The Lipik Stud ( hr, Ergela Lipik) is a

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horse national breeding

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located in

Lipik Lipik is a town in western Slavonia, in the Požega-Slavonia County of northeastern Croatia. It is known for its spas, mineral water and Lipizzaner stables. Settlements The settlements included in the administrative area of Lipik include: * A ...

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. The Stud originated in 1843 as

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Izidor Janković built large

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s on his estate. Today it comprises approximately 106

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s in the western part of the Town of Lipik, with a total of 74 horses, 70 of which are Lipizzans.

History

Founded in 1843 by Count Izidor Janković, Lipik Stud had around twenty horses at the beginning. In 1906 a new owner, Stjepan Layer from

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, possessed twenty Lipizzan, Nonius and

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s and three

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s. In 1936 the Stud was enlarged with approximately new 60 horses, whereas in 1954 this number increased to approximately 250. The horse breeding was suddenly interrupted in the late 1960s by the

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and it was only in the early 1980s that it began to recover. During the Croatian Homeland War the Stud ceased to exist. More than 100 horses, most of them Lipizzans, were taken by the Serbian Army forces to the occupied territory and

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, or slaughtered. After the war, the Stud facilities were renovated and the survived horses were returned from Serbia. In 2008 the Lipik Stud became the State Stud again and in 2010 it was merged with the

Đakovo Stud The Đakovo Stud ( hr, Ergela Đakovo) is a Croatian Lipizzan horse national breeding stud farm located in Đakovo, Osijek-Baranja County, eastern Slavonia. First mentioned in 1239 and 1244, it officially originated in 1506, as it was written tha ...

Foundation stallions and mares

There are five male breeding lines in the Lipik Stud today: Conversano (from 1767), Favory (1779), Neapolitano (1770), Siglavy (1810) and Pluto (1765). From Favory originates Favory Mara LII-3, the present-day Lipik Stud breeding stallion, foaled in 2004. The mare lines bred in Lipik are: Batosta, Capriola, Allegra, Trompeta, Gaeta, Gaetana, Bonadea, Monteaura, Wera, Krabbe, Drava, Kitty, Cica and Liza.

Description

The Stud includes four stables, dressage grounds, a fiacres collection and auxiliary buildings (containing

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warehouse, equipment and accessories for employees,

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etc.). One of the stables is used for keeping the breeding stallions, the other for mares with new-born

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s, the third for yearlings, colts and

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, and the last one for the equipment for

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and selecting, the complete work and care about horses in the Stud is under continued

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of experts. Their objective is to initiate advances in selection and to preserve the genetic potential of the horses, especially of the Lipizzan breed in Croatia. A particular attention and accent is given to their appearances, movements and

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. The Stud organizes various

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al programs and

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and is included in

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s in Požega-Slavonia County.

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Establishments in the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)

History

Foundation stallions and mares

Description

See also

References

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