addressed. 

There is also limited space in an 

article such as this, and it’s easy to give 

an incomplete picture or leave out an 

important piece of information. 

However, some things that Herbert 

said throughout both clinics can be applied 

across the board and are basics that can 

help any horse and rider. A few of those 

include: 

1) You must go forward; without forward, 

you have nothing. 


Millenia and Conversano Millenia (aka Apollo) 

Bereiter Seiberl, Jorie Sligh, and Brandenburg, working on piaffe 

2) For downward transitions, prepare two 

strides, breathe out, and transition. Thus: 

Half-halt, half-halt, breath, transition. 

3) Never pull! Vibrate the inside rein and 

soften, otherwise the horse will learn to lean. 

Lipizzans were well represented at 

the second clinic, held at Pamela and Bud 

Atkinson’s Blue Water Stables in Bridgeport, 

MI. Six riders rode Lipizzans or crosses 

ranging from green to FEI: Pam Atkinson 

(Pluto II Samara), Carol Fouchea (Fabiola), 

Jorie Sligh (Brandenberg), Amanda French 

(Grandiella), Veronica Haldane (Gayla), and 

Leslie Sligh (Grandiella). 

Pam had generously loaned me 

her semi-retired Grand Prix Swedish 

Warmblood/ Lipizzan cross, Brandenberg, 

to ride in the clinic. I’d ridden him just three 

times before in lessons, so we were still 

getting to know one another. 

It was fun to work on upper level 

movements, but throughout the lessons 

Herbert made sure that the basics were 

in place, including asking for frequent 

transitions between and within gaits, 

lengthenings after collected work, and 

more activity from behind if we weren’t 

forward enough, among other things. 

I’ve been privileged to watch Herbert 

teach all or part of over 100 riding lessons, 

both in Austria and Michigan. Regardless 

of whether he is teaching in German 

or English, he is consistently patient, 

encouraging, and kind, carefully and 

systematically guiding his students to help 

them work through issues and improve 

their riding and horses’ training. 

During an interview, a reporter asked 

Herbert, “What do you get out of teaching 

these lessons? Does this benefit you?” 

Herbert replied without hesitation, “Yes, 

absolutely this helps me. I learn something 

from every horse and rider I teach. There is 

always something new to learn – we never 

can know everything.” 

Herbert said throughout the clinics, “You 

must show him the way.” 

For Herbert, “The Way” is the classical 

riding that has been the tradition at the 

Spanish Riding School for 435 years. Progress 

is not hurried, and harmony between man 

and stallion is evident in all stages of the 

training. 

Many thanks to Herbert for showing us 

“the way” and bringing the tradition of the 

Spanish Riding School to Michigan – we look 

forward to your return! 

For information on future clinics, visit 

www.dressageclinics.org or contact Jorie at 

jorie@dressageclinics.org.


USDF Rider Score 

Checks Now 

Available Online 

Lexington, KY (July 5, 2007) - United 

States Dressage Federation (USDF) 

announced today that competitors now 

have access to a rider score check for the 

2007 competition year, available on the 

USDF Web site. This new feature allows 

individuals to track all scores earned during 

the current competition year, no matter 

the number of different horses ridden. A 

reference tool for our members, this score 

check is also an acceptable form of score 

verification that can be submitted with 

the USDF Rider Award Report Form when 

applying for the USDF Bronze, Silver, or Gold 

Rider Medals; Master’s Challenge; or USDF 

Musical Freestyle Bronze, Silver, or Gold Bars. 

In addition to the current year rider 

score checks, USDF also offers cumulative, 

multi-year score checks for both horse and 

rider. These can be purchased from the 

USDF office for a minimal fee. With these 

new capabilities, competitors can stay 

more informed of their progress during the 

year, or throughout their lives. To request 

a multi-year score check, individuals must 

contact the USDF office at (859) 971-2277 or 

via e-mail at competitions@usdf.org. 

For more information on the USDF 

Rider Award Program, please contact the 

USDF office at riderawards@usdf.org or visit 

the USDF Web site. 

Founded in 1973, the United States 

Dressage Federation is a nonprofit 

membership organization dedicated to 

education, recognition of achievement, 

and promotion of dressage. For more 

information about USDF membership or 

programs, visit http://www.usdf.org/, e-mail 

usdressage@usdf.org, or call (859) 971-2277. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Contact: Krystina Firth (859) 271-7895 

COMMITTEES IN ACTION 

By Lyn Schaeffer & Linda Duggan 

Welcome to our inaugural edition of COMMITTEES IN ACTION. This column will now 

appear quarterly in the USLR News. Our goal is to keep USLR members informed of the 

current projects and activities on which our committees are working. 

Being active in a Committee is a great way to become involved in your organization 

and shape the future of USLR. If you don’t have the time to volunteer, you are encouraged 

to participate by contacting the Committee Chairs with your suggestions and support. 

Our current committees are: 

Advertising: 

Committee Chair - Linda Duggan linchar99lv@yahoo.com 

Annual Meeting: 

2007 Committee Chair - Jennifer Roth jroth@redshift.com 

Around the Country/Events Web Page: 

pending 

Board Committee Coordinator: 

Linda Duggan linchar99lv@yahoo.com 

Bylaws, Rules & Regulations: 

Committee Chair - Muffin Smith muffin.smith@charter.net 

Events: 

Committee Chair - Carole Gauger lipizzanmi@yahoo.com 

Evaluations: 

Committee Chair - Ingun Littorin lipizzan_connection@msn.com 

Finance: 

Committee Chair - Lyn Schaeffer farview@together.net 

Friends of the Lipizzans: 

Committee Chair - Jorie Sligh dressageclinics.org 

Fundraising/Promotions: 

Committee Chair - Gail Mackie sales@spokanesporthorse.com 

Membership: 

Committee Chair - Lyn Schaefer farview@together.net 

Merchandise: 

Committee Chair - Kerry Scott kerryscott@usa.net 

Newsletter Staff: 

Committee Chair - Cele Noble noblelipizzans@gmail.com 

Nominating: 

Committee Chair - Cele Noble noblelipizzans@gmail.com 

Pleasure Riders: 

Committee Chair - Pending 

Registration Review: 

Committee Chair - Melinda Suydam 

Website Content: 

Committee Chairs - Courtney Tripp tfcourtney@aol.com / 

Lyn Schaeffer farview@together.net 

Youth Activities: 

Committee Chair - Chris Bell windmtn@msn.com 

Questions about these committees or want to start a new committee? Contact Lyn 

Schaeffer farview@together.net or (603) 246-3492. 

Watch this column for the latest updates on projects, Committee news and how you 

can get involved. Working together for a better USLR! 


