The Spanish Riding School, part of the Hofburg Palace complex, is one of the most celebrated riding academies in the world. It carries on a 450-year-old tradition of classical dressage (meticulous, ...

A Lippizaner stallion on the "Long Rein" at Vienna's Spanish Riding School // Photo by Michael Rzepa provided courtesy of the Spanish Riding School Last summer on a transatlantic cruise, I met an ...

AS masters of the Lipizzaners, the world’s most distinguished horse breed, the Spanish Riding School in Vienna celebrated its 450th anniversary with gala performances and a glittering summer ball last ...

For more than 400 years, Vienna has hosted one of the world's most prestigious, and long-lasting schools for horse dressage. Horsemanship, and a culture of precision riding, has been fostered here ...

Capriole Spanish Riding School, Vienna, Austria. How the Lipizzaner developed from a horse bred for war to one bred for performance is the subject of NATURE "Legendary White Stallions." The origins of ...

A petition calling for major changes to the management of the Spanish Riding School Vienna has received almost 12,000 signatures – as concerns are raised about the school’s future. The petition, ...

They are kings of the equine world and the Spanish Riding School of Vienna certainly conquered the hearts of audiences when they pranced their way into Sheffield this weekend. writes Emily Davies.