Paso Fino
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| Origin: | Colombia |
| Main breeding area: | Colombia, USA |
| Distribution: | mainly in the breeding area |
| Stick measure : | 140-156 cm |
| Colors : | all (Cremello, piebald rare) |
| Main application area: | Riding horse, show horse and leisure horse |
Paso Fino is a Colombian gaited horse breed. Paso Fino means “fine walk”. A horse gait is named after this breed .
Exterior
The external appearance of a Paso Fino is often reminiscent of its Iberian ancestors: the horse has a medium-sized head with a straight profile, a high, arched neck, and the shoulder is well sloped. The back is strong and stable, the croup is very muscular and round. The legs are slender, strong and stable, the hooves are small and hard.
interior
The essential psychological and spiritual characteristics of the Paso Fino are temperament, sensitivity, strong nerves, enthusiasm for work, zeal and obedience; important breeding trait is “Brio”: motivation, energy, zeal for work and willingness.
Breeding history
The original breeding history of the Paso Fino can be traced back to South America (predominantly Colombia ) and the Caribbean ( Puerto Rico ). Horses of this breed are now bred in the United States, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. Paso Finos have also existed in Europe since the 1970s, most of them in Germany. But there are also offspring in Switzerland, England, Austria and other European countries.
In addition to its traditional breeding areas in Colombia and Puerto Rico, the Paso Fino is now also bred in the USA, where this breed has only been known since 1971 and is enjoying increasing popularity.
The special thing about Paso Fino is the tölt as a natural main gait. Enormously agile, lively and sure-footed, but at the same time vibration-free for the rider, the Paso Fino moves forward in a light-footed four-stroke at different speeds, depending on the composition and disposition of the horse: walk, paso fino, paso corto, paso largo as well as canter .
A second special feature of this utility horse is its character: people-friendly, intelligent and willing to learn, easy to lead and pleasant to deal with. An important breeding goal is a certain liveliness under the saddle and a pronounced will to walk, called "Brio".
These three main traits, gait and character and brio, allow the breed to be used and used in many ways. The Paso Fino is suitable for comfortable trail riding, for sporty endurance riding, for therapy, for driving a carriage, and to a certain extent also for western riding.
In their areas of origin, Paso Finos are part of the folklore.
All colors as well as piebalds are allowed and occur in practice. As an old breed of utility and riding horse, these horses are of a comfortable size for humans - comparable to the Arabs, the height is approx. 143 cm.
