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FINO is the
classic, refined, slow, crisp, collected movement designed to show purity,
brilliance, and style to the utmost. It doesn't take you very far very
fast-but it sure is pretty.
CORTO is the cruising speed of the Paso Fino. Your Paso Fino likes it and so
do you. You slip along the landscape with the ta-ca, ta-ca of stout little
hooves in perfect cadence, but your shoulders are level, and your seat never
leaves the saddle. The Paso Fino is relaxed and his head and croup are
still.
LARGO is the overdrive. The Paso Fino can accelerate his gait and travel at
the speed of a lope for long periods of time without tiring. It is exactly
the same footfall, movement, class and comfort as the other speeds. Paso
Finos walk like ordinary horses and lope or canter nicely
Visitors:
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The Paso Fino -
The mount of the Spanish Conquistadors
has proud ties to a glorious past and the prospect of an even greater
future, as this elegant smooth-gaited breed captures the hearts of horse
lovers everywhere.
The Paso Fino is the oldest true native breed of horse in the Western
Hemisphere.
Columbus discovered a horseless America. Although the ancestors of the
present-day horse evolved and developed in North America and spread to other
parts of the world, horses vanished from the New World during the Ice Age,
between 8,000 and 12,000 years ago.
Nearly 500 years ago, on his second voyage from Spain, Columbus brought a
select group of mares and stallions from the provinces of Andalusia and
Cordela, and settled them at Santa Domingo. These horses were a mixture of
Barb, Andalusian and Spanish Jennet. The Spanish Jennet not only possessed
an extremely comfortable saddle gait, but was able to pass the gait on to
its offspring. The result of the blending of these horses was to become
known as the Paso Fino breed - Los Caballos de Paso Fino (the horse with the
fine step). They became the foundation stock for remount stations of the
Conquistadors. As Spanish settlers came to the New World, they brought more
Spanish horses. During the nearly 500 years that Paso horses have been
selectively bred and perfected in the Western Hemisphere, they have been
called upon to perform a diverse role, first in the conquest of and then in
the exploration and development of the Americas.
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RANCHO TARARA
20201 SW 198 St.
Miami, FL 33187
Cell - (786) 797-5784
Farm - (305) 255-4029
Fax - (305) 259-9474 |
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