RELENTO
1998-2023
Relento was one of the first Lusitanos to represent the breed at the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses; 2013 British Champion of Champions and silver medallist Lusitano Breed Show; International Dressage horse: best achievement 3rd Intermediare I Kur CDI.
Image credit Gemineye Photography
TESSALA
2000 - 2023
We were very sad to say goodbye to Tess (Tessala) inFebruary 2023. Bred by Janine Pendlebury-Lee at Pen Llyn Lusitano Stud by her foundation stallion, Hilario, and her Cleveland Bay x Shire mare, Melody, Tess became part of our family of horses when she was three, but as a favourite of Jan, she only allowed it because she knew Tess wouldn’t go far.
CEREJA
2007-2023
We bought Cereja when she was five years old and I was just 12, from Julianne Fernandez and Sue Barber at Pine Lodge School of Classical Equitation where she was bred.
OXIDADO
1995-2021
Farewell to one of the greatest Lusitanos of all time, Oxidado.
He won more titles in Working Equitation than any other horse in the history of the sport and was the only horse to have won every stage of the European Championships - dressage, ease of handling, speed and cattle penning. He won 80% of competitions entered.
GUILHERME
1988 - 2018
Guilherme was born at my riding school in 1988. His mother Troia was a lovely dapple grey mare from the Infante Da Camara Stud and his sire Moscardo was from Pinto Barreiros Stud at Santarem. He was quite perfect but very small, only 14.2hh and he was a bay.
GALAN
1989 - 2021
Mossy Kennedy rode this wonderful Cruzado all the way back from Portugal. She loved him and this was the start of his incredible journey ....
XADREZ DO ZAMBUJAL
2003 - 2021
It was a day of torrential rain on 21st August 2007, when a young Lusitano stepped off the John Parker lorry and into my life. That young horse was Xadrez, and he changed my life forever.
ZIG ZAG MT
2004-2021
If someone could have told me how much a horse could have changed my life, I would immediately have replied that it would be impossible.
COQUISTADOR D'ATELA
2007 - 2018
Conquistador was bred by Francisco Bessa De Carvalho in Portugal. He is by the stallion Querer. Standing at 174cm he was an imposing modern Lusitano with athletic paces and a sharp mind.
RH
1998 - 2022
Grandson of *****Merit stallion Xaquiro. The lap of honour after winning the Lusitano English Ridden class at Royal Windsor 2014 - the year he also won the show’s Lusitano Parade class.
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ZECORA SONGHURST
2004-2020
Champion show horse who gave many displays and demonstrations
HASSAN
1989 - 2021
Hassan gave many displays, and appeared on stage as Napoleon’s horse for an opera at the Brighton Pavilion before retiring from Pine Lodge School of Equestrian Art. "A great personality, Remembered by many with great fondness," Sue Barber. .... read more
CAICAI DAS ARCAS
2007 - 2021
Mondego x Zarzuela
Breeder Dr Manuel Maia Correia
By Janine Pendlebury Lee
On the 5th January 2021 I lost my best friend Caicai das Arcas, a beautiful soul and important ambassador for the Lusitano breed. I first met Caicai in September 2012 at the wonderful stud of Dr Manuel Maia Correia near Porto, Portugal. .... read more
QUEIJADA
1997-2020 by Tina Layton BHSI
Queijada was a true lady, and a very loving one. My heart is broken that she is no longer looking out of her stable and demanding attention from everyone.
I would like to thank Sylvia and Allegra for trusting me with their precious horse, I was asked to take her on and see whether we could promote the Lusitano breed through competition. We completed very successfully BD and had just got to PSG when unfortunately I became ill and had to stop competing her.
We trained with some super coaches including Arthur Kottas and Stephen Clarke. Her Piaffe and Passage were something to be envied by many people, and later in her life she was able to give the fantastic classical feel to some very lucky clients at Contessa Riding Centre in Hertfordshire, I always called her a Piaffe machine.
The Luso breed are obviously very talented in the Piaffe/Passage department. They are also very sensitive and one has to be very careful with their training because of the sensitivity. Having had the beauty of being able to ride and train Queijada, I have since purchased four other Lusos
Queijada, bred by Jose Henriques Da Silva, Herdeiros, imported by Sylvia Loch for her daughter Allegra before moving to Contessa Riding Centre to start her dressage career with proprietor and international GP rider Tina Layton stallions, so it shows how I have fallen in love with the breed.
ZELOSO
Born 2004 by Justicero ll out of Arab Galisha.
2004 – 2016
Zeddy has taught me so much over the years and I had the pleasure of training him from a very powerful,
headstrong and unbacked horse through to piaffe, county shows and freestyle dressage.
I was honoured enough to show him under the watchful eye of judge Sylvia Loch,
and to my surprise she liked him and placed us first in-hand and ridden, thank you.
I have to say thank you to his owners Pippa Windle-baker and Mike Noble. who put their trust in me to train and ride this beautiful boy. Thanks to all who have helped me back and ride him, trained us, looked after him and been support throughout.
Zeloso has really influenced my love of the Lusitano breed and how incredible they are. Special thanks to Sheila Lowe for being there today and being so kind xx Thanks to Zeddy, it’s been amazing 💗💗 sleep tight x
by Karen Doughty
ESPADA
1986-2014
Espada was the most difficult, sensitive, proud
faithfull and talented horse I have ever had the
honour to train. In other words he was complex
- but such a darling. Sylvia Loch.
TRINCO SARACEN
1999 - 2015
Pine Lodge School of Classical Equitation lost one of their greatest schoolmasters in April 2015.
Trinco Saracen taught so many people to ride, jump, event, side saddle, working equitation, dressage.
You name it he had done it ....
TRAVIATA
2000 - 2016
Our former Membership Secretary Patricia Edgington lost her beautiful, versatile and very talented mare Traviata in July 2016.
She will be remembered by many for her foot perfect demonstrations with the wheelbarrow bull and brilliant garrocha displays, ridden by Pedro Neves ....
