During a recent visit to a stud farm in Slovenia, the Queen was presented with a gift of a rare Lipizzaner Stallion.

The 16 year old stallion, Kanizo, is one of only 9,000 Lipizzaner horses in the world. The horses are born black but turn white as they mature.

The riding centre in Lipica is famous for breeding the beautiful white horses used by the Spanish Riding School of Vienna where they are trained to perform difficult moves such as the levade, courbette and capriole.

The Queen has requested that Kanizo remains at stud in Lipica where he can be properly cared for.