IN THE SUMMER, TEMPEL FARMS IN WADSWORTH OPENS ITS GATES TO THE DANCING WHITE
STALLION.
>>
OUR PROGRAM HERE IS CLOSELY PATTERNED TO THE ONE YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE AT THE SPANISH RIDING
SCHOOL IN VIENNA.
MOST PEOPLE IDENTIFY THE
LIPIZZANS, PROBABLY WELL-KNOWN
AND WELL DESERVED WITH THAT
BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY BREED IN
THE EXISTENCE WHERE THESE
MOVEMENTS ARE PERFORMED WITH.
>> THEY ARE THE RESULT OF A
SELECTED BREEDING PROGRAM BEGAN
IN AUSTRIA OVER 400 YEARS AGO.
KNOWN FOR THEIR STRENGTH, GRACE,
AND INTELLIGENCE, LIPIZZANS HAVE
ALSO BECOME FAMOUS FOR THEIR
BALLET PERFORMANCES THAT ONCE
ENTERTAINED THE COURTS OF
EUROPE.
>> THESE MOVEMENTS WERE
CULTIVATED IN MID EVIL TIMES AS
BATTLE TECHNIQUES.
THEN REFINED TO THE PRESENT
PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE THE LEVAUT WHERE THE
HORSE RAISES OFF THE GROUND WITH
ITS FOUR LEGS.
WE HAVE CAPRIELLE, THE HORSE
JUMPS INTO THE AIR, STRIKES OUT
WITH HIS HIND LEGS.
>> THESE PERFORMING LIPIZZANS
ARE PART OF A HERD THAT BEGAN IN
1958 WHEN INDUSTRIALIST TEMPEL
SMITH IMPORTED 20 LIPIZZANS TO
ILLINOIS.
HE BECAME THE FIRST PRIVATE
CITIZEN IN FOUR CENTURIES TO
ESTABLISH A H.
ERD HORSES OUTSIDE OF EUROPE.
THEY ARE BORN WITHOUT COLORING.
>> THIS IS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF
THE LIPIZZANS. MOST OF THEM ARE
BORN BROWN, DARK BROWN, SOME ARE
EVEN BLACK.
ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THEY
ALL CHANGE TO THE WHITE AT
AROUND TEN TO TWELVE YEARS OLD
OF AGE.
THE THEY MATURE LATE, BUT LAST
LONGER THAN MOST OTHER BREEDS.
SO WE HAVE COMPARED TO OTHER
BREEDS, RELATIVELY LATE START.
>> THE TEMPERAMENT IS
EXCEPTIONALLY PLEASING COMPARED
WITH STALLIONS OF MOST OTHER
BREEDS.
TRADITIONALLY WE USE STALLIONS
FOR PERFORMANCE.
AND THEY ALL HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE A DEGREE
OF INTELLIGENCE THAT I BELIEVE
SETS THEM APART FROM OTHER
BREEDS.
WE MAINTAIN APPROXIMATELY A HERD
OF A HUNDRED HORSES AT THIS
TIME.
AND THE HORSES THAT ARE IN
TRAINING IS USUALLY IS USUALLY
ABOUT 25 HORSES.
OF THESE 25 HORSE, ABOUT 15 TO
20 ARE BEING PARTICIPATING.
FOR A SHORT TIME EACH SUMMER. TEMPEL FARMS INVITES THE PUBLIC TO WITNESS A BIT OF EUROPEAN
PAGEANTRY, AS THEY PERFORM THE
HIGH ART OF CLASSICAL DESAUGE,
WHICH BEGINS WITH THE SHOWING OF
THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE HERD.
>> THEN THE SHOW PROGRESSES
THROUGH A YOUNG STAN STALLION
PROGRAM, SOLO PERFORMANCE THAT
SHOWS STEPS AND MOVEMENTS SUCH
AS LIKE THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND
COMPETITION.
IT HAS THE LONG RANGE
PERFORMANCE WHICH A HORSE GUIDED
BY A TRAINER FROM THE GROUND
SHOWS ALL THESE MOVEMENTS
WITHOUT BEING MOUNTED.
AND TIMELY ENDS WITH A DRILL
WHERE ON THE AVERAGE SIX HORSES
PERFORM IN UNISON.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A STEADY INCREASE OVER THE YEARS OF HORSE LOVERS AND MANY PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
REALLY KNOW THE TECHNICALITIES
OF THE SHOW, BUT NEVER THE LESS
HAVE ENJOYED THE SHOW VERY, VERY
MUCH.
>> AFTERWARDS, THE STABLES ARE
OPEN FOR THE GUESTS TO TOUR.
IT IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE THESE MAGNIFICENT ANIMALS UP
CLOSE, AND A GREAT WAY TO SPEND
THE SUMMER AFTERNOON.
>> IT IS ALSO SAVES A TRIP TO
VIENNA, AUSTRIA!
FOR DATES AND TYPES THE LIPIZZANS ARE PERFORMING CALL (847)623-7272.