In the last few years we have tried everything from Missouri Foxtrotters  to Rocky Mountains to Tennessee Walkers. Even rode a fabulous Peruvian Paso! But I knew I had found what I was looking for when I rode and purchased my first Paso Fino! Nothing compares to their smooth gait and "Arabian" like disposition- people loving and willing to a fault..

 

And so begins a fledgling beginning into breeding a few quality Pasos in addition to our blossoming Arabian program. Read below for a short history taken from Wikepedia and stay tuned for updates on this newest enterprise.

The Paso Fino name means 'fine step'. The Paso Fino is a blend of the Barb, Spanish Jennet, and Andalusian horse and was bred by Spanish land owners in Puerto Rico and Colombia to be used in the plantations because of their endurance and the comfortable ride they provided. All Pasos share their heritage with the Peruvian Paso, the American Mustangs, and other descendants of Colonial Spanish Horses. Puerto Rican and Colombian horses, as well as Paso Finos from Cuba and other tropical countries, have been interbred frequently in the United States to produce the modern American Paso Fino show horse.

On the second voyage of Christopher Columbus from Spain to the Americas in 1493, he disembarked with 20 horses and 5 mares on the island of Borinquen at the bay of Aguada, (today Añasco) and gave the region the name San Juan Bautista.^[2][3] Soon after, In May of 1509, the first governor of the island, Juan Ponce de León, brought horses to Puerto Rico from his Hacienda, El Higuey, located on the neighboring island of La Española (now Hispaniola).^[4]