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The Paso Fino is a naturally gaited light horse breed dating back to horses imported to the Caribbean from Spain. Pasos are prized for their smooth, natural, four-beat, lateral ambling gait ; they are used in many disciplines, but are especially popular for trail riding .
The Cuban Paso belongs to the Criollo group of light horses. [1] Average height ranges from 1.40 m to 1.52 m according to CAB International, [1] and from 1.45 m to 1.51 m according to the Delachaux guide.
These may include: the northern or Atlantic Celtic ponies or small horses, which show similarities to British breeds such as the Exmoor Pony; the southern or Mediterranean breeds of Celtic origin, including the Mallorquín and Menorquín; the hot-blooded breeds, including the imported Arab and Thoroughbred, as well as the Spanish Trotter; and ...
The modern Spanish Jennet Horse, Paso Fino and Peruvian Paso breeds probably most closely resemble the original jennet. In the treatise Il Cavallarizzo written by Claudio Corte in 1562, three years after the end of the Great Italian Wars, the author describes at length the qualities of the ginecti (jennets) as horses useful for war.
Gaited horses are horse breeds that have selective breeding for natural gaited tendencies, that is, the ability to perform one of the smooth-to-ride, intermediate speed, four-beat horse gaits, collectively referred to as ambling gaits.
The DAD-IS database lists fourteen breeds of horse in Cuba, including four local breeds: the local breeds are the Cuban Paso (Paso cubano), the Cuban Trotter (Cubano de trote), the Patibarcino and the Cuban Pinto (Pinto cubano); the other breeds bred in Cuba are the Appaloosa, the Belgian Draught, the Spanish Purebred, the Morgan, the Percheron ...
The Peruvian Paso and Paso Fino are two horse breeds developed in Latin America that have smooth innate intermediate gaits. Both descended from jennets that came to the Americas with the Spanish. [33] The Paso Fino has several speed variations called (from slowest to fastest) the paso fino, paso corto, and paso largo. All have an even 1-2-3-4 ...
The Criollo Cubano originates from Spanish horses brought to Cuba by Diego Velázquez in 1511. There are four different breeds known as criollo: the Cubano de Paso, the Pinto Cubano, the Criollo de Trote and the Patibarcino. It is a small stout breed used by the Guajiro people. [1]