Sport Horse Shoeing 

Philip M. Smith, Farrier 

Certified Natural Balance Farrier 

& Barefoot Trimmer 

For Appointment, call 503-380-8312 

Phil’s Cell: 503-380-0217 

Lipoli Farm 

LIPPIZIANS 

IMPORTED FROM ITALY 

• 

Polly du Pont 

143 Cook Hill Rd. 

Alstead, NH 

pdlpzzan@together.net 

FAX 603-835-6495 

SAIZ 

LIPIZZAN and 

ANDALUSIAN HORSES 

9613 Edith Blvd. N.E. 

Albuquerque, N.M. 87113 

Phone: 505-898-7438 

Fax: 505-898-3058 

E-mail: sjuliosaiz@aol.com 

Microchipping Service 

Your place or mine 

Stallions Standing 

Al Saiz 

Owner / Trainer 


A Familiar Face 

In July, I went to the White Horse 

Vale/Ritter Dressage annual Open House in 

Goldendale, WA. I was very impressed when I 

attended in 2006, but this year’s event was even 

better. It was remarkable to see the growth of 

the students and horses in one short year. 

The Open House always features a 

combination of performances, educational 

seminars, stallion showcases, sales horse 

presentations and farm tours over a two-day 

period. For those in the market for a Lipizzan, 

it is a great way to shop. Young Lipizzans under 

saddle, upper-level Lipizzans, and trained 

Lipizzan geldings are often difficult for the 

average shopper to locate anywhere, let alone 

to see all in one place. The current White Horse 

Vale inventory has a complete range of sale 

horses from foals to FEI. 

White Horse Vale is committed to a dual 

mission of breeding Lipizzans that uphold 

the classical characteristics of the breed, and 

producing riding horses that are competitive 

in the modern sport of dressage. Therefore, a 

horse who is a typical member of the breeding 

program is also a proven riding horse. In fact, 

several “working mothers” briefly left their 

foals in pasture to perform for the Open House. 

The broodmares seemed happy to get a short 

break from their rambunctious youngsters. The 

confident little foals seemed equally happy to 

trot around in the pasture adjacent to the arena 

in a sort of improvised quadrille that seemed to 

mirror the performance of their mothers. 

Many of the young horses who were 

shown at liberty during Open House 2006 

appeared under saddle at this year’s Open 

House. They were backed last winter and 

spring by Ritter Dressage and have begun their 

careers as riding horses. This year, the young 

horses were brought out in a group, ridden in 

quadrille, and schooled in front of the crowd. 

Thomas and Shana Ritter were riding along 

with their advanced students. One would think 

putting a group of young horses together in 

front of a crowd for the first time would have 

resulted in some exciting “rodeo moments.” But 

everything was quiet, quiet, quiet. The horses 

are used to schooling this way every day in a 

group. They are ridden in a consistent, quiet 

manner and know what is expected of them. 

In the Open House performance, the only 

variable for them was the audience, which they 

didn’t seem to mind at all. In fact, they seemed 

to enjoy it. Perhaps they were thinking, “Look 

at all these people! That’s good. People like to 

pet horses. More people, more petting.” The 

young horses weren’t disappointed and neither 

was the audience. After the performance, the 

horses were brought over to the edge of the 

arena so people could pet them and ask their 

riders about their personalities. 


by Amelia Gagliano 

Photos by Sara Stafford 

The upper-level horses performed next, 

and all of them were breathtaking. But the 

senior horse who stole the show this year was 

Maestoso II Catrina (aka “Tony”). He’s one of 

the first foals produced by White Horse Vale 

and has spent his entire career with Ritter 

Dressage. He’s now 18 and has made his mark 

as a performer on the long rein. He amazed 

visitors with his talent for Piaffe and Levade. 

He is a compact horse and immensely strong. 

He is able to sit very deeply and carefully tuck 

up his front legs to balance himself on his hind 

legs in Levade with textbook perfect form. I’ve 

never seen quality and consistency like this, 

outside of the SRS. Furthermore, the horse 

clearly loved what he was doing. The more the 

audience responded, the more Tony sparkled. It 

is pretty exciting that this horse was bred and 

trained in the US. 

After I arrived home, I began sorting 

through all the photos I took at the Open House. 

I came across a head shot of Tony on the 

long rein (at right), that reminded me of 

the famous photo of Podhajsky’s horse 

Pluto Theodorosta. Pluto Theodorosta was 

the horse that Podhajsky rode to lead the 

quadrille in the Spanish Riding School’s historic 

performance for General Patton following 

the legendary rescue of the Lipizzans in WWII. 

Tony’s features are shorter and stockier, just 

like his body. But the expression he shares with 

Podhajsky’s famous horse is undeniably the 

same—and unmistakably Lipizzan. 

It seems like all Lipizzans have that “special 

something” in the eye. I know I see it in my 

horse quite frequently, and other people 

tell me they see it in their Lipizzans. When a 

Maestoso II Catrina (a.k.a. “Tony”) performs 

Levade as requested by Shana Ritter. 

Lipizzan gazes at something in the distance 

with that wonderful soft intensity, I always 

feel I have the privilege of seeing, through his 

eyes, 400-plus years of Lipizzan history. I am 

reminded not just of Pluto Theodorosta, but 

of Patton and Podhajsky and the many other 

heroes who have contributed to developing 

and sustaining this special breed of horse. The 

person who chooses to partner with a Lipizzan 

chooses to become part of a much larger 

entity. Each horse, regardless of age, training 

level or gender, is an ambassador for the breed. 

Each of us is the custodian of a legacy we are 

obligated to uphold--a legacy that includes 

acts of heroism in times of war; the dedication 

of men who elevated the training of horses to 

an art form; the vision of leaders who provide 

support and protection for Lipizzans that fall 

into harm’s way; the commitment of breeders 

to developing and preserving what can be 

described as the ultimate horseman’s horse. 

Whether we have as our partner a fuzzy foal, a 

favorite old school horse or a great high school 

performer like Tony, each of us, along with our 

horses, makes a contribution to Lipizzan history. 

If you didn’t make it to the Open House 

this year, plan to go next year. You can also go 

for a visit any time to tour the farm and take 

lessons with the Ritters. They have a stable of 

quiet, well-trained school horses and many 

of those are Lipizzans. I’m sure Tony would 

be delighted to meet you and show off his 

repertoire while you’re there. If you would like 

to see more photos of Tony and all the other 

horses at the Open House, please visit the 

White Horse Vale website at 

www.whv-lipizzans.com. 

Amelia Gagliano lives in Vacaville, CA with her 

Lipizzan stallion “Oskar” (Pluto III Aurorra II, 1998, 

Carrousel Farms).

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Crescendo, a half Lipizzan/Appaloosa gelding, trained and ridden by Sharon Rowe, 

was Horse of the Year at Grand Prix Open in 1989. 

