Definitions

Definitions and descriptions of Andalusian Horses - registered and unregistered:

• Pura Raza Española – the Purebred Spanish Horses
  
• Lusitanos
  
• Half-Andalusians
  
• a variety of PRE-crosses
  
• Doma vaquera horses
  

Owning an Andalusian Horse is possible for anyone – that’s what this site is all about. Your individuality has an impact on which group you choose.

Buying an Andalusian Horse is simplified when you recognise the various terms used in for sale advertisements.

• Purebred Spanish Horses – Purebred Spanish, Pure Spanish Horse, PRE, Pura Raza Española are all terms used to describe the same specific breed - covered in detail across the site
  
• Half-Andalusians – cruzado, or media carta
  
• Hispano–Arabs – Spanish-Arabian Horse cross
  

• Lusitanos – Portugal’s equivalent of the PRE. I like both the Spanish and the Portuguese horses, so I’m not going to get nationalistic about preferences. I’ll be talking about the differences that other trainer/riders and I have found in the breeds, later in the site.
  

Non-registered Spanish Horses.

• Andalusian-type Horses, not registered with a recognised breed registry. There are Spanish horses with varying percentages of Pura Raza Española blood in them. Many of these unregistered Spanish Horses could be taken for 100% PRE.
  

• Tres sangres - three-bloods, horses often used for doma vaquera. Strictly speaking, a 3-blood is Spanish-Arab-Thoroughbred, in varying proportions.

  A friend who rides garrocha in the country states his preference as a horse that is 25%Spanish-75%Arab, crossed with a pure throughbred. The performance for a vaquero is paramount, and the horses he rides are tall, athletic and intelligent.

I'm contacting the various national Andalusian Horse Associations, Organisations and Societies for their position, but it seems they tend to prefer the clear distinctions of Pura Raza Española - Purebred Spanish Horse, and Lusitano.

In the United States they also speak of the Pure Spanish Horse.