| Species | Horse |
|---|---|
| Breed | Arabian horse |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | 1810 or 1811 Syria |
| Offspring | Siglavy III, Siglavy V, and Siglavy I |
Siglavy (1810, Syria - unknown) was a gray Arabian horse at the origin of one of the Lipizzan bloodlineages, which bears his name, thanks to his activity as a stallion at the Lipica stud farm. He is also one of the five heads of Shagya bloodlineages.
Denomination
Siglavy owes his name to his Arabian lineage, the acquisition document describing him as a Siglavie Ghadran.[1]
History
Siglavy was born in 1810.[1] His coat was gray.[2] According to Donna Landry's academic study, he was purchased in Aleppo in 1814 by Prince Charles Philippe de Schwarzenberg, along with three other Arabian horses, as part of a military purchase mission entrusted by the Habsburgs to supply their stud farms.[1] The horse was purchased for the particularly substantial sum of 3,400 florins.[1] It was probably closely guarded on its journey to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Empire.[1] A popular source, however, states that he was bought in France by the Prince of Schwarzenberg.[3]
In 1816, after being tested on his stallion abilities,[1] he was purchased from Prince Schwarzenberg[4] and transferred to the imperial stables at Koptschan (in present-day Slovakia).[1]
The first evidence of his presence at the Lipica stud dates back to 1821, when he was used as a stallion to sire military horses for war and Austrian troop transport.[1] Siglavy was sold in 1826.[3]
Recognition
Siglavy is described as the founder of one of the six modern Lipizzan bloodlineages.[5][6] However, it would be some years before his influence on the Lipizzaner breed was officially recognized.[1]
| Siglavy | Siglavy III (1817) | Siglavy XII (1833) |
| Siglavy V (1823) | Siglavy XV (1833) | |
| Siglavy I (1825/1826) | 94 Siglavy I (1834) |
In addition to his influence on the Lipizzan, Saiglavy founded a lineage in the Shagya breed.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Landry (2019, p. 41)
- ↑ Hendricks, Bonnie (2007). International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8061-3884-8.
- 1 2 3 Magee, Sean (2020). In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport. Orion. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-4746-1081-0.
- ↑ Podhajsky, Alois (1947). The Spanish Riding Academy, Vienna, Austria,. Brüder Rosenbaum. p. 53.
- ↑ Bodo, I.; Alderson, L.; Langlois, B. (2005). Conservation genetics of endangered horse breeds. Wageningen Academic Publishers. p. 74. ISBN 978-90-8686-546-8.
- ↑ Lynghaug, Fran (2009). The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide: The Complete Guide to the Standards of All North American Equine Breed Associatio. Voyageur Press. p. 611. ISBN 978-0-7603-3499-7.
Bibliography
- Landry, Donna (2019). "Habsburg Lipizzaners, English Thoroughbreds and the paradoxes of purity". Horse Breeds and Human Society, Purity, Identity and the Making of the Modern Horse. Human-Animal Studies Series. Routledge.