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Born as bay, chestnut or black foals, the vast majority of Lipizzaner horses are grey. A gene mutation is responsible for the loss of color pigments in their coats and causes what we see as white coloring in their growing Read more…

Gray horses, including Lipizzans, are born with a pigmented coat—in Lipizzans, foals are usually bay or black—and become lighter each year as the graying process takes place, with the process being complete between 6 and 10 years of age. Lipizzans Read more…

The colour is usually gray; bay and brown occur rarely. They are found to a limited extent in countries that were originally a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and a few have been exported to the United States. The best Read more…

11,602. There are an estimated 11,602 purebred individuals world-wide, with approximately 981 purebred Lipizzans in North America. Also known as Lipizzaner, they can now be found in other places distant from Europe such as Australia and South Africa. Are Lipizzaner Read more…

Lipizzaner Horses are known to be highly intelligent and easy to train, one reason that they are so widely used in dressage. They remain easily trainable well into old age — most horse breeds get set in their ways and Read more…

The feet tend to be small, but are tough. Lipizzan horses tend to mature slowly. However, they live and are active longer than many other breeds, with horses performing the difficult exercises of the Spanish Riding School well into their Read more…