International Lipizzaner Horse Show
LIF INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
August 30th – September 1st, 2024, Stud Farm Lipica, Slovenia
This year, the prestigious event at Stud Farm Lipica brought together the most beautiful and noble Lipizzaner horses from various countries, competing for the title of the most beautiful Lipizzaner of the show (championship). The event was a unique opportunity to admire these noble horses, symbolizing elegance, strength, and tradition.
Stud Farm Lipica was the host of the LIF (Lipizzan International Federation) International Championship for Lipizzaner horses from August 31st to September 1st, 2024. The last time this championship was organized was in 2021 at Stud Farm Topol’čianky in Slovakia.
With excellent organization and cooperation between Stud Farm Lipica and the Lipizzaner Breeders Association of Slovenia, a total of 52 horses from national stud farms and private breeders from Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovakia participated in the competition.
The first day was reserved for judging the 9 registered categories, and the second day for awarding prestigious prizes, including trophies and plaques for the champion of the show, and announcing the champions of the exhibition. The competition categories ranged from young stallions and mares to older horses, where judges assessed type (breed and gender type), head and neck, body, leg conformation, movement, and general impression on a scale of 1 to 10, with half-points allowed.
The judges at the championship were Mr. Horný Michal, PhD (Slovakia) – president of the judging panel, Mr. Dobretsberger Maximilian, DVM (Austria), Mr. Korabi Nidal, PhD (Croatia), Mr. Rus Janez, DVM (Slovenia), and Mr. Turk Klemen, DVM (Slovenia). The horses were presented to the judges in a standing position from the left and right sides, as well as in walk and trot.
The last day of the exhibition was dedicated to the awarding of prizes and announcing the absolute champions or overall winners of the championship. Individual categories competed against each other for this title, with Slovenia winning the most titles. The championship for young colts was won by 315 CONVERSANO THAIS IV, 2023, bred by Janez Peternel from Radovljica, Slovenia; the championship for young fillies by 944 THAIS XXII, 2021, from Stud Farm Lipica; the stallion championship by 623 CONVERSANO ZENTA XV-2, 2011, Croatian breeder Marko Vrtarić; the mare championship by 902 CAPRIOLA XLVII, 2019, from Stud Farm Lipica, which also won the title of overall champion of the exhibition.
Our Lipizzaner Breeders Association of Slovenia achieved excellent results, showcasing our successful breeding.
Results achieved by the Lipizzaner Breeders Association of Slovenia:
Class of colts, 1-2 years old (2022–2023):
1st place: 315 CONVERSANO THAIS IV, 2023, JANEZ PETERNEL S.P., RADOVLJICA, 8.00 points
2nd place: 320 CONVERSANO THAIS VIII, 2023, ALEN ČEPAR, VREMSKI BRITOF, 7.92 points
3rd place: 279 PLUTO JADRANKA X, 2022, NEŽA TANKO, SODRAŽICA, 7.86 points
Class of fillies, 1-2 years old (2022–2023):
2nd place: 308 BETALKA XXXV, 2023, JANEZ PETERNEL S.P., RADOVLJICA, 8.58 points
4th place: 266 JADRANKA XXII, 2022, NEŽA TANKO, SODRAŽICA, 7.75 points
5th place: 274 THAIS XXXII, 2022, URŠKA KRAMAR, TABOR, 7.50 points
6th place: 265 FAMOSA XV, 2022, JANEZ PETERNEL S.P., RADOVLJICA, 7.42 points
Class of young stallions, 3 years old (2021):
3rd place: 227 PLUTO TROMPETA VII, 2021, ANDREJ MARC, AJDOVŠČINA, 7.14 points
Class of young mares, 3 years old (2021):
4th place: 225 TROMPETA XXXVII, 2021, ANDREJ MARC, AJDOVŠČINA, 7.33 points
5th place: 256 CANISSA VI, 2021, BARBARA TURK, VELIKA LOKA, 6.83 points
6th place: 363 PRINCESS MONTEAURA, 2021, ANGELIKA PRISTOV, TRNOVSKA VAS, 6.83 points
Class of young stallions, 4-6 years old (2018–2020):
2nd place: 124 CONVERSANO SLAVINA IX, 2019, RAJKO SINJUR, ŠENTVID PRI STIČNI, 7.83 points
Class of young mares, 4-6 years old (2018–2020):
3rd place: 135 BARBANA XVI, 2019, JANEZ PETERNEL S.P., RADOVLJICA, 8.11 points
4th place: 126 CANISSA IV, 2019, JANEZ PETERNEL S.P., RADOVLJICA, 7.25 points
5th place: 190 VALDAMORA XII, 2020, BARBARA TURK, VELIKA LOKA, 7.17 points
6th place: 204 STRANA XVIII, 2020, ANDREJ MARC, AJDOVŠČINA, 6.97 points
Class of mares older than 11 years (up to 2013):
6th place: 866 SLAVINA IX, 2012, RAJKO SINJUR, ŠENTVID PRI STIČNI, 7.14 points