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The South African Lipizzaners is the name of a riding academy that operates according to the classical model in Kyalami, Midrand (Gauteng), South Africa. In contrast to other classical riding schools, only women ride and train the 40 Lipizzaner stallions. Public performances take place every week on Sundays. There is also an affiliated stud farm that provides horses for the academy as well as preserving a valuable genetic outcross pool for European studs.

The roots of the South African Lipizzaners trace to two individuals, both immigrants to South Africa who were each born in Eastern Europe: Horse breeder Count Elemér Janković-Bésán de Pribér-Vuchin of Hungary and horse trainer Major George Iwanowski of Poland.

Janković-Bésán
The Janković-Bésán family was long known as influential breeders of Lipizzan horses. The animals they bred included Tulipan, founder of the foundation bloodline of the same name. They also preserved an important branch of the Pluto bloodline. About 1890, the family stud farm at Terezovac (now in Croatia), an part of the Janković-Bésán estate, was split up because of an inheritance issue. As a result, a second stud was founded in Cabuna, not far from Terezovac. After the resolution of yet another dispute over the Slavonian property of the Janković-Bésáns in the late 1920s, the horse breeding operation then moved to Öreglak in Hungary. In 1944, the owner of the stud, Count Janković-Bésán, was forced to flee Hungary due to the advance of the Red Army. He left with eight Lipizzans: six mares and two stallions. He first went to Sünching, Germany, where his parents' stud farm was located, and then he fled with his horses to Dorset, England, arriving at Christmas 1946 at the property of Lord Digby. Then, in December, 1948, Janković-Bésán brought the horses to South Africa where he setteled in Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal.

Iwanowski
Major George Iwanowski (born 13. March 1907, died 28. May 2008), a former Polish cavalry officer, set up the tradition of classical horsemanship in South Africa on his own. Iwanowski was born on the property of his family in Lebiodka, Poland (today Byelorussia). He earned a degree at the College of Agriculture in Warsaw. In his dissertation, he wrote about horse breeding. After two years as an assistant manager of the Polish National Stud in Bogusławice, he finished cavalry school and went into the army. After the Second World War he took over Gestüt Lauvenburg in Rhineland for two years. Then he went to South Africa. He and Josy Hicks founded Centaur Stables in Johannesburg. This later became the first home of the South African Lipizzaners.

The academy and breeding program
The relationship between Janković-Bésán's horses and the training talents of Iwanowski began in 1951, when the two men met at the royal Agricultural show in Pietermaritzburg. Janković-Bésán then invited Iwanowski to his farm in Mooi River, and offered Iwanowski the Lipizzan stallion Maestoso Erdem for training. Iwanowski trained the stallion up to the Haute ecole level.

Later Janković-Bésán had to sell his herd, which then consisted of 6 stallions, 9 mares and 3 fillies, for financial reasons. They were purchased by Jack and Angela Irvin. About 1972, the Irvins went to Vienna and imported the stallion Maestoso Palmira to add new blood to the herd in order to prevent inbreeding. They later imported another stallion to use as an outcross, Siglavy Savona. However, the Lipizzan stallions and mares in South Africa are still direct descendants of the original six mares and two stallions. The stud now has up to 20 breeding mares, and has become a genetic outcross pool for European studs, because these bloodlines were cut off for several generations from the rest of the world.

Jack Irvin was also the head of the company National Chemical Products, which became the first sponsor of the South African Lipizzaners, and the company continued its sponsorship until 1978.

In the mid-1950s, George Iwanowski met Colonel Hans Handler, who at the time was second in command at the Spanish Riding School. Handler began to travel to South Africa once a year to help Iwanowski with the planning, the choreography and the training for the performance. The first public performances of the South African Lipizzaners was in 1957. There were 4 riders. Other than Iwanowski, all riders at the academy were women. Some riders of the first graduating class were Mietie of Hartesveldt, Margie Widman, Ann Sutton, Lynn Jarmen, Gill Meyer, Anne Webb, Ania Glintenkamp, Eva Sydow, Carol Kretszchmar, Maureen Quinn, Helen Dalgliesh and Valerie Welsh.

Other staff of the Spanish Riding School continued to travel to South Africa to further develop the program. Chief Rider Ignaz Lauscha’s first trip to teach in South Africa was in January 1976, later on Rider Ernst Bachinger, Chief Rider Hubert Eichinger and Chief Rider Andreas Hausberger helped to train the stallions and riders.

External Links and references

 * http://www.lipizzaners.co.za/ lipizzaners.co.za
 * http://horsesanddressage.multiply.com/photos/album/138/Lipizzan_Center_South_Africa

Translation from the Internet
The South African Lipizzaners are a riding academy according to classical model in Kyalami, Midrand (Gauteng) in South Africa. In contrast to other classical riding academies, only women ride and coach 40 Lipizzaner stallions. Weekly public images of the high school take place. History [treatment]

