Paso Fino, pure here

There is no doubt that the show Sweet dream or is the event ± s most important in the Paso Fino ... Pure Puertorriqueà ± o ± o and this year will include various attractions that promise to make à © sta one of the most s big fairs and lucid since kicked for 30 year ± os ... first, will have a magna exhibicià ³ n of stallions and mares recrÃa: the foundation of our race ... also © n, together with the fair, will be conducting a sale of foals and Paso Fino fillies ... and of course, there will n together the best examples of Paso Fino and Fine Forms of the island ...

During these thirty year ± os, many shows Sweet dreams ± or where I have been ... many memories and many emotions experienced ... many events sitting on the edge of the chair or standing by the fence waiting for decisià ³ n of the judges ... and Many Monday that amanecà afa ³ nico from screaming during the weekend ... but, guess what? ... also © n I regretted those fairs I could not attend ... those moments where history was made in our sport and our race , and I was not present to enjoy ...

So I invite you not to miss this opportunity: all finistasâ € â € œpaso will meet in Guayama this pra maximum ³ Â weekend ... there's hope!

This week we received a copy of the edition n February 2008 issue of Hispanic where it appears an article entitled: Pride of the Islands ... as introduction ³ n to the article, Teresa Gordon says: â € œWith ITS delicate gait and rare beauty, Puerto Ricoa € ™ s Paso Fino horse is one of the country '€ ™ s prized ICONSA € ...

To my surprise, when I start to read the article, I find that people who talk about our race are all members of The Open ... and that the â € œvisià ³ nâ € which will be presented on our Paso Fino horses is not quite right ...

Next you I leave a copy of the email that sends © Teresa Gordon ... those of you wishing to send their comments to Hispanic Magazine, at the end of my letter appear emails Marissa Rodriguez (Managing Editor) and section n â € œCartas the editor € ...

Teresa Gordon
Hispanic Magazine

Dear Ms. Gordon,

Been a Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino horse enthusiast, owner and breeder, and II was trilled when i saw your articleâ € ™ s title in the February 2008 issue of Hispanic Magazine: â € œ The Pride of Puerto Rico: The delicate gait and beauty of the Paso Fino horse Makes it an icon of the Iceland €.

Let me Explain a little bit about our breed and how we preserve and Struggle to Promote it, so you can Understand why your article WAS Such a big disappointment for us. As you Mentioned, the Paso Fino horse is a unique breed That can be Traced back to the horses Introduced by the Spaniards to the New World. This breed, the Paso Fino, WAS Developed in Puerto Rico and is truly â € Oean icon of the Iceland €.

There are other breeds of Spaniard origin thru Central and South America. All are Different from one another, and all respond to the selective breeding done by Each Country. One of those breeds, the Paso Colombiano (Colombian Paso), share the Same gait as the Puerto Rican Paso Fino, But ITS resemblance ends there. Besides STI gait, the Colombian and the Puerto Rican Paso Fino are two Different breeds of horses and Distinctive, phenotype and genotype on Both.

Back in the late â € ~ 70s, a group of Puerto Rican Paso Fino breed breeders Suggested That our infusion of needed an â € œnew They bloodâ € and the Colombian Paso Proposed as an alternative to breed € â € œrefreshâ ours. The group who ADOPTED this philosophy Promoted the concept of a â € œPaso Fino of the Americasâ € as just one breed With Two big families: one from Puerto Rico, the Paso Fino, and the other from Colombia, the Colombian Paso. ADOPTED this group the name of our breed â € "â € œPaso Finoâ € â €" as a generic term to Designate the four beats isochronal gait common to Both breeds, and with Time, the Colombian Paso Became Known as Colombian Paso Fino.

The other group of breeders Stated That Both, the Puerto Rican Paso Fino and the two Colombian Paso Were Different breeds, and as Such, They Should Remain â € œpureâ €. This second group ADOPTED the term â € € œPureâ Before The breed name to Distinguish it from the mixed stock; That is why we Refer to Puerto Rican Paso Finos as Pure Puerto Rican Paso Finos. Must I point this out That is not exclusive position of the Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino Promoters, in Colombia Colombian Paso Also breeders believe breed is unique and Their Remains Should œpureâ € â €.

I have to admit That there is an â € € marketa œinternational who Believes on the â € œPaso € Americasâ Fino of the model, and They Both breeds register as one. The Paso Fino Horse Association, in the United States, is one of These groups, The Open, in Puerto Rico, is another. For Some Time, the accepted events Peruvian PFHA Steps in Their â € € Finoâ œPaso registry. We Recognize That the Promoters of the â € œPaso Fino of the Americasâ € Have the desire to create a new breed Puerto Rican and Colombian mixing stock, That Is Their prerogative, But we regret Their insistence on Both Claiming That When They are one breed are not.

