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may keep these lines “pure” in their breeding programs, combine the different bloodlines within their own lines, or mix with other lineages to achieve certain goals.
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Popular Blend Within the Lusitano breed great affection is cast upon the “Veiga-Andrade” cross to produce exceptional dressage horses. The mystique surrounding the cross says it brings about a horse with the sensitivity to the leg, the collection and “sitting” ability for high level dressage through the Veiga horses with the elegance and grace of modern dressage gaits through the Andrade horses. However, good things
are never that simple. Manuel Veiga and Dr. Ruy D’Andrade were
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reeding usitano
A QUEST FOR THE MODERN DRESSAGE HORSE
The growing popularity and respect for Lusitanos in the dressage arena invites breeders, buyers and sellers to acknowledge that some lines or combination of bloodlines are superior in the movement and trainability for dressage.
he four main breeding lineages recognized by the Lusitano Stud Book founded in Portugal in 1967 are: Veiga (MV), Andrade (RA or SA), Alter Real (AR) horses and the Coudelaria Nacional (CN). Lusitano breeders
Portuguese breeders whose families have produced Lusitano horses through several bloodlines and for a variety of uses from dressage to bullfights to working equitation. For that reason, a deeper look at the cross begs the question of which Veiga line mixes well with which Andrade horse? Which of their bloodlines produce horses for which discipline?
The Veigas Over 180 years ago the Coudelaria Veiga was founded by Rafael José da Cunha in Golegã, home of the famed annual horse fair, and carried on by his nephew Manual Veiga. Since then the breeding operation had stayed within its own bloodlines for eight generations. While the following description is a reflection of an earlier time and peppered with a breeder’s pride, it gives an idea of what the first Manual Veiga pursued in his breeding: “Nervous, full of gallantry, so obedient they seem to outguess the rider’s intentions; high thin head,
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