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Mustangs are free roaming horses of the North American West. Descended from the Spanish horses brought over. Most of these horses are of Andalusian, Arabian and Barb descent. The escaped and stolen horses spread rapidly through North America. A Mustang is still a pretty romantic ideal of a wild free horse. It makes, I think, a very proud looking picture for horse puzzles.

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Appaloosa horses are noted for their distinctive spotted colours. The breed was developed in America. There is an Appaloosa Horse Club and it even features on the Idaho license plate. They make a great picture for horse jigsaws.

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Arabian are one of the oldest horse breeds. They have been spread throughout the world from the Middle East. They are intelligent, high spirited and have great stamina. Colours recognised as Bay, Grey, Chestnut, Black and Roan. They are versatile and can be seen in all equestrian fields. These spirited horses make excellent horse jigsaw pictures. George Washington had an Arabian horse.

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Andalusian are one of the oldest breeds of horses. Used for Bullfighting, cattle work and High School Dressage. Most are grey, some are bay, black and chestnut. They have a distinctive high knee and short stride action .

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The first official documentation of the Haflinger (named after the South-Tyrolean village of Hafling) was in 1874 when the foundation stallion Folie was born of a half-Arab stallion crossed with a refined native Tyrolean mare. All modern purebred Haflingers must trace their ancestry directly to Folie. Many of the villages and farms in the Tyrol were accessible only by narrow paths requiring agile and sure-footed horses for transportation and packing.

The majority of Haflingers are still imported from Austria even today. State studs own the stallions in Austria, carefully maintaining the quality of the breed. The first Haflingers arrived in the United States in 1958. They are found all over the world.

They are extremely friendly and enjoy human company. They are an intelligent breed and very quick to learn.

Haflingers range in colour from a light gold to a rich golden chestnut or chocolate hue with a white or flaxen mane and tail.

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The Lipizzan is a breed of horse closely associated with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria.

The fundamentals taught to the Lipizzan stallions at the Spanish Riding School were passed down via an oral tradition until they were written down in 1898 by His Excellency Field Marshall Franz Holbein and Franz Meixner, senior rider at the Spanish Riding School from 1885 to 1916. They include: Riding in as natural a position as possible in non- collected gaits in straight lines, so-called straight riding. Campagne, or elementary dressage, consists of riding the collected horse through all of the gaits, turns and manoeuvres while maintaining perfect balance.

The finest representatives demonstrate the "high school" movements of classical dressage.

The Lipizzan breed dates back to the 16th century.

The breed takes its name from one of the earliest stud farms established, located near the Kras village of Lipica (spelled Lipizza in Italian), in modern-day Slovenia. Most Lipizzans measure between 14.2 and 15.2 hands.

The traditional training methods for Lipizzans were developed at the Spanish Riding School and are based on the principles of classical dressage, a method of training developed partly for military purposes, partly for exhibitions at European royal households, with techniques specifically adapted to the temperament and conformation of horses of the time.

Young stallions come to the Spanish Riding School when they are four years old and are trained with gentleness and without undue pressure. It takes at least six years for the horse to be fully trained and become a member of the School Quadrille. The high school — riding in an upright position with a regularity, skill and finesse in all of the natural gaits, dressage manoeuvres and leaps. All of the above is to be executed in a methodical manner to the highest degree of perfection.

The ancestors of the Lipizzan can be traced to approximately A.D. 800. The predecessors of the Lipizzan included desert horses that were brought into Spain from North Africa.

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Jigsaws give you a great way to relax. Lose yourself in the challenge and keep that brain moving. They are a great way to socialise. Nothing beats that feeling of success when you finish. Gaze at the final puzzle with pride.

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Get the family together and have a great puzzling time. Talk, laugh and play together, you will feel closer.

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Keep that great brain moving. Socialise with old friends and family over a jigsaw. Enjoy the challenge and the successful completion. There are brilliant large piece puzzles if you need them.

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Famous Puzzlers

There are many famous jigsaw puzzlers. The Queen, Bill GatesStephen King andAlbert Einstein.I think jigsaws are great for relaxing,and losing yourselfin a great puzzling time.

Horse jigsaw puzzles are the best game ever!

Solve Jigsaws

How to solvejigsaw puzzles bysorting, looking for shapes and patterns.Getting startedthrough to gluingthe final puzzle.

Lots more quick facts in our Trivia Pages....

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Early indications in the history of jigsaw puzzles are of puzzles from European Map Makers in the 1700s who dissected maps. These would have been rudimentary Jigsaw Puzzles as we know ittoday. Many believe John Spilsbury, a London map maker, was the person who created the first puzzle from a map of Europe cut along country boundary lines.

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