Library

Welcome to our extensive library. Here you will find articles and newsletter about Andalusian horses as well as information on our favorite hobbies and scientific studies.

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Andalusian and Horse YouTube Videos - see our entire library under the user name "Skyhorse"

• Spanish Vision Farm Andalusians - main farm advertising video

• Most Popular - Lechoso D - Andalusian stallion owned by our friend Juan Espinoza

• Second Most Popular - Keberes D and her foal Hechicera

• Galaxia DD - one of our top producing mares

• Jandira DD - our newest pure black mare

• Indira DD - wonderful daughter of Nobleza D

• Galadriel DD - Remate x Nobleza D

• Donna and Danny - short "dressage" demonstration on gaited Peruvian Paso

• Gaited Endurance Horse - Danny, scenes from a riders viewpoint

• Danny the Dancing Peruvian - famous and controversial footage of Danny doing piaffe and passage

• Khitans Blue Te - buckskin pinto sporthores exported to Dubai

• Herradura Andalusians - promotional video we made for this Andalusian farrm in Texas.

Dog YouTube Videos

• Schutzhund training - Cookie and Donna

• Schutzhund training - Malinois bite work - video by Donna

• German Style Conformation Dog Show - video by Donna

• Snow dogs in Texas Part I - fun on the farm

• Snow Dogs in Texas Part II - more dog fun!

Recommended Andalusian Horse Videos on YouTube

• CABAEX - promotional video of Pura Raza Espanola horses in Spain

• Gineta Spanish Horse Riding - use of haca (gelding) horses in Spain to round up cattle

• Horse Power - the Lusitano Sensation

SPANISH ANDALUSIAN HORSE ARTICLES

Andalusian Horse Bloodlines - Bloodlines - bloodlines and horses - below is an alphabetical list of click on Bloodlines for groupings and short descriptions.

• Adriano DD

• Blacks - An Analysis of American Black Andalusian Bloodlines.

• Adelante II, Grandson of Leviton
• Adentro and Leviton Crosses
• Atenea IX and her Relatives
• Baones Bloodlines from Spain
• Basilio TFA
• Baviero III and the Terry Lines
• Baviero III and his Sire Hosco 1960
• Baviero III and Show Ring Descendants
• Baviero III Offspring
• Baviero III Descendants
• Barquillera IX
• Baviero III Female Lines
• Bolera XXI, Predilicta II, and Heraldica III
• Bolero XXXIX
• Brioso IV
• Brioso IV Offspring
• Capitan XIII
• Cardenas - Famous Cardenas Horses
• Cardenas - Interview with Cardenas

• Cartujano Horses

• Cartujano Horses exported from Spain

• Celtica DD

• Chulo

• Copon
• Corsario IV
• Corsario IV Offspring
• Currier and Ives horses
• Danzarina XIII
• Deseada 1983 - dam of Remate II
• Destinada DD
• Esperanza DD
• Evento's Show Record
• Fandango D
• Fantasia DD
• Favorito D
• Fionna DD
• Founders of the Breed
• Furioso GF
• Galadriel DD
• Galaxia DD
• Gitano MOR
• Gozo de Plata
• Granadino XIV
• Hechicera DD
• Hereje
• Hispano Arabs
• Hosco 1960 Horse Descendents
• Hosco 1960 List of Offspring
• Hosco 1960 and Leviton Bloodlines Crosses
• Iberico D
• Imperioso D
• Incauto CEN
• Indira DD
• Jugueton V - Sire of Remate II
• Keberes D
• Kosmos DD
• Lechoso D
• Leviton
• Leviton in the Book of Merits
• Leviton Famous Descendents
• Leviton - Strength of the Leviton Head
• Nobleza D
• Rebuscada
• Remache XIII
• Remate II
• Romero Benitez bloodlines
• Temerario III
• Vasallo II

Buying Andalusians - Buying and Selling Andalusian Horses - alphabetical list of articles below or click on buying and selling for groupings and short descriptions.

• A Few Thoughts about Imprinting
• Analysis of the Andalusian Horse Market in 2007
• Andalusian Horse Buying Survey
• Are You A Seller or a Buyer?
• Factors that Limit your Selection of an Andalusian Horse to Buy
• Find Your Happy Place. Is There a Livable Medium?
• How to Read the Andalusian Horse Classifieds
• Is YouTube Hurting the Andalusian Horse Breed?
• Market Trends. Through the Looking Glass
• PRE Horses: The Perfect "Touchable" Investments
• Searching for a Young Horse to be Your Dream Horse
• The Decision to Sell
• The Source of Dissatisfaction
• Tricks Used by Horse Sellers Including Andalusian Horse Sellers
• What You Need to Know about Registrations
• What You Should Know about Andalusian Horse Breeders
• Why Yearlings Come Available
• Yearling Clearance Time

Breeding Andalusians - Breeding Andalusian Horses and Half-Andalusians

• Breeding the Hispano Arab Cross
• Inbreeding Vs. Outcrossing
• More Women Turning to Horse Farming (PDF)

Color of Andalusians - Color Articles - Black, bay, buckskin, grey, chestnut ... what is your favorite color?

