The first lady of the Italian dressage Valentina Truppa is the great winner of today's Grand Prix Freestyle to music in Lipica. With her Fixdesign Eremo del Castegno she rode to the result of 80,325 percent, charming the public with excellent piaffe and passage, perfectly matching to the Italian music. Valentina Truppa won also the Grand Prix Special with Fixdesign Chablis, repeating her double victory of the year 2011.

Italian rider Valentina Truppa with Fixdesign Chablis won today's Grand Prix of the International Dressage Event FEI CDI3*–W/CDIJ/CDIY/CDIP/CDIYH in the Lipica Stud Farm. »I'am very happy with my ride, last week Chablis didn't go so well, then we concentrated on the training and today he went great again,« explained Valentina Truppa already looking forward to the Sunday's GP Freestyle with music - World Cup Qualifier with Fixdesign Eremo del Castegno.

From May 23rd to May 25th 2014 Lipica Stud Farm will be hosting the international dressage event FEI CDI3*–W/CDIJ/CDIY/CDIP/CDIYH. This international event has got a long and rich tradition in Lipica, being also a World Cup Dressage Qualifier for the second consecutive time. We are looking forward to seeing the performances of 86 riders with 94 horses from 16 countries. The peak of the event will be the FEI Grand prix Freestyle to music test - FEI World Cup Dressage Qualifier on Sunday, May 25th.

In the rain or the shine – Lipica is a unique experience. A place to relax, revitalise, enjoy the nature and experience unforgettable moments with friends. This was especially true for more than 1500 runners of today's the 14th Karst Half Marathon.

Mister Slovenia Jure Rugani and Jung-Hoon Jun, licence owner for the Mister South Corea for Mister International beauty contest visited Lipica Stud Farm.

At the Alpe-Adria: Tourism and leasure show in Ljubljana the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor visited the Lipica Stud Farm stand.

At the beginning of the Chinese Wood Horse Year the Chinese painter Huiqin Wang visited the Lipica Stud Farm. A photo of the artist and the Lipizzaner Stallion 209 Neapolitano Monteaura XIX was taken on this occasion.

Lipica Stud Farm will join the celebration of Prešeren Day, the Slovene national day of culture on February 8th. On this day visitors will be able to join guided tours of the Stud Farm free of charge and get in touch with the living heritage that brought Lipica Stud Farm the status of cultural monument of exceptional importance for the Republic of Slovenia.

Photographs of Lipizzaner horses from the Lipica Stud Farm, taken by the Slovene photographer Alenka Slavinec, will be on show at the Kuwait Museum of Modern Art from Februar 2nd till February 6th. The exposition Love in us will be opened on the occasion of the 3rd International Arabian Horse Show in Kuwait.

On Friday January 10th the first School of a healthy lifestyle programme will begin in Lipica. Six other programmes will follow in the year 2014, opening and promoting a new cooperation between the Lipica Stud Farm and the Slovene foundation Zavod Preporod in the rising field of wellness tourism.