Trainers/Instructors: 

Sharon Rowe, 50 years’ experience (featured at left, on Crescendo) 

Has earned ALL of the USDF medals 

Tracy Rowe-McEwan, 25 years’ experience 

(featured at right, USDF Silver Medalist on Simbata, self-trained to I1) 

We are a Classically Competitive, HAPPY stable, 

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Lipizzans… Naturally 

By Robin Green 

Robin Green is a first time Lipizzan owner living 

in California, MO. She is an experienced horse 

person, who is highly involved with Parelli 

Natural Horsemanship and the Savvy Club. 

She stepped off the trailer with an 

attitude of suspicion and distrust. She was 

NOT excited to be at my home, and soon led 

me to believe that her attitude was one of, 

“Give ‘em yer name, rank, & serial number, 

and don’t fraternize with strangers.” 

But in spite of her disinterest and 

aloofness, I was very excited to have this 

Lipizzan filly arriving at my farm, as the 

fulfillment of a lifelong dream was coming 

true with her arrival. Thankfully, many 

Lipizzan breeders had previously been 

generous with their time and advice prior 

to the filly’s arrival, and they had suggested 

to me that I was about to embark on a 

rather unusual journey. Even so, I was only 

barely prepared, as this breed is unique. 

I am not new to horses – even young 

ones – but this filly was providing a real 

challenge. It soon became clear that my 

job was to become interesting to this 

young Lipizzan and to get her curiosity up. 

Thankfully, I had a bit of a road map laid out 

by Parelli Natural Horsemanship (PNH). 

PNH is deeply rooted in horse psychology, 

and provides owners with tools 

to better understand their horses. With 

PNH horse psychology as a tool, I began to 

formulate a plan. First, I noted that the new 

filly was easily offended. The intent behind 

my actions was important to her. If I got 

frustrated, it would send her to the other 

side of the corral. 

So I ignored her. “What Lipizzan?” I feigned. 

I focused on our gelding. It just about killed 

me, because my desire to interact with this 

new horse was so strong. But my “lack of 

interest” fascinated the filly; it was not what 

she was expecting. She witnessed my play 

sessions with my gelding, and was even 

permitted to run loose in the corral while 

we played. It worked! Eventually, she got 

so pushy for attention that she would try 

to get her head into the halter before the 

gelding could … and then I knew I had her. 

PNH is all about having the human’s 

idea become the horse’s idea. Preserving the 

horse’s dignity is paramount. The program 

is all about communication, relationship, 

and partnership, and is not a robot type of 

training. For handling a new Lipizzan, these 

facets are paramount. 

The Parelli method uses puzzles and 


variety; so students and horses are required 

think their way through an exercise. An 

example of a horse puzzle game might be 

playing Put Your Nose on It. Without going 

into how-to specifics, the object of this 

game is for the handler to choose an object 

on which the horse is to touch her nose. 

Then, using what is termed the PNH 7-Games, 

the handler communicates to the horse 

where its nose should go. This game really 

builds the horse’s confidence. In our case, 

it took a very short period of time before 

the clever Lipizzan began to look for things 

she thought might be it. Playing this game, 

I have even been so specific as to choose 

an object the size of a quarter for her nose 

placement. Playing the game improves our 

communication and she loves being told 

how clever she is. 

Safety is a priority. PNH teaches the 

human how to think things through and 

how to safely set an exercise up for success. 

Teaching a horse how to respond to the 

lightest touch, how to move away from 

steady and rhythmic pressure on all parts 

of the horse’s body could save your life, but it 

could also save the horse’s. 

Let me give you an example. I once had 

a horse strike out at another horse through 

the fencing. Had this mare not been trained 

to yield to steady pressure, the results would 

have been disastrous. When the wire closed 

on her leg, she stood still instead of fighting, 

and awaited rescue. 

Moving away from pressure training is 

also pretty handy when you ask your horse 

to move from any position. Leading by the 

tail, or leading with a rope around one leg, 

or leading by mirroring the human on the 

ground; are all examples of ways that the 

horse moves away from pressure. What fun 

learning this is! 

I did modify the Circling Game, however. 

It is not recommended to circle young 

Lipizzans, so when we very occasionally play 

this game, it is at a walk and the circles are 

huge. Hopefully, I will have this horse for 

a very, very long time, and circles can wait 

until she is older. 

Now, after a year of patience, the filly has 

finally adopted me as her personal human, 

and the journey toward partnership is 

under way. Today, I am proud to say that I 

am even more important than grain! 

To any new Lipizzan owners I can only 

say welcome to the journey, and listen to the 

Lipizzan breeders. They do not exaggerate 

about their breed. 

If you are interested in PNH, this 

program provides a wonderful way for you 

to enjoy your Lipizzan, offering a fine way 

for channeling your horse’s playful side into 

positive activity. 

I love my Lipizzan…naturally! 

Do you want to learn more about Parelli 

Natural Horsemanship? 

Please visit www.parelli.com . 

Pat & Linda Parelli are currently on tour, 

with stops at Jacksonville, FL, on October 13-14, 

and at Upper Marlboro, MD, on October 20-21. 

USLR member Mary Graves has been chosen as a 

Parelli Ambassador and will be at the Jacksonville 

show. She is looking forward to meeting fellow 

Lipizzan owners and sharing information. 

For discounts and free ticket information, as 

well as a free demo DVD, contact Mary Graves at 

352-516-8682 or mgraves@usa2net.net . 

Please send us 

Your Photographs, 

for possible inclusion in 

this newsletter. 

What fun, to see your 

photographs in print!! 

For optimal resolution, Photos should be submitted as 

JPEGs or TIFFs, at 200dpi 

or at 300 dpi, and approximately 5” x 5”. 

72dpi photographs, and those borrowed from the Internet, 

do not reproduce well, and should be avoided.

Across the Diagonal Farm 

Jennifer Roth, USEF “S” judge 

8768 Carmel Valley Rd. 

Carmel, CA 93923 

Phone: 831-624-2848 

Email: jroth@redshift.com 

Web: http://LipizzansAndDressage.com 

Standing Siglavy Angelica II-I, Maestoso II 

Favoressa III, and Maestoso XLIV-17 from 

Romania 

Horses for Sale 

Cameo Lipizzans 

Jenice Knechtel 

7505 147th Ave. S.E. 