• No Such Thing as a Black Gene!
• An Analysis of American Black Andalusian Bloodlines.
• Fading and Non-Fading Black Andalusians
• Breeding for Color - A Very Bad Thing
• Black Genetics for Dummies
• Are Negative Breeding Traits in Andalusian Horses Correlated with Coat Color and Carthusian Ancestry?”  (read full PDF here).

Conformation, Structure, and Movement - Conformation and Movement Articles

• American-bred Andalusian Conformation Examples
• Andalusian Breed Standard, Domestics, Imports, and Conformation Faults
• Convex Heads in Breeds of Spanish Descent
• Croup High, Imperfect or Not
• Gothic Chests in Andalusians

• Hanging Lip

• Hock Movement in Andalusians
• Horse Power - the Lusitano Sensation
• How to Tell a Really Bad Andalusian from a Really Good One
• It Is What It Is - Stallion #1  
• It Is What It Is - Stallion #1
• Pinking
• Racial Prototype of the P.R.E. (PDF)
• Skeletal Structure in Andalusians

• Spanish-Bred Vs. American-Bred Conformation Photos

• Ugly Swan Myth

• Why the American Andalusian Horse sometimes Looks like an Arabian

Famous Movie Horses - Andalusians in the Movies

• Jardinero V

Genetics of Andalusians - Genetics - PDF collection of Papers on the Spanish horse

• Andalusian Genetics/Comparison with 4 American Horse Breeds

• Asturcan, Pottoka, and Thoroughbred Genetic Variability

• Comparison of Spanish and Lusitano Genetics 

• Criollo Phenotypic Characteristics

• Genetics in the Carthusian Horse Strain

• Genetic Characterization of the Spanish Trotter Horse

• Genetic Diversity in the Lusitano and Other Breeds

• Genetics of the Mangalarga Marchador

• Genetic Variability and Influence of the Carthusian Strain

• Heritability of Performance in the Spanish Horse

• Iberian Origins of New World Horse Breeds

• Inbreeding in the Carthusian Strain

• Mitochondrial DNA and Origins of Domestic Horse

• Mitochondrial Variability in Criollo, Peruvian, Arabian and Thoroughbred

• Origins of Iberian Horses/Mitochondrial DNA

Grooming Your Andalusian - Grooming - Clipping articles and other helpful grooming information

7 part series on Grooming the Spanish Clip

• Part 1 - Introduction
• Part 2 - Dictionary of Clipping
• Part 3 - IALHA Rules and Spanish Traditions compared
• Part 4 - Schedule - when and who you should clip
• Part 5 - Clipping the foal
• Part 6 - Clipping the yearling
• Part 7 - Clipping older horses

Resources for braiding the mane - links and definitions for hair hair hair and the Andalusian

History of the Andalusian - History - history of the Andalusian horse in the U.S. and abroad

• Differences between “Lusitania” and “Iberia” n Ancient Times

• 1800s News Article Briefs

• 1872 Philip Astley's Spanish Horse

• 1860s News Articles 

• 1890s News Articles

• 1900s News Articles 

• 1960s News Articles

• 1970s News articles

• 1977 Dean Martin and His Horses

• 1980s News Articles

• 1984 IAHA Magazine

• 1988 Horse of Kings Spring Issue
• 1988 Horse of Kings Summer Issue
• 1989 Horse of Kings Spring Issue
• 1988 Horse of Kings Fall Issue
• 1989 Horse of Kings Summer Issue
• 1991 Spring Issue of The Spanish Bit(AAHA)
• 1991 Summer Issue of The Spanish Bit (AAHA)
• 1992 Spring Summer Spanish Bit (AAHA)

• 1992 (February) Horse Illustrated

• 1992 Spanish Bit (AAHA) Winter Issue

• 1992 Spanish Bit Stallions

• 1994 Spanish Bit (AAHA) Spring Issue

• 1994 Spanish Bit (AAHA) Summer Issue

• 1995 (January/February) TIAHA

• 1995 (March/April) TIAHA

• 1995 July/August TIAHA

• 1995 (November/December) IALHA

• 1996 - IALHA Issue #1

• 1996 - IALHA Issue #2

• 1996 - IALHA Issue #3

• 1996 - IALHA Issue #5

• 2000s Andalusian News

• 2007 Horse Illustrated

• 2007 Caballo Andaluz (PDF)
• 2007 (March/April) El Caballo Espanol (PDF)

