If one has a Lipizzan cross, how does that affect the riding and instruction that must be used?
Depends on the cross--how Lipp-like it is. Usually they're a bit more forgiving and a bit less demanding. Usually. But they still do better if you ride them Vienna style. (Which is true of most horses anyway.)
Keed is different from the purebreds in some ways. He doesn't care who rides him as long as they ride him right. He's a smitch more flighty, a little more inclined to go eek at any excuse, but he's also an awesome trail horse, very savvy and sane. He's a classic Half-Arab: Evil, wicked, and 'way too smart for his own good. He's tougher than the Lipps, can take more crap, and will give as good as he gets. In that he's very much like his full Arab siblings, and his niece, who is half Arab and half Warmblood, is just like him.
The big difference between the Lipps and the crosses, that I've observed, is that the crosses tend to be a little more versatile in what they want to do. A Lipp will do anything you point him at, but put him in a dressage arena and he's like a cowpony in front of a herd of cattle: he's home. The cross may feel about the same if he's in a dressage arena, a roping arena (if he's half QH), on a jumping course, on the trail, or anywhere else. He just likes to be out doing things with his human.
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Date: 2004-04-13 08:50 pm (UTC)Depends on the cross--how Lipp-like it is. Usually they're a bit more forgiving and a bit less demanding. Usually. But they still do better if you ride them Vienna style. (Which is true of most horses anyway.)
Keed is different from the purebreds in some ways. He doesn't care who rides him as long as they ride him right. He's a smitch more flighty, a little more inclined to go eek at any excuse, but he's also an awesome trail horse, very savvy and sane. He's a classic Half-Arab: Evil, wicked, and 'way too smart for his own good. He's tougher than the Lipps, can take more crap, and will give as good as he gets. In that he's very much like his full Arab siblings, and his niece, who is half Arab and half Warmblood, is just like him.
The big difference between the Lipps and the crosses, that I've observed, is that the crosses tend to be a little more versatile in what they want to do. A Lipp will do anything you point him at, but put him in a dressage arena and he's like a cowpony in front of a herd of cattle: he's home. The cross may feel about the same if he's in a dressage arena, a roping arena (if he's half QH), on a jumping course, on the trail, or anywhere else. He just likes to be out doing things with his human.