[Billie]

I am impressed, and also thank you for the information that they are small in stature. See, I never would have guessed that they were a 'tiny' breed. I can see if you're used to the tall, long-legged Thoroughbreds, it would be quite a change for you. :)

[AnAmericanMother]

In this pic you can see how small many Lipizzaners are.

(that's from a master class taught by the great dressage rider v. Neindorff)

That's the traditional size that you'll still see in the Spanische Hofreitschule in Vienna, but I've noticed in this country bigger and bigger "Lipizzaners", probably the result of outcrosses to warmbloods. Since international dressage judges prefer the large warmblood type with the long stride to the little muscular traditional type, probably Vienna is the only place you're going to see the old type in another 20 years.

[sweetliberty]

"I never would have guessed that they were a 'tiny' breed."

They really aren't tiny. They are just not as massive as their bigger than life image would convey. Their mass is more in muscle density than in height and length.