OUR MISSION:  To promote the Andalusian horse in the United States by means of showing, breeding and selling imported Spanish horses with desirable bloodlines, functionality and morphology.

ABOUT US:  Rivas Andalusians was created in 1998.  In summer of that year, we imported three horses from Spain: Desvelo, Inquieto, and Infante.  Infante was sold to Gray Ghost Andalusians in Chillicothe, Ohio.  Desvelo and Inquieto were kept in Greenfield and later sent to trainers for showing.

The company was created by Dr. Luis Rivas.  Luis grew up in Granada, Spain, and then moved to the city of Cordoba to attend the Veterinary College at the University of Cordoba.  There he studied under Dr. Juan Aparicio among others (one of the greatest Andalusian horse judges ever). As a veterinary student he interned at the National Stud ranchs in Jerez (Yeguada Militar) and Cordoba (II Deposito de Sementales), and also at the veterinary clinic at The Royal Andalusian School of the Equestrian Art. Later in life Luis was awarded a fellowship from the la Caixa Foundation and moved to Columbus, Ohio to complete a Master of Science in equine pharmacology and exercise physiology and a residence in equine medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University.  Luis is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.