• 2008 Attendance Down at IALHA Nationals

• 2010 - Summer Update on the Associations

Newsletters - Newsletter - historical news from the Farm

• 2007 Success
• April 2006
• December 2006
• February 2005
• November 2005
• October 2005
• March 2002

Revision by Spain - Revision - the Spanish Revision/Inscription Process

• A Filly Whose Mother is Not Revised and Cannot Find the Birth Certificate
• Lost Paperwork with FAB-PRE-USA
• Am I Obligated to Stay with the Foundation?How Do I Know If a Horse Is Revised? What if One Parent is Dead?
• Definition of a PRE - Past and Present
• FAB-PRE-USA - the website from 2003 to 2008
• Is the Foundation Making Their Own Registry and Which Organization Should I Join?
• Limitations on the Number of Offspring a Stallion Can Produce
• The History of the True PRE Horse - Intro
• The History of the True PRE Horse - Part 1
• The History of the True PRE Horse - Part 2
• The History of the True PRE Horse - Part 3
• The Three Levels of Revision
• Why Some Horse Breeders/Owners Do Not Follow Revision
• Where is Revision Held and by Whom?
• 2000 - FAB-PRE-USA Attempts to Obtain Protocol with Spain
• 2000 IALHA Supported Revision
• 2000 Spain Accepts FAB-PRE-USA
• 2000 Instructions for Inscriptions by FAB-PRE-USA - 2002 Revision is Coming in 2002
• 2002 Revision Itinerary
• 2003 FAB-PRE-USA launches website
• 2003 U.S. Vets Can Conduct Inscriptions
• 2004 New show rules (PDF)
• 2006 The Foundation Announces Coming Changes
• 2006 Chronology of Events in 2006
• 2007 ANCCE Keeps Promise
• 2007 FAB-PRE-USA
• 2007 News from FAB Regarding Cartas
• 2007 ANCCE Works Directly with US Breeders
• 2007 ANCCE's Argument with MELPI
• 2007 Foundation Signs Protocol with Spain
• 2007 ANCCE Letter
• 2007 Foundation Withdraws from ANCCE
• 2007 Letter from MAPA to Barbara Currie
• 2007 California Breeders Invite ANCCE
• 2007 Chronology of Events in 2007
• 2008 Letter from president of ANCCE (PDF)
• 2008 ANCCE Begins Talks with USPRE
• 2008 Foundation Seeks to Start New Registry
• 2008 Letter from Barbara Currie
• 2008 Revision in California and Washington
• 2008 When is a PRE a PRE?
• 2008 USPRE Takes Stand against the Foundation
• 2008 The Connelly's Speak Out Against ANCCE
• 2008 ANCCE Need Info
• 2008 ANCCE Denounces the Foundation
• 2008  People in Spain Talk about ANCCE
• 2008 ANCCE Posts Message Regarding Meetings
• 2008 The Foundation's History with Spain
• 2008 Spanish Revision  Event in California
• 2008 Spanish Revision Comes to Texas
• 2008 USPRE Events Around the Country
• 2008 Announcement by Email for Revision
• 2008 Instructions for Hosting Revision
• 2008 Instructions for Making Payment to ANCCE
• 2008 Trends during the Summer of 2008
• 2008 Revision to be Hosted at IALHA Nationals
• 2008 ANCCE Opens Office in Miami, Florida
• 2009 - July/August Issue of Caballo - president of ANCCE sends strong message to Foundation (PDF).

Shows - Showing Andalusians - horse show results, essays.

• Andalusian Horses Welcome in the Spring at Rainbow Royal Horse Show (PDF)
• Celebration 2006
• Champion Show Horse Dies in South Point Ring (PDF)
• Champions of the 1980s in the U.S.
• Horse Show Records
• Not Horsing Around, Local Stallion Selected One of the Best Andalusians in the World (PDF)
• Pin Oak 2006
• SWALHC Show
• SWALHC Show held with Foundation Show
• 2001 IALHA Unofficial Results
• 2002 IALHA Results
• 2005 IALHA Results
• 2006 SWALHC Show Results

• 2008 IALHA Results, You Be the Judge.

• 2009 IALHA Show Program (PDF)

Spanish Traditions - Traditions - Spanish horse traditions that come from Spain

• Arabians and the Yeguada Militar
• Acoso & Deribo for Spanish Horses

ART, LITERATURE, and Photography

Art and Literature - featuring Andalusians and others

• Paintings and Drawings by Donna
• The Broodmare's Prayer
• Horse Quotations
• Original Poetry
• A Little Town Called Shady Shores

Photography and Illustrations - original artwork

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING

Environmental Science - As an environmental scientist, one of my tasks is to conduct ecological risk assessments. This section will include links and downloads of valuable resources.

• Ecological Risk Assessment Links

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