the ground and hind legs together. The capriole is a jump in place where the stallion leaps into the air, tucking his forelegs under himself, and kicks out with his hind legs at the top of the jump. Other movements include: The croupade and ballotade are predecessors to the capriole. In the croupade, the horse jumps with both front and hind legs remaining tucked under the body and he does not kick out. In the ballotade, the horse jumps and untucks his hind legs slightly, he does not kick out, but the soles of the hind feet are visible if viewed from the rear. The mezair is a series of successive levades in which the horse lowers its forefeet to the ground before rising again on hindquarters, achieving forward motion. This movement is no longer used at the Spanish Riding School. In popular culture Lipizzans have starred or played supporting roles in many movies, TV shows, books, and other media. The 1940 film Florian stars two Lipizzan stallions. It was based on a 1934 novel written by Felix Salten. The wife of the film's producer owned the only Lipizzans in the US at the time the movie was made. The rescue during World War II of the Lipizzan stallions is depicted in the 1963 Walt Disney movie Miracle of the White Stallions. The movie was the only live-action, relatively realistic film set against a World War II backdrop that Disney has ever produced. Television programs featuring the Lipizzans include The White Horses'', a 1965 children's television series co-produced by RTV Ljubljana (now RTV Slovenija) of Yugoslavia and BR-TV of Germany, rebroadcast in the United Kingdom. It followed the adventures of a teenaged girl who visits a farm where Lipizzan horses are raised. Footnotes Sources External links Lipizzaner Society of Great Britain Lipizzaner National Stud Book Association of Great Britain Fédération Française du Lipizzan Lipizzan International Federation-LIF Spanish Riding School and Federal Stud Farm Piber Lipizzan Association of North America South African Lipizzaners Piber Stud United States Lipizzan Federation-USLF Conservation Priority Breeds of the Livestock Conservancy Horse breeds Horse breeds originating in Austria Horse breeds originating in Italy Animal breeds originating in Slovenia Mammals of Europe History of Austria-Hungary Spanish Riding School