| The andalusian horse has existed since the beginning | | | | Almost all horses you see in films are andalusian |
| of times. Horses from the Iberian peninsula were | | | | horses and most horses that you see in circus and |
| famous for being excellent war horses already about | | | | other spectacular shows are also Andalusians. |
| 500 BC. but evidence of the existence of the Iberian | | | | The Carthusian monks were good business men and |
| equine can be found in cave paintings on the peninsula, | | | | very good horse breeders. They were the ones that |
| that date back to 20.000 -30.000 years before Christ. | | | | started the first studbooks of the breed and continued |
| The Andalusian has had its own studbook since the | | | | to excel the breed. They are the founders of the so |
| 1400s and so becomes one of the oldest breeds. | | | | called Cartujano bloodline within the P.R.E. studbook, |
| The king Filip the second of Spain was a great horse | | | | that is thought to be the purest lineage of the |
| lover and he stands out in the making of the | | | | Andalusian horse. But one of the most important things |
| Andalusian breed. He had read the great Greek | | | | that they did apart from breeding the horses were |
| philosopher Xenophon's scriptures about the perfect | | | | trading them, and already by the mid 1500 the |
| horse, descendant from the four elements; earth, wind, | | | | Andalusian horses were famous in all of Europe. |
| fire and water. So Filip embarked on creating what | | | | Although these horses were rare you could find one in |
| was to become the most expensive and beautiful | | | | most royal courts in northern Europe. |
| horse in Europe. | | | | Today the andalusian horse continues to be one of the |
| He wanted to create an equine as beautiful and good | | | | most sought after breeds of horse and it still carries |
| natured as the earth, supple as water, fast as the wind | | | | the nobleness of past times. The Andalusian horse is a |
| and explosive as fire and I must say that he | | | | mediums sized horse that stands between 157 and |
| succeeded in his mission. The Spanish horse is namely | | | | 167 cm tall at the wither. If it gets too big it looses |
| all that. He is gentle but tough, high spirited and | | | | some of it's agility, and that is not desirable as one of |
| courageous, intelligent, willing and breathtakingly | | | | the key traits this horse has is its compact easy to |
| beautiful. He also maintains his cool in the most | | | | collect conformation. |
| stressful of situations. | | | | |