stallions: Wilbur, this is not your ordinary horse of course! - 06/11/12 12:03 PM

While living in Vienna, Austria the Spanish Riding School was one of my most favorite destinations.  To be able to sit ringside and watch the fabulous Lippizzan Stallions going through their drills convinced me that these horses are among the most magnificent creatures on this earth.  Their history is dramatic and almost unbelievable and this link http://www.lipizzaner.com/home.asp  goes into depth about their past and miraculous rescue during World War II by General George Patton. 
 
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