April 09 midwest horse digest Page 9
The Baroque Horse Society
and Registry
The popularity of eques- we educate the public and give them an alter-
trian sport, especially competi- native to the modern sport horse and preserve
tion Dressage, has led to the the type of horse from the 16
th
and 17
th
cen-
almost exclusive promotion of turies that were bred and trained from the
European warm bloods for all the Baroque period until the present for classical
Olympic and World disciplines. riding and driving. The Baroque Horse Society
Even the modern Baroque breed and Registry is actively promoting Clinics,
registries such as the Friesian, Horse Shows and Demonstrations including
Lusitano/ Andalusian and the an awards program through USDF/USEF
Lippizan have started to make sanctioned events and a High Point Horse of
changes to their breeding pro- the Year for those competing at Open Shows.
grams to accommodate modern For more information please write: The
In the year trends. Breeds are becoming much larger in Baroque Horse, 507 Broad Street, #121, Lake
1999, as we size and their movement is changing to meet Geneva, Wisconsin 53147, USA
embarked on the criteria similar to most warm blood registries. If .262 3250283 cell* 262 249 8996 Fax *
new millennia, The we are to preserve Classical Equitation and www.Baroquehorse.com (under construction).
Baroque Horse the Baroque style of horse , it is imperative that
Society and
Registry was
formed to fill a void
in the equine world. A registry was needed to
record, promote and recreate the type of horse
used and produced during the Baroque era. To
do this, old bloodlines and modern ones, who
have maintained a Baroque type will be used.
Paintings of these horses hang on
the walls of art galleries and museums in all
the major cities of the world.
The only horses today that resem-
ble these incredible steeds of yesteryear are
the Andalusian/Lusitano, the Lipizzaner, the
Kladruber, the Knappstruber, the Friesian and
more recently some of the Gypsy and Drum
horses. Some modern breeds like the Morgan,
the American Saddlebred and the National
Show Horse exhibit many of the Baroque char-
acteristics and will be used for breeding of the
New Baroque Horse. For example; the
Palomino, Buckskin, and Pinto coat colours
will be reintroduced to the horses of Spanish
descent as these colours have almost com-
pletely been bred out in the modern Spanish
horse. Appaloosa spotted colouring, once
prevalent in Iberian horses, will be reproduced
using Knappstruppers from Denmark, Tiger
horses and American Appaloosas.
A gaited division will be maintained
and promoted, as at one time, the Spanish
Horse was gaited and is the forefather of most
gaited modern breeds. Peruvian Pasos, Paso
Finos, Tiger Horses, Missouri Fox Trotters,
Spotted Saddle Horses and Tennessee
Walkers of Baroque type will be used as
breeding stock.
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