Snohomish, WA 98290 

Phone: 360-563-1035 

Email: jenice@cameolipizzans.com 

Web: www.CameoLipizzans.com 

Standing Maestoso II Capriola VII-4-II 

Young Lipizzans for Sale 

Corral Creek Lipizzans 

Gayla and John Edwards 

29971 SW Ladd Hill Road 

Sherwood, Oregon 97140 

Phone: 503-625-4359 

email: whthors@hotmail.com 

Standing Favory Pelaina 

started Lipizzans for sale 

Easy Does It Farm 

Deborah A. Pelicano Palmisano 

2636 Marston Road 

New Windsor. MD. 21776 

410 875 4075 

dpeli1856@aol.com 

Equivale 

Jean Thornton 

1365 Spring Garden Ranch Road 

DeLeon Springs, FL 32130 

Phone: 386-985-2103 / 

Email: equivale@earthlink.net 

Web: www.palominowarmbloods.com 

Standing Conversano II Aloha II 

2005 USDF All Breed Awards 

Reserve Champion, Grand Prix 

Four Pillars Farm 

Shannon Rogers Simpson 

229 Old Stage Road 

Chilhowie, VA 24319 

Phone: 276-646-5310 

Email: ShannonSimpson@comcast.net 

Web: www.fourpillarsfarm.com 

Lipizzans of All Ages for Sale 

Lake View Lipizzans 

Margaret Hoog 

11500 Petaluma/Pt. Reyes Rd. 

Nicasio, CA 94946 

Phone: 415-662-2242 / 

Email: LakeviewLipizzan@aol.com 

Web: www.LakeviewLipizzans.com 

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY 

Lindale Farm 

Linda Ruiz-Laverty 

Florida 

Phone: 305-245-4506 / 

Email: LindaLeLipz@aol.com 

Standing Siglavy Melina 

Horses for Sale 

Linden Lane Lipizzans 

Kris York 

3055 Burrell Rd. 

Medford, OR 97501 

541-770-5414 

lindenlane@charter.net 

Standing: Maestoso II Precocia I 

Lipizzans West 

Laura Wiener 

965 Chittenden Rd. 

San Juan Bautista, CA 95045 

Phone: 831-623-0680 

Email: Lipizzan@hollinet.com 

Web: www.Lipizzan.com 

Lipizzans for Sale / Stallions at Stud; 

Live; Healthy Foal Guarantee 

Noble Lipizzans 

Cele & Tony Noble 

P.O. Box 1056 

Graham, WA 98338 

Phone: 253-847-6299 

Email: noblelipizzans@gmail.com 

Web: www.noblelipizzans.com 

Lipizzans for Sale / Standing Favory II 

Candita, Neapolitano Slatana II, Conversano 

Antiqua 

Ritter Dressage 

Shana and Thomas Ritter 

at White Horse Vale Lipizzans 

2109 N. Columbus Ave. 

Goldendale, WA 98620 

Phone: 360-631-1101 

Email: ritter@classicaldressage.com 

Websites: www.classicaldressage.com 

www.whv-lipizzans.com 

Training, Lessons, Clinics, Horses for Sale 

Standing 546 Conversano Mima, Maestoso 

II Catrina, Maestoso II Shama II, Pluto III 

Ambrosia II 

Royal View Farm 

Lyn & Tom Schaeffer 

858 Piper Hill Road 

Stewartstown, NH 03576 

Phone: 603-246-3492 

Email: farview@together.net 

Web: www.RoyalViewFarm.com 

Standing Favory Sonora, Pluto Sonora II 

Young Lipizzans for Sale 

The Lipizzan Connection 

Barbara Gjerset 

Ingun Littorin 

3275 Stonyvale Road 

Tujunga, CA 91042 

Phone: 818-353-3556 

Email: Barbara@lipizzanconnection.com 

Stallion at stud / Horses for sale 

The Tempel Lipizzans 

17000 Wadsworth Road 

Wadsworth, IL 60083 

Phone: 847-244-5330 

Email: tempelfarm@aol.com 

Web: www.TempelFarms.com 

Standing: Favory VII Andorella, Favory VI 

Bellanna, Neapolitano V Anita, Siglavy VI 

Garbo (Bay) 

Touchstone Acres 

Kathleen Donnelly 

901 Old Leetown Pike 

Kearneysville, WV 25430 

Phone: 304-724-1288 / Cell 703-989-4826 

Email: kamdonnelly@aol.com 

Web: www.TouchstoneAcres.com 

Breeding, Boarding, Sales 

Standing 261 Maestoso Samira XXI 

(Imported) 

2Lip Stud 

Tracey Weiss 

P.O. Box 995 

Lorane, OR 97451 

Phone: 541-683-4533 / 

Email: 2LipStud@hughes.net 

Web: www.2lipstud.com 

Standing imported stallions Maestoso 

Contessa-58 and the rare bay stallion Pluto 

Tücsök-44 

Waltzing Horse Farm 

Sarah Casey 

Central New York 

Phone: 607-847-9406 

Email: WaltzingHorseFarm@gmail.com 

Web: www.WaltzingHorseFarm.com 

Standing imported SRS stallion 499 

Conversano Barbarina, Pluto II Dixana II, 

Maestoso Marina 

White Stallion Ranch 

1053 Van Arsdale Street 

Oviedo, FL 32765 

(P) 407-366-0366 (F) 407-366-8099 

Email: glashinsky@lipizzaner.com 

Web: www.lipizzaner.com 

Services: Stallions standing, horses for sale 

Stallions Standing: Siglavy Aga, 

Siglavy Gidrane, Siglavy Bonavista, 

Pluto Virtuosa (all imported from The 

Spanish Riding School/Piber Stud Farm). 

Wind Mountain Lipizzans 

Christine Bell 

5729 Main Street PMB 218 

Springfi eld, Oregon 97478 

Phone: 541-741-2052 

Email: windmtn@msn.com 

Web: www.windmountainlipizzans.com 

Lipizzans for sale 


FOR SALE: 2003 Lipizzan Gelding - Siglavy Deja IV-I. “Vincent’s” sire is the gorgeous black Lipizzan Siglavy XI-6 imported 

from Hungary (Jozsef) - visit him @ www.bluefountainfarm.com . His dam is sired by Maestoso II Sabrina (Smokey) the foundation 

stallion at Lipizzans West - visit him @ www.Lipizzan.com . “Vincent” is very willing, kind, personable, and a joy to 

work with. Currently in light dressage training building a good foundation for his future. Video and pictures available @ 

www.premierdressage.com . $9500. Contact Lynda Weese 260-413-9740. 

For Sale: 

LIPIZZAN/ARAB GELDING FOR SALE TO APPROVED HOME. 

18 yrs, 16 H, gray. Wonderful school horse for intermediate 

rider. Shown successfully at 4Th Level and Prix St Georges. 

Bows, kneels, Spanish Walk. etc. Performed at Expos and 

Fairs and is an excellent trail horse. $15,000 O.B.O. 

For more information call Robin Morgan (231) 882-4437 

or (248) 444-6199 

MORGAN GELDING FOR SALE. 

