Re: Paso Fino

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Duncan Fletcher wrote:
> 
> Sounds like the horse was doing the fino fino (classic fino). Many of the
> show horses are trained to do this to the exclusion of other gaits. If the
> horse does a good paso corto or paso largo, that won't be a problem. I have
> trail ridden with a couple of paso finos that do well. I also looked at
> purchasing one that had a great fino fino gait. Needless to say I didn't buy
> it - it needs to kept in the show ring.
> 
> Duncan Fletcher
> dfletche@gte.net
> 


Yes, now that you mention it, this horse did show as well, so maybe he
was just too much of a gaited PF to also be able to do distance.  If
Patty O'Rourke is lurking on the list, I think she breeds PFs and also
rides endurance, though I don't know if Mr. RoanMan is a PF or not.

Susan