The Lusitano breed
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The 1st volume of the "Livro Genealógico
Português de Equinos" (which has followed the Portuguese Stud book
created in 1889) was started in 1967. A
previous agreement in 1966 from Portuguese and Spanish breeders decided
to use by each of the countries the denomination of Lusitano and Espanhol respectively. The name Lusitano came from the name of the earlier
people living in the western part of Iberian Peninsula. Later (27 B.C.)
was created the region "Lusitânia", a Roman administrative region, which
was between the Douro and the Guadiana rivers (Monteiro, 1985).
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| Since the start of the Lusitano Stud book in 1967 the interest on the breed has been growing steadily which has been reflected on an overall increase of the Lusitano horses births registered. This increase is happening not only in Portugal but also in many other countries, the graph below shows the number of births of Lusitano horses all over the world. | ||
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Apart of Portugal, internationally the growing interest on the Lusitano breed, can be seen in a larger extent in Brazil, France and Mexico; followed by a group of Countries including Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK and USA where, already, a community of Lusitanos can be found. Lusitanos can be also found, in fewer numbers, in a group of countries including Angola, Australia, Czech Republic, Colombia, Guatemala, Morocco, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Filipinas, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and Thailand (APSL, 2004). |
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