16 YRS, 14.2 H, Bay. Forward mover, shown at Training 

and 1st Level Dressage by 12-14 year old girl at USDF 

recognized shows and trained to 2ND Level. 

Excellent on trail. Needs confident rider. 

$4,500 O.B.O. to approved home only. 

For more information call Robin Morgan (231) 882-4437 

or (248) 444-6199. 

Purebred Lipizzans For Sale: 

Tokata: (Conversano II Aloha II x Takoma), 2004 filly 

with adorable face, excellent disposition, good classic 

conformation, big trot, placed 4 th in breed class June 2006. 

$9,500; 

Aloka: (Siglavy XI-6 x Altamira), tall 2005 filly with 

phenomenal movement, quiet manner; placed 2 nd in breed 

class June 2006, by Jozsef, a rare black Lipizzan $8,500; 

Favory Altamira: Elegant, gorgeous 2006 colt (829 Favory 

VII Andorella x Altamira) with beautiful head and eyes, good 

movement and bone, $7,500; 

Balinna: lovely filly foaled 5/6/07 (261 Maestso Samira XXI 

x 280 Betalka V) with pretty face, good conformation & 

bone; both parents recently imported; excellent broodmare 

prospect, $9,500. Contact 304-724-1286 

kamdonnelly@aol.com or www.TouchstoneAcres.com 

For Sale: 

Third Level Lipizzan: Purebred gelding, Conversano Natasha II-II, aka “Nicholas” , 11 yrs., 15.2h. Competed at Third Level, 

started half-steps and pirouettes. Oregon Dressage Society champion at Training and First Level. First place USLR All- 

Breeds at First Level. Great horse for an amateur or teenager. Super temperament and ground manners. $18,000. 

Contact Brooke at 503-936-6996 or brooke@sonnenberg.us 

Located in Portland, Oregon. 

Dessa by Maestoso Contessa x Daniela 

Margaret Hoog - Lake View Lipizzans - CA 

“filly” by Favory VI Brenna x Barbara II 

The Tempel Lipizzans - IL 

“colt” by Neapolitano VI Anita x Batrina 


“colt” by Favory VI Brenna x Ivana 


“colt” by Favory VII Andorella x Garcia 


Deliria by Favory IV Delta x Emma II 

Shannon Rogers Simpson - 

Four Pillars Farm - VA 

DHF Corona de Tucson by Pluto Carrma III 

x Karona Gold 

Judith Tarr & Susan Bishop - 

Dancing Horse Farm - AZ 

Favory Musica by Favory Toscanna-18 

x Musica 

June Boardman - White Horse Vale - WA 


STORK CORNER 

Castellana & Neapolitano Castella (twins) 

by Neapolitano Slatana II x Castella 

Cele & Tony Noble - Noble Lipizzans - WA 

“filly” by Favory VI Brenna x Airiella 


“filly” by Favory VI Brenna x Amarika 


“colt” by favory VII Andorella x Anita 


“filly” by Favory VII Andorella x Gardona 


Maestoso II Vista by Maestoso II Shama II 

x Vista 9 


Conversano Cascadia II by Conversano Mima 

x Cascadia 


Sofia by Conversano Mima x Sorria 

Shana & Thomas Ritter - 

Ritter Dressage - WA 

Maestoso II Traga by Maestoso II Catrina 

x Traga 


A new, 

regular feature 

Ophelia by Favory Ilka I x Oneonta 

Shana & Thomas Ritter 

Ritter Dressage - WA 

Conversano Marina III by Conversano Barbarina 

x Marina 

Princess Young - Gold Canyon Lipizzans - AZ 

Dixana Jazznbleuz by Pluto II Dixana 

x Docs Skye Bleuz 

Princess Young - Gold Canyon Lipizzans - AZ 

Maestoso II Djebrin by Maestoso II Ambrosia 

x Djebrin 


Maestoso II Odetta III by Maestoso II Ambrosia 

x Odetta 

Shana Ritter - Ritter Dressage - WA 

Terra Blanca by Maestoso II Catrina x Tribecca 


Email your STORK CORNER 

information to Cele, at 

noblelipizzans@gmail.com, 

for inclusion in this section

Lipizzan Legacy 

Apples ‘n Oats 

An equestrian’s publication, created especially 

for people who care for and about horses. 

Updated Quarterly and Featured on the Website 

Neapolitano Pegasus 

He was Neapolitano Pegasus (Neapolitano Apollo x Platana 7), born 8/22/79, 

died 8/22/07 (I didn’t realize the matching dates until after he died). I personally 

never showed him -- he was too petite for us to make a winning picture -- but I 

sponsored several junior riders to show him. They were always in the ribbons. 

P was very opinionated with experienced riders, me especially, but 

was exceptionally kind with the inexperienced. Over the years, he was 

schoolmaster to quite a few wanting to learn the lateral work, packed several 

disabled riders for the thrill of their lives, and babysat me with broken bones 

and casts. The other horses were terrifi ed of my odd appendages but he was 

unafraid, SOOO patient and very careful to keep me balanced. Once I was OK 

again, he went back to trying to buck me off daily :>) 

Kit Young Knotts 

“We lost our much loved Pegasus in August 2007. He was the fi rst foal born 

at our former farm in Orlando, also named Pegasus. He was the son of the 

magical Neapolitano Apollo and the lovely Piber mare Platana 7. At age 28, 

he was still going strong at about Prix St. George until a torn crutiate ligament 

from a misstep laid him up. A “leaky” injection of the stifl e with Vetalog led to 

laminitis and ultimately his death. We miss him.” 


Winter, 2006 

An informative & educational magazine created 

especially for people who care for & about horses. 

Cover Image: 

Original painting by 

Mona Majorowicz - Rolfe, Iowa 

www.wildfacesgallery.com 

Carol Eilers, editor - 319-365-7314 - Aplznoats@aol.com - www.applesnoats.com 

“There is something for 

everyone in Apples ‘n Oats” 

Please see the website, at 

www.applesnoats.com 

to view sample articles. 

Featuring . . 


The USLR Board of Directors has created a LIPIZZAN LEGACY 

section to honor those deceased United States Lipizzans who have 

contributed significantly to the development of the Lipizzan breed 

in our country. 

