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My husband rides a 14.2h Paso Fino...he's done a lot of 50s and 55s on him (only pull in those has been 1 RO to help me get back to camp when my horse fell with me back in March this year), and Diamante has always had plenty of piss and vinegar left at the end.  He started a 100 on him last month, but had to pull RO for reasons unrelated to the horse.  That little horse is 100 mile material, no doubt.  And boy, does he love to go down the trail!

 

Dawn Carrie, Texas

 

On 6/20/07, Karla Watson <karlawatson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Lets not forget that the Tennessee Walkers and the Paso Finos are doing really, really well in this sport. They both were bred to have stamina. A friend of mine finished a fairly tough 100 miler last month up in this region on his Paso Fino who is only about 14.2 hds and the rider is a heavyweight. Foxtrotters are very nice but lets not forget to acknowledge that there are some other gaited breeds making a mark out there. I live in a region that has 2 gaited teams and they are fairly high in the points right now.

--------Karla/NW region 

(who just bought herself a Paso Fino mare who has yet to get tired on conditioning rides)