The Andalusian dominated the field of equine breeding since the twelfth century until XVII impose its supremacy, disputed only by the Arab horse. The Andalusian race has influenced especially in many of the most famous European races, including through the horse Neapolitan, which derives from the Andalusian. It should be remembered, however, a footprint printed in a distant past today and the evidence that has left such an obvious modern horse races. The Andalusian horse is a breed of horse originated in a southern county in Spain, called Andalucía. This is a kind of baroque Iberian horse that is among the olde "Spanish horse" and is officially called Pura Raza Española (P.R.E)("Pure Spanish Race”), because it believes that the Spanish Andalusian horse is par excellence, despite the fact that there are other equine breeds Spanish. But in most countries is called "Andalusian horse."

        In the sixteenth century, King Philip II of Spain created the Royal Stables in Córdoba, where he brought together the best stallions and mares of the provinces bordering the Guadalquivir River, and this stud actual origin of the normalization of the race. In 1605 Cervantes in Chapter XV of the first part of Don Quixote refers to the gallantry of the mares. "Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea” of 1612 is an exceptional testimony of the historic designation "Andalusian horse. "

        Throughout history the Andalusian horse has had a key role in the formation of European and American horse races, as the horse Spanish-Arabic, Spanish-Breton horses, the horses warm-blooded, the Friesian horse, Lipizzano, Kladruber, the Paso Fino, Peruvian Paso, the Mustang, Alter Real and lusitano. It should be remembered, however, a footprint printed in a distant past today and the evidence that has left such an obvious modern horse races.