If you have a purebred LIPIZZAN LEGACY stallion, mare or gelding, 

please send your horse’s name, the names of sire and dam, a BRIEF 

listing of accomplishments, and owner’s name(s) to: 

Lyn Schaeffer at farview@together.net 

with a cc to Cele Noble at noblelipizzans@gmail.com 

We will create the LIPIZZAN LEGACY section on our USLR website, 

and will post it at www.uslr.org 

Name: 

Address: 

City/State/Zip: 

Phone: 

Email: 

Please make $14 check payable to 

“Apples ‘n Oats” 

and mail to: Carol Eilers 

5070 Northridge Pt. SE 

Cedar Rapids, IA 52403 

319-365-7314 - Aplznoats@aol.com 



“Pelvic Conformation 

. . . and its Influence on a Dressage Seat” 

By Ute Miethe, LMT/LAMT NCTMB 

Nationally Certified Massage Therapist 

The July issue of Dressage Today 

featured a very interesting article from 

Susanne von Dietze. Here are the main 

points of the article: 

The secret to a quiet seat lies in 

the proper positioning of the rider’s joints 

- they should be in neutral (or middle 

position), unless the rider gives an aid. 

Dietze has observed that in dressage, 

the stirrups are often too long, which 

puts the hip joint in its end position which 

will only reduce its range of motion and 

thereby interfere following the horse’s 

movement correctly. 

Another example of reduced range of 

motion would be hollowing the back. Only 

if the joints are in the neutral position, can 

the rider’s body absorb shock effectively, 

which also prevents the joints from 

becoming stressed, possibly leading to 

chronic injuries later. You may have heard 

the concept of skeletal riding before - this 

describes exactly what it means. 

Tension in the rider’s midsection will 

show up as too much movement in other 

parts of the body, such as legs or head 

bobbing, plus stiff shoulders, depending 

on how the individual body compensates 

for it. If a rider’s pelvis is not able to rotate 

adequately, adjusting to the motion of the 

trot, the lumbar area will often appear to 

move back and forth in the midsection, or 

wobble excessively. 

Riding a horse that is too wide for a 

rider’s conformation will also prevent the 

pelvis and the joints from functioning 

correctly. A rider should be able to spread 

the legs away from a horse. If this is not 

possible, either the horse is too wide for 

the rider’s built or the rider is stiff in the 

hip 

joints. Stretching exercises may help, 

but depending on the horse and rider 

mismatch, it may have its limitations. 

The length of the rider’s pelvis 

plays a role in his/her ability to relax 

the midsection. A rider with a longer 

pelvis tends to feel more comfortable 

on a bigger-moving horse than a horse 

with flatter, shorter gaits because it 

allows for more time to follow the horse’s 

movement. Such riders usually have a 

harder time on horses with gaits that are 

naturally shorter. On the other hand, a 

rider with a shorter pelvis tends to have 

a harder time following the movement 

of a big-gaited horse, thereby creating 

unnecessary tension. 

Having a long pelvis also allows one to 

use the pelvis as a lever more effectively, 

which can increase seat effectiveness. 

However, the downside is that longer 

pelvises take more core strength to 

stabilize. A tired rider with a long pelvis 

tends to wobble in the midsection more 

than a rider with a shorter pelvis would. 

Different pelvic conformations often 

create misunderstandings between 

students and instructors, because the 

horse may be easy to sit for the instructor, 

yet not for the student because of the 

different pelvic conformations between 

rider and instructor. 

The twist of a saddle can make a 

difference and may make it easier for 

narrow-hipped riders to sit a horse that 

may otherwise be too wide for them, 

but it could still have its limitations and 

the rider would be wise to take this into 

consideration when it comes to matching 

the horse to the person. 

My own horse is very wide and I 

constantly work on being loose and 

following his movement. Then one day I 

rode my friend’s narrower Paint/TB cross 

and it was so much easier to sit on her and 

aid her. Now I know why. I would say I have 

a medium/wide pelvis; not sure about the 

length though. I think this is very valuable 

information for any rider. 

Some upper level Dressage riders 

probably know instinctively, which horses 

they can sit better than others, because 

their pelvic conformation matches the 

horse better. 

For additional information see 

Susanne von Dietze’s book Balance in 

Movement. 

As always, ride smarter, not harder ;-) 

Ute Miethe is a lifelong horsewoman 

and a dressage rider for 12 years. She 

graduated from the Northwest School 

of Massage and the Northwest School of 

Animal Massage in Redmond to become 

a Nationally Certified Massage therapist, 

specializing in horse and rider imbalances. 

Her articles on Massage Therapy have 

been published in Dressage Today, The 

Gaited Horse , The Natural Horse and 

the USLR Newsletter. Her website is 

BalancedStep.com 

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Transitions (June 2007 through August 2007) 

TRANSFERS COMPLETED 

Purebred Mares 

Altamora (416 Maestoso II Sabrina X 542 Alberta) to 

Linda and Charles Duggan of Las Vegas 

Annastasia (Conversano II Glena III X Adina) to 

Holly Anderson and John Thomas of Ogden, UT 

Anthea (315 Pluto III Belvedera X Artica) to 

Melanie Violette of Wichita, KS 

Balida (499 Conversano Barbarina X Bela) to 

Alexa Wenz of Tekamah, NE 

Fadra (416 Maestoso II Sabrina X Favoressa) to 

Sharon Wormhoudt of Loma Mar, CA 

Falina ( 416 Maestoso II Sabrina X Favoressa) to 

Pauletta Ewan of Longmont, CO 

Gabriela (Neapolitano Savona-84 X Grashina) to 

Renee Bouma of Danville, CA 

Imperea (Pluto IV Martina X Imperia) to 

Dr. Thomas and Shana Ritter of Goldendale, WA 

Ninfa (Neapolitano Paloma X Pecska) to 

Patrice Veilleux of Atkinson, NH 

Sarabella (Pluto Sonora II X Sarina) to 


Sarina (Pluto Sonora II X 715 Sabella) to 


Serena 2 (Siglavy Dalea X 444 Eria) to 

Judy Kaartinen of Lantzville, BC 

Sophia Dahlia (Siglavy Dalea X Baledona) to 

Jennifer Farrar of Las Vegas, NV 

Tateanna (Pluto II Balmora IV X Triesta) to 

Patrice Veilleux of Atkinson, NH 

Tribecca (Pluto II Balmora IV X Triesta) to 

Dr. Thomas and Shana Ritter of Goldendale, WA 

Purebred Stallions 

760 Favory IV Delta (325 Favory IV Slana X 479 Delta) to 

Shannon Rogers Simpson of Chlhowie, VA 

Neapolitano Sciana (Neapolitano Slatana II X Sciana) to 

Holly Anderson & John Thomas of Ogden, UT 

Purebred Geldings 

Conversano Amata (Conversano II Glena I X Amata) to 

Ashley Winfrey of Rowley, MA 

Conversano Amelia II (Conversano Gradita 82 X Amelia) 

to Marcia Walton of Albuquerque, NM 

Conversano Glorianna III (Conversano Natasha II-I X 

Glorianna) to Holiday Reinhorn of Agoura Hills, CA 

Maestoso Belisaria (Maestoso II Favoressa III X Belisaria) 

