Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is the amazing spectacle of Portuguese equestrian art which has now been officially recognised as an Intangible Cultural ...

A two-day event in Merrimac, Massachusetts, will showcase the Lusitano horse and classical horsemanship. The Portuguese School of Equestrian Art will perform for the first time in the United States at ...

Stable hand Catarina Cabaca carefully braided the mane of a Lusitano thoroughbred in the distinctive Portuguese style that has just been added to Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage. She was ...

Riders from the Lisbon School of Equestrian Art perform with a Lusitano horse during a show in Belem, Lisbon. — AFP Stable Catarina Cabaca carefully braided the mane of a Lusitano thoroughbred in the ...

Portuguese equestrian art is practised by both men and women, with a notable group of female riders specialising in ‘monte à amazona’, a style of riding side-saddle. The tradition is passed down ...

A rider from the Lisbon School of Equestrian Art prepares a Lusitano horse before a dressage show at the Lisbon School of Equestrian Art in Belem, Lisbon. Photo: AFP Stable hand Catarina Cabaca ...