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  • noun a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage

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Examples

  • For hundreds of years, the Lippizaner horses have been escorted inside the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna to train each winter day.

    Waltzing Fever Is Afoot Patti McCracken 2010

  • She is Elisabeth Gürtler-Mauthner, managing director of the esteemed Hotel Sacher, and head of the Spanish Riding School (with all the Lippizaner horses).

    Waltzing Fever Is Afoot Patti McCracken 2010

  • I've worked the Royal Lippizaner show when it came to my area several years ago.

    Skip this one 2006

  • Some months ago on the White House lawn, Ronald Reagan accepted Austria's gift (whether or not looking it in the mouth) of a Lippizaner called 'Amadeus.'

    B-flat Movie Craft, Robert 1985

  • New York City is the proud home of basketball and ice hockey teams, the favorite site of certain track events, the first port of call of Lippizaner stallions, Russian bears and Scottish bagpipers.

    Murder Without Icing Lathen, Emma, pseud 1972

  • I might not have fallen so madly in love with the voice of a total stranger, if my grandfather hadn't fallen from a circus wagon and been trampled into Polish sausage by Lippizaner stallions and rogue elephants.

    EVIL EDITOR 2009

  • On Friday 18th I went to the Spanish Riding school to see the famous Lippizaner Stallions.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • Went to Lipica to see the Lippizaner horses performed with classical music.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • And while I understood the comedy of it, it never really clicked until today’s episode of The Martha Stewart Show, when one of the famous Lippizaner horses took a mighty, beautiful dump on the Martha Stewart set.

    UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK: Martha Poo-wart for Hay-Mart | Best Week Ever 2007

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