About 1890 a Lipizzanerherde from Terezovac (Croatia), an estate of the family Jankovi ć-Bésán, because of an inheritance was separated. In Cabuna (not far from Terezovac) the second Gestüt was founded. After the resolution of the slawonischen property of the Jankovi ć-Bésáns, in the end of the 1920-s, the breeding was moved to Hungary, namely to Öreglak. In 1944 there fled count Elemér Jankovi ć-Bésán de Pribér-Vuchin with six Lipizzaner mares and two Lipizzaner stallions of Öreglak. About Sünching where the Gestüt of his parents was the escape went to Dorset where the horses were put to Christmas 1946 on the property by lord Digby. Jankovi ć-Bésán brought to Christmas 1948 the horses then to South Africa where he to itself in Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal lowered. Major George Iwanowski, a former Polish cavalry officer, the tradition of the classical horsemanship started to set up alone in South Africa. Iwanowski was born on the property of his family in Lebiodka, East Poland (today Byelorussia). He did a doctorate on the college for agriculture in Warsaw. In his dissertation he wrote about horse breeding. After two years as a vice manager in the Polish Nationalgestüt Bogusławice he finished the cavalry school and went to the army. After the Second World War he took over for two years the Gestüt castle Lauven in Rhineland. Then he went to South Africa. He and Josy Hicks founded the Centaur Stables in Johannesburg, the first home of the South African Lipizzaners. In 1951 count Jankovi ć-Bésán Georg Iwanowski on the royal Agricultural met show in castle Pietermaritz and invited him on his farm in Mooi River and offered to him the Lipizzanerhengst Maestoso Erdem to the training. Iwanowski trained the stallion up to the high school. Later Jankovi ć-Bésán had to sell his whole Lipizzanerzucht for financial reasons. Beside Iwanowski were all the other riders women. Some riders of the first hour are Mietie of Hartesveldt, Margie Widman, Ann Sutton, Lynn Jarmen, Gill Meyer, Anne Webb, Ania Glintenkamp, Eva Sydow, Carol Kretszchmar, Maureen Quinn, Helen Dalgliesh and Valerie Welsh. The Lipizzaner stallions and Li mares in South Africa are direct descendants of these six mares and two stallions. The South African Lipizzaners lead a Gestüt with up to 20 breeding mares, a genetic pool for European Gestüte, because the breeding was cut off long time by the rest of the world. Literature [treatment]

George Iwanowski: You and Your Horse. Shuter & Shooter, in 1987, ISBN 0869859714. George Iwanowski: The White Stallions of Kyalami. Purnell, Cape Town and New York 1977, ISBN 0868430013.

original german version
Die South African Lipizzaners sind eine Reitschule nach klassischem Vorbild in Kyalami, Midrand (Gauteng) in Südafrika.

Im Gegensatz zu anderen klassischen Reitschulen, reiten und trainieren nur Frauen die 40 Lipizzaner-Hengste.

Öffentliche Vorstellungen der Hohen Schule finden wöchentlich statt.

Geschichte
Um 1890 wurde eine Lipizzanerherde aus Terezovac (Kroatien), einer Besitzung der Familie Janković-Bésán, wegen einer Erbschaft getrennt. In Cabuna (unweit von Terezovac) wurde ein zweites Gestüt gegründet. Nach der Auflösung des slawonischen Eigentums der Janković-Bésáns, Ende der 1920-er Jahre, wurde die Zucht nach Ungarn verlegt, und zwar nach Öreglak. 1944 flüchtete Graf Elemér Janković-Bésán de Pribér-Vuchin mit sechs Lipizzaner-Stuten und zwei Lipizzaner-Hengsten von Öreglak. Über Sünching, wo sich das Gestüt seiner Eltern befand, ging die Flucht nach Dorset, wo die Pferde zu Weihnachten 1946 auf dem Anwesen von Lord Digby eingestellt wurden. Zu Weihnachten 1948 brachte Janković-Bésán die Pferde dann nach Südafrika wo er sich in Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal nieder ließ.

Major George Iwanowski, ein ehemaliger polnischer Kavallerieoffizier, begann im Alleingang die Tradition der Klassischen Reitkunst in Südafrika zu etablieren. Iwanowski wurde auf dem Anwesen seiner Familie in Lebiodka, Ost-Polen (heute Weißrussland), geboren. Er promovierte auf der Hochschule für Landwirtschaft in Warschau. In seiner Diplomarbeit schrieb er über Pferdezucht. Nach zwei Jahren als Vize-Direktor am polnischen Nationalgestüt Bogusławice absolvierte er die Kavallerie-Schule und ging zur Armee. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg übernahm er für zwei Jahre das Gestüt Lauvenburg im Rheinland. Danach ging er nach Südafrika. Er und Josy Hicks gründeten die Centaur Stables in Johannesburg, dem ersten Zuhause der South African Lipizzaners.

1951 traf Graf Janković-Bésán Georg Iwanowski auf der Royal Agricultural Show in Pietermaritzburg und lud ihn auf seine Farm in Mooi River ein und bot ihm den Lipizzanerhengst Maestoso Erdem zum Training an. Iwanowski bildete den Hengst bis zur Hohen Schule aus. Später musste Janković-Bésán seine gesamte Lipizzanerzucht aus finanziellen Gründen verkaufen.

Neben Iwanowski waren alle anderen Reiter Frauen. Einige Reiterinnen der ersten Stunde sind Mietie von Hartesveldt, Margie Widman, Ann Sutton, Lynn Jarmen, Gill Meyer, Anne Webb, Ania Glintenkamp, Eva Sydow, Carol Kretszchmar, Maureen Quinn, Helen Dalgliesh und Valerie Welsh.

Die Lipizzaner-Hengste und -Stuten in Südafrika sind direkte Nachkommen dieser sechs Stuten und zwei Hengste. Die South African Lipizzaners führen ein Gestüt mit bis zu 20 Zuchtstuten, ein Genpool für europäische Gestüte, da die Zucht lange Zeit vom Rest der Welt abgeschnitten war.

Literatur

 * George Iwanowski: You and Your Horse. Shuter & Shooter, 1987, ISBN 0869859714.
 * George Iwanowski: The White Stallions of Kyalami. Purnell, Cape Town und New York 1977, ISBN 0868430013.

Weblinks

 * Offizielle Homepage (englisch)

South African Lipizzaners