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Show CRT CREATE ests = eke Ee toi ee a ON Ge io Se eess im a CERAM ie wees Waniverary Tour with an starving refugees attempted to eae ~ ture new music and ‘choreography the horses for food. _as well as routines that emphasis the a person, ‘looks at - Coincidentally, ‘elements af the - ” hidotieal ‘background and foundaU.S. Third Army moved into St. tion of the horse from its original Lipizza ner Stallions Martin’s.at the. time Podhajsky had breeding and use as a horse of war, ély to see a majestic . . quartered® the horses there at the to a horse of nobility and aristocracy, estate of a friend. An officer recogto a living form of equestrian art. animal, one with grace and beaunized Podhajsky and the stallions, The show emulates the Spanish and sent word to General Patton’s _ Riding School of Vienna, Austria, in Ve an. animal. ‘that has peer headquarters. Patton and Podhajsky its presentation of Lipizzans, in that had been old friends; they competed described. as! “the nimble dancer,” it maintains a traditional performtogether in equestrian events at the ance. Loe 3 the “aerialist of the equestrian Olympic Games. Also included in the perform- Podhajsky arranged to sine the -ance is a segment titled the “Airs world.” What one will not see is Lipizzans to Undersecretary of War Above the Ground.” _ These are | the colorful history and culture of Robert - Patterson and General leaps and maneuvers once used by Ai & state slowly. Occasionally they are afforded this idle time to wait as the inevitable hue transfor- : “mation takes place. The stallions train for an average of four years beginning at the age of 3 or 4. Dave King, Master of Ceremonies and. Performance Director for over 11 years states that the stallions are “late bloomers.” this noble creature. Waiting until that age allows the -horses “bones to harden and the It is believed that the forerunin muscles to strengthen,” added King. than 2,000 years They then go on to perform at the ago. Soon after, they became almost exclusively the property of nobility age of 7 or 8. There is a popular saying at the Spanish Riding School according to King, “Older horses ner of the Lipizzan Carthage more a Lipizzaner- ‘colt is born pure white, but they are rarities. Most often they are born black and change gradually through a perriod.of 6 to 10 years to their final shade. As their average life span is 30 to 35 years, was bred and the military aristocracy. The Lipizzaner Stallions were originally train young riders, and older riders trained for battle. Their grand leaps train young horses.” The training is “a lifelong process for hose and foot soldiers. The gentle intelligent mares became the epget horses of the elite. rider.” Once on the road moderate training continues with the riders TMT and well-born riders threatened the This Friday residents will have a chance to see these great stallions as they perform in their 31st outside before each show and going through a light rehearsal. é The Lipizzaner Stallions are ne | ' me by many terms depicting their snowy color, they come into this TUT I £ iE While these horses are known all-new : = production. The production will fea- ake Rat? ry i ¥ e Martin’ s in Upper Austria, 200 miles from Vienna: Food was scarce and Anniversary Tour at the McKay born performers and unlike many Events Center in Orem at 7:30 p.m. According to the official Lippizzaner web site, General George S. Patton is likely responsible for saving this extraordinary breed of stallion. In April 1945, the efforts of the 42nd Squadron of the United States Army’s 2nd Calvary were called upon to rescue and pre- animal shows these horses are trained with respect and kindness. According to the Lippizzaner web serve the Lipizzans. The rescue of the horses was conducted under orders from General Patton. | In early 1945, Vienna was under attack by allied bombers, Colonel Alois Podjahsky, head of the famed Spanish Riding School in Vienna, feared the valuable stallions would be destroyed and arranged for them to be transferred by train to St. washing and brushing the stallions site, the stallion is renowned as the world’s greatest exponent of dres- sage. Dressage is the art of perfecting the natural gait. Mutual appreciPatton the following day. Patterson and Patton were so impressed by the performance of these aristocratic white horses that the General, at the request of Podhajsky, promised to make the stallions wards of the U.S. Army until they could be safely returned to their home at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The coming Lipizzaner to Utah Stallions on their are 31st riders in saddle to protect defend themselves on the and battle- field. Only stallions with the greatest strength, talent and athletic ability were chosen for training in these ation leads to obedience, where delicate interchanges of subtle signals render obvious yet invisible commu- nication. The law of dressage is centuries old. Xenophon, noted Greek histori- tour features 11 stallions, and while an and military leader, created the art in Greece in 400 B.C. Xenophon the Lipizzans star in this presentation, other show breeds are includ- stated an exact principle. “If one induces the horse to assume that ancient maneuvers. 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