YORBA LINDA When Valerie Vilardi and her daughter Alexandria traveled to Spain to find their first Andalusian eight years ago, they rode 150 horses and brought home two. Since then, the Vilardis have ...
The Andalusian horse is an ancient breed that can trace its roots all the way back to the time of the Ancient Romans and Greeks. In fact, it’s one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. Renowned for ...
MOLALLA -- The quiet man in the barn with worn hands and a shy grin is near the end of a long journey. On Sept. 29, Pedro Munoz Sanchez, 45, will sit high on the back of one of his Andalusian horses, ...
Ganaderos, or local cowboys, work the edges of the roundup. The thrum of a guitar draws me into a swath of forest where Spanish cowboys are gathering under a golden dusk. Around 30 men pause in a ...
It could be said that the Lipizzaner is the oldest pure-bred horse in Europe. It goes back to the eighth century when the Moors of Arabia conquered Spain and set about ruling their Iberian peninsula ...