As you can see by the figures in your article, there are huge Economic Interests Promoting the concept of a â € œPaso Fino of the Americasâ €. These Interests Encourage the misinformation about the history, Development and true nature of the Puerto Rican Paso Fino horses, and Present Their biased point of view as fact.

This is not the only breed our Struggle Had to Overcome During The Last Few Decades. For years, I we have seen how Some of our best sea Has Been bought and put to produce half-breeds instead of Pure Paso Fino stock. Since our horse Population is small, This Represented a big setback in our breed preservation and development. Also, Organizations like The Open and pro CONFEPASO Have ADOPTED to breed standard and show Colombian ruling That Openly discriminate Toward the Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino disqualifying the white markings in the legs and face so common in our bred.

This is why It Was Such a big disappointment did not Interviewed That You quoted Any rules of the Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino people, But only breeders, owners and Judges who owns mostly Promotes and Colombian Paso stock â € "none of Them owns Pure Puerto Rican Paso Finos â € "even the horse is the picture is a Colombian Paso.

Puerto Ricans are very proud of our autochthonous breed of horses, the Paso Fino, and we truly believe of Them as an â € Oean icon of the Iceland €, But this is not the breed of horse you portrayed in your article.

In a Few Days we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the biggest Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino show: Sweet dreams Fair ± o. This will be an excellent Opportunity to see the best of our breed unique and wonderful performing STI gait, the true Paso Fino.

For more information about the Puerto Rican Paso Fino breed, I invite you to visit my personal blog or PasoFinoForum.com: purodeaqui.com.

Sincerely,

Romualdo Olaza bal
romualdo@purodeaqui.com

Cc
Marissa Rodriguez / Managing Editor
marissa.rodriguez @ page1media.com
Letter to the editor
editor.hispanic @ page1media.com

To close this series of articles would again touch the two musicians basis points on which rests the â € œarte of encastarâ € ... first, selecting a stallion or mare recrÃa should pay special attention n to their â € œrazaâ € ... but here, when we talk about â € œrazaâ € we do not mean s ³ I big names on a piece of paper ... but our prospect has to exhibit these characteristics in sa very important to make that family or blood line is ... remember that the â € € œrazaâ, when present in a specimen, is evident: Â it shows! ... is in these horses and mares € â € œenrazadosâ must rest our pineapple © by HARC ...

The other point that I want to emphasize is that there are occasions that arise copies â € œexcepcionalesâ € but that do not meet our definition ³ n â € œrazaâ € ... I mean, they are â € œexcepciones to reglaâ € and show some characteristics that were not present in the family or line to which they belong ... these specimens, in most cases, do not reproduce in their offspring, but they convey the qualities (good and bad) of his own family and remember that line ... the exceptions are just that: exceptions ... and tuna â € œgolpe € or â € vicoâ œgolpe of € suerteâ that occurred in that issue € â € œexcepcionalâ rarely transmitted to their descendants ... in other words, no matter how good a copy or how many titles you have, if those features that make it â € is € œexcepcionalâ n present in your immediate family, that's not a horse or mare round for recrÃa ³ neo ...

It is therefore important to base our programs on horses and mares recrÃa € â € œsuperioresâ ... but â € € œsuperioresâ not about awards or championships, but some specimens show outstanding features and belong to a family or blood line tested and arrogant ... to seek consistency encastar remember that in a previous article we said that:

Our primary goal encastar Paso Fino horses is not to produce a à º nico best horse, a â € œcampeà ³ nâ € ... but our interest © s should be directed to consistently produce colts and fillies over ... if we achieve that, we make the race better as race ...

Catches my attention n attitude how to some approach to raising Paso Fino horses ... some people want to see it as a science, and looking for a foolproof system to achieve perfect cross ... but the genetic © policy is not an exact science, two s most two do not always give four ... and who is not prepared to suffer some disappointment, frustrated or disenchanted ends ...

There are others who think it is cuestià ³ n of luck and say â € œencastar is a loterÃaâ € ... and guess what? ... Although I am sorry to say, the way some encastan modern day, it would be providential if they take what SOA ± aron when they made their cross ... this does not means that breeding horses is to play randomly ... if you hubià © ramos said that our grandparents would have reated of us ... that it would be the equivalent of saying that our race springs from a combination n haphazard and casual genes, rather than a selection careful of horses and mares over ...

When encastar, keep in mind that the basis of a program recrÃa successful is the selection will care for copies of race, features defined and arrogance genetic © tica ... this form of encastar top horses was practiced by our ancestors and that some modern breeders still practice ... and that, my friends, is an art!

In the two articles preceding speech we were about how to some breeders have developed lines of blood very well defined, both in their phenotype and in the arrogance genetic © tica with that transmit their characteristics to subsequent generations ