Images: Behind the scenes with the famous Lippizan stallions
Working student Ashley Vogel of Lake Forest rides on five-year-old Favory VIII Ivana before running through a routine with the young stallions.
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Five-month-old Arzana stands in a field at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek.
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Program director Esther Buonanno greets Adelena and her foal Favory VI Adelena in the pasture at Tempel Farms.
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Director of training Linda Leffingwell works with five-year-old Maestoso Batosta as he kicks and bucks in the ring during training at Tempel Lipizzan. The organization has taken this season off for the purpose of training their horses.
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Working student Jennifer Babcock puts a bridal on Alfaya before driving training at Tempel Farms.
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Dressage trainer Eliza Ardizzone walks out with four-year-old Favory VII Anita out of the show stable.
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Conversano Mima Almira waits to go into the exhibition ring as young horses are trained into talented stallions.
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Working student Ashley Vogel walks with five-year-old Favory VIII Ivana through the barn to the training ring at Tempel Farms.
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Victor Pozzo works with Siglavy V Garbo III on a maneuver called the Levade, one of the most difficult moves by the horses at Tempel Lipizzan.
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Dressage trainer Victor Pozzo gives four-year-old Favory VII Anita a kiss after riding him in the training ring.
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Dressage trainers Victor Pozzo, left, and Eliza Ardizzone work with four-year-old Favory VII Anita introducing the horse to a rider at Tempel Farms.
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Eliza Ardizzone on five-year-old Conversano Mima Barbara leads a group of the young Lipizzan stallions in training as they practice the Quadrille in the performance ring.
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Barn manager Julie Milne, left, and working student Ashley Vogel wash Favory VIII Ivana in the stallions barn at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek.
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Director of training Linda Leffingwell has her hands full with a stallion as she turns young horses into talented Lipizzan stallions at Tempel Lipizzan in Old Mill Creek.
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