These are only a couple of examples of the ways Paso Finos continue to surprise us. They are a loyal, spirited, graceful and athletic horse that delivers an exceptionally smooth and comfortable ride because of its natural four-beat lateral gait. Its gait and collected ride absorbs the roughness of the terrain on its joints and back. They are beautiful and powerful. Long luxurious full forelocks and manes accentuate the arched sinuous muscular neck and shoulders.
Beautiful tails flow from their strong hind quarters to the ground.
Paso Fino are naturally surefooted and quick with extremely durable hooves. Unless traveling frequently on hard or rocky surfaces this horse is seldom shod. The Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino is genetically gifted with its gait. Other horses can not learn to gait as a Paso Fino. In 1509 Juan Ponce de Leon brought the first horses from Spain.