General Listing Information
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| Breed: | Horse > Andalusian |
| Breeder: | Joe Skelton |
| Location: | Arvada, CO |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, Feb 17,2010 |
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Detailed Listing Information
Description of Pet
MELENA SMDR is a beautiful 2-yr-old grey Pure Spanish Filly Inscribed in the Spanish Stud Book. Her sire, DECOROSO SMDR, is a National Champion Halter, Reserve Functionality National Champion, and one of the highest performing Dressage Horses in the US. She has marvelous movements and a great temperament. She is 14.3h and will mature above 15.1h. This is a great opportunity to get a Pure Spansih/Andalusian Filly. You can see more on our web page at www.skeltonpurespanishhorses.com. For questions, e-mail: smdrllc@aol.com or phone: 970-482-1954
Vital Details
Gender: Female
Available: 20
Estimated cost-to-own: $10.00
About The Breed
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The Andalusian horse is one of the purest breeds of horses in the world today. It is also known as PRE (Pura Raza Española) in most countries because of the work done by the Spanish studbook in promoting the pure bred horses around the world. It is one of the two sub-breeds of the Iberian horses, and extremely similar to the closely related Lusitano breed.
Andalusians have been used for all manner of riding horses, and were the preferred mount of kings over many centuries. They excel in high school dressage and are used in cattle work and bullfighting in their native Spain. They are highly intelligent and learn very quickly.
Partbred Andalusians are popular as sport horses in most countries. They also excel at dressage and are used for show jumping and other equestrian activities.
Andalusian horses are found in a number of colours although the most common colour is [[gray (horse)|grey]. It is estimated that 80% of Andalusians are grey. There are also purebreds who are bay, black and chestnut. Other colours, such as palomino, are not regarded as a legal colour for purebreds in most countries, as the presence of the dilution gene that creates the colour is considered evidence of crossbreeding.
Andalusians are compact horses, yet very elegant. Their legs are clean, with good bone, and they have a high, round action, which makes them particularly suitable for Haute École (or High School) Dressage. They usually have a large head with a convex profile, short cannons, a long, sloping shoulder, and a long, flowing mane and tail.