to Patrice Veilleux of Atkinson, NH 

Siglavy Ramanza (485 Siglavy II Sandra II X Ramanza II) 

to Carol Long of Jefferson, GA 

Crossbred 

MaeChloe (Maestoso III Acacia X Carousel) to 

James and Donna Byers of Tucson , AZ 

O’Fortunado ( Conversano II Edesanva X Loving 

Kindness) to Elle & Marcy Scharf of Fort Collins, CO 

Vareto (Pluto Pirouette X Valpolitania) to 

Marie-Josee Bastien of Rimouski,Quebec, Canada 

Recorded Crossbred 

NEW REGISTRATIONS COMPLETED 

Purebred Mares 

Adorabella (Neapolitano Marcella X Annastasia) to 


Arabella (Maestoso Quientessa X Analoa) to 

Dawn Dempsey of Roanok, IN 

Arriva (Neapolitano Marcella X Adina) to 

Noble Lipizzans of Graham, WA 

Bellura (760 Favory IV Delta X Allura) to 

Shannon Rogers Simpson of Chilhowie, VA 

Berlina (499 Conversano Barbarina X Birta-63) to 

Nihal Dhanoa of New Berlin, NY 

Brica (607 Pluto III Almerina IV X 775 Ballata) to 

Patricia Yoder of Dowagiac, MI 

Emperadora (Maestoso II Lita III X Precocia) to 

Clare Wigginton of Hutto, TX 

Impala (Tulipan Melodia II X Imperea) to 

Thomas & Shana Ritter of Goldendale, WA 

Primrosa (Pluto III Ambrosia II X Primablanca) to 


Quianna (Maestoso II Favoressa V X Quientessa) to 

Laura Wiener-Smolka of San Jaun Bautista, CA 

Rigitta ( Pluto II Dixana X Rheia-60) to 


Trivita (Pluto Pirouette X Primabona) to 

Paula Scrase of Armstrong, BC 

Troja 3 (546 Conversano Mima X Tribecca) to 


Purebred Stallions 

Conversano Millennia (546 Conversano Mima X Millennia) 

to Thomas & Shana Ritter of Goldendale, WA 

Conversano Sorria (546 Conversano Mima X Sorria) to 


Favory Serena 2-III (Favory Cremona X Serena 2) to 

Judy Kaartinen of Lantzville , BC 

Maestoso Fadra (Maestoso Alberta X Fadra) to 

Celeste Mehra of Inyokern, CA 

Maestoso II Shama II (Maestoso II Ambrosia X Shama) 


Pluto Alga 3-I (Pluto II Dixana X Alga-3) to 


Pluto Ambrosia III (315 Pluto III Belvedera X Ambrosia) 


Pluto Sorria (Pluto III Ambrosia II X Sorria) to 


Siglavy Glenya (Siglavy Sonora X Glenya) to 

Phyllis Setter of Columbia Station, OH 

Purebred Geldings 

Registered Crossbred 

PL Lanca (Pluto Virtuosa X Lanca) to 

Gary & Elizabeth Lashinsky of Winter Park, FL 

Spitfire (Siglavy XI-6 X Fancy Dancer) to 

Rita Sinasohn-Pharr of Pacifica, CA 

Recorded Crossbred 

Marrtin (Alp (Akhalteke) X Marina) to Sarah Casey of 

New Berlin, NY 


February 13, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

White Stallion Productions, Inc., is pleased to announce the signing of the Spanish 

Riding School of Vienna tour contract for the 2008 West Coast USA fall tour. This will be the 

first return of the Spanish Riding School to this area in nearly two decades. 

The signing took place on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, in the offices of the Spanish 

Riding School of Vienna, where Mr. Lashinsky and Mr. Aigner concluded their negotiations 

to return the Sshool to the USA in 2008. 

Thirty horses and ten riders will be brought from Vienna, Austria, in November, 2008, 

to tour major markets on the west coast, including: Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; the San 

Francisco Bay area, CA; Portland, OR; and Seattle, WA. 

Tickets will go on sale during May, 2008, six months prior to the planned engagements. 

Specific venues, dates, and prices will be announced at that time. 

White Stallion Productions, Inc., is very proud of its relationship with the Spanish 

Riding School of Vienna, as well as the opportunity to bring this marvelous equestrian 

institution and its culture of the Lipizzaner horse to the USA. 

1053 Van Arsdale Street, Oviedo, FL 32765 

TEL: (407) 366-0366 FAX: (407) 366-8099 www.lipizzaner.com 

Congratulations to 

USLR Member 

Gail Mackie 

USLR Member, Gail Mackie, was elected 

USDF PM (Participating Member) Delegate 

for Region 6. Congratulations, Gail! 

August 21, 2007 

PM Delegate & Youth Executive Board 

Election Results 

The results of the PM delegate elections for 

all nine USDF regions have been determined! 

The primary responsibility of the elected PM 

delegates will be to attend the 2007 Adequan/ 

USDF Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. 

While there, PM delegates will be required 

to attend all meetings of the USDF Board of 

Governors and represent the participating 

members of their region. 

The complete listing of elections in all US 

regions will be posted at www.uslr.org 

Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 

PM delegate and YEB elections and thank you 

to all who participated in the USDF governance 

process this year! - USDF 

Pictured shaking hands, from left to right: Klaus Krzisch, Chief Rider; Ernst Bachinger, 

Director of the Riding School; Gary Lashinsky, President/Producer of White Stallion 

Productions, Inc.; and Managing Director of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Armin Aigner. 

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Dressage 

Dressage.... 

USLR News’ multi-talented 

layout person, Carol Eilers, 

‘Halts at X’ on “Freedom.” 

The “classically-trained” 

steer is owned by 

Jauson King of Iowa. 

...is NOT for 

SISSIES! 

Carol is the owner, 

editor, and producer of her 

own informative magazine, 

Apples ‘n Oats. 


A word of advice: 

Don’t over-bend! 


By David Alan Morrison 

To the person who doesn’t own an 

animal, the billion dollar pet accessory 

industry seems like an outrageous 

waste of money. A neighbor of mine once 

sneered sarcastically, “If you cut your cat’s 

allowance and bought clothes, you’d have a 

completely new wardrobe.” I explained to 

her that I didn’t need the new clothes, but 

my cat, Syren, absolutely had to have the 

hypo-allergenic window seat at $29.99 plus 

shipping and handling (plus the padded 

seat for an extra $5.00). If Syren didn’t 

get it, how was I going to sleep at night 

knowing she is banished to the couch? My 

neighbor never saw my point; proving why 

she would never own a T-shirt stating, “It’s 

a cat thing – you wouldn’t understand.” 

The American Pet Products 

Manufacturers report of August 1, 

2006, showed pet owners ponied up an 

estimated $38.4 billion on their animals, 

up from $17 billion in 1994. A stroll through 

your local Petco would suggest that figure 

is understated. Amidst the shelves stocked 

with ubiquitous leashes, harnesses, and 

brushes, one can find gifts a bit more… 

opulent: fleece footies for your kitten, car 

seats for the puppy and meatless dog 

treats - tastes just like beef! 

To those of us who are devoted 

animal lovers, such expenditures make 

sense. After factoring into the equation 

that many pets are active members of the 

extended family, luxury items cease to be 

frivolous. 

Equine lovers, in particular, 

understand this concept, because they 

see first-hand the enormous amount 

of energy a horse exerts. Whether it is 

physical exertion training for dressage, 

or mental exertion, as the team prepares 

for the show ring, horses are, like athletes, 

routinely honing their skills. And, like 

athletic trainers, equine trainers also 

understand the importance of rewarding 

both themselves and their steed for that 

mental and physical exertion. 

“Integrated Energy Therapy is a noninvasive 

technique that I use for overall 

healing and general health maintenance,” 

Crystle Martin explains. One of a growing 

number of practitioners in the field, 

The Healing Touch 

Martin’s interest in I.E.T. was first piqued 

by her interest in caring for her horses on 

both a physical and non-physical level. 

“Horses are extremely sensitive to 

people’s moods,” Martin says. “They know 

when I’m stressed or depressed and they 

begin to become distressed themselves.” 

Because of this subconscious 

sensitivity, she knew it was important to 

attend to her horses’ emotional needs if 

she was going to have healthy and happy 

family members. Her research led her to 

take classes in Integrated Energy Therapy 

and eventually, to become a Certified I.E.T 

practitioner. These days she cares for her 

own horse, and does work on other horses 

as well. 

I.E.T. is one of the emerging holistic 

healing modalities that are growing 

in popularity. As with Reiki (an ancient 

Japanese form of relaxation and spiritual 

healing), Integrated Energy Therapy 

operates on the theory that the muscles 

in the body “hold” stress which blocks the 

natural energy flow through the muscles. 

I.E.T. is used to clear this unseen blockage, 

leaving the tissue free to benefit from the 

body’s natural healing process. I.E.T. works 

on all levels of healing simultaneously: 

emotional, mental, and karmic. It is 

referred to as an ‘active’ therapy, because 

it is initiated as a way to withdraw and 

release energetic blockages along the 

body’s power points. Similar to Reiki, I.E.T. 

is a method of energy transference that is 

designed to relax, refuel and refresh the 

body of the recipient and is often used 

with Reiki during the healing session. 

For Martin, this intimate approach 

to physical and emotional well being has 

multiple benefits. “It brings me closer to 

my boys.” She continues. “In my busy life, I 

sometimes feel guilty that I don’t spend 

enough quality time with them. So when 

I do IET work, it reassures me that I’m 

showing them how much I love them.” 

Does this concept of an electromagnetic 

energy field around living tissue 

sound a bit far-fetched? Something left 

over from the “Flower Power” period of 

the ‘60’s? Consider this: Acupuncture dates 

back to 2500 to 100 BC in the writings of 

a text from Huang-Ti-Nei-Ching Su-Wen 

The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal 

Medicine or Nei-ching. Thus the philosophy 

of Vitalism is not New Age, nor is it an 

invention of fly-by-night charlatans. In 

India, the art of Therapeutic Touch using 

the prana (a Sanskrit word referring to 

the ‘life force’ within all living things) is 

a popular form of healing. In Japan, the 

Ki is the natural ‘life force’ that must 

be aligned periodically to maintain the 

body’s balance. And in the 1930’s, a trained 

medical doctor, Dr. Wilhelm Reich, coined 

the term ‘Orgone Energy’ as a way to 

describe the bio-energy circulating in 

humans. 

“It’s not as odd as it first sounds,” 

Crystle says with a good-hearted chuckle, 

“We all know animals are extremely 

intuitive and react to their environment. 

Just like physical tension needs to be 

worked out, so does this intuitive tension. 

Using that theory, it makes perfect sense 

to apply a loving touch to relax and clear 

blockages from any blocked areas.” 

If all this still sounds outlandish, 

there’s always the more practical 

viewpoint of horse owner Holly M. “I just 

don’t like the idea of shooting my babies 

full of medicine. I’ll try something else 

before subjecting them to needles,” she 

says. “Besides, I notice a definite increase in 

energy and mood after any kind of handson 

treatment. The scientists can nay-say 

all they want, but I can see the results and 

I like it.” 

And isn’t that what love is all about 

- making those we care for feel good? 

To read more about Integrated Energy 

Therapy and the process to become a Certified 

I.E.T. practitioner, check out these sources: 

Integrated Energy Website: 

www.integratedenergytherapy.net/ 

Center for Inner Healing: 

www.centerforinnerhealing.com/iet/iet.htm 

Practitioners: 

www.chandrama.net/info.php?info_id=1 

www.wholistichealing.ca/integratedenergy.html 

NOTE: Here is the reference for the abovementioned 

pamphlet for the WHO: (Local 

authorities, health and environment 

briefing pamphlet series; 32) 


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MERCHANDISE page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

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Around the Country 

September 27 

MALA Devon Breed Class 

co-sponsored by LFA, PA 

Judy Honey at 

mikepunch@dejazzed.com 

October 12-14 

Classical Dressage Clinic with Fred 

Kappler (stressing the basics & 

building upon them) 

Quadrille Performance Sunday 

Afternoon 

Plum Lake Dressage - Sayner, WI 

715 542 3742 

www.plumlakedresage.com or 

plumlakedresage@aol.com 

October 13-14 

Parelli USA Tour-Natural Horsemanship 

Jacksonville, Florida 

October 20-21 

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Upper Marlboro, Maryland 

50% discount tickets 

contact Mary Graves 

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mid-January 2008 

Bereiter Herbert Seiberl clinic 

in Michigan ~ venue & dates will be 

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www.dresageclinics.org or 

email jorie@dressageclinics.org 

2008 

LFA Lipizzan Symposium 

November 14-16, 2008 

Phoenix, AZ 

coincides with SRS appearance in 

Arizona 


Noble Lipizzans 

TWINS! 

Castellana and Neapolitano Castella (twins) 

foaled July 2, 2007 at NOBLE LIPIZZANS 

in Graham WA in TEN minutes fl at! Whew! 

Sire: - Neapolitano Slatana II “Willie” and 

Dam - Castella “Casey” by (Maestoso III Acacia x Carrma) 

BEAUTIFUL 

SHOW FILLY 

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“USLR Raffle Painting Unveiled” 

Thank you Genna Panzarella for generously 

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AT LEFT: Genna presents oil painting to 

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