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| |  The height of the purebred spanish horse (P. R. E.) is generally between 1,54 cm and 1,65 cm.
Spanish horses are ususally quadratic with a high-positioned, broad and muscular, bent neck. Their back is short, more or less straight and muscular. Their croup is long, round and muscular with a deep and embedded, low-set tail. The head is usually straight, sometimes subconvex, with a light bow between the forehead and the nose, and with big, lively, and expressive eyes.
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A special characteristic of these horses is the thick, wavy or straight mane and tail. The most common colour is grey, but in the last few years the bay, black and chestnut (from 2001 on) colours are also accepted – and what is even more, these colours are getting more and more popular and fashionable nowadays – with the least natural marks on the body as possible.
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Due to its constitution the horse is easy to turn, and performs with the greatest ease all the difficult exercises requiring a high degree of collection. The horse learns everything easily, is adaptable, and easy to handle and at the same time temperamental. Because of its balanced temper, its behaviour is free from the negative features characteristic of stallions; that is the reason why there are seldom any gelding andalusian horses.
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Besides the above mentioned characteristics, due to its abilities, talent, eagerness to work, heart and courage, and its toughness, the spanish horse is used for several purposes.
It is an ideal partner for free-time riders, and performs well in dressage and carriage driving competitions as well.
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The Spaniards have an extremely rich equestrian culture; their horses are also ridden in the vaquero style, in the so called rejoneo-events (bullfights on horseback), where the horse and its rider are controlling the bull or performing difficult excersises of the High School.
This horse is undoubtedly a treasure of the whole nation in Spain, the home of purebred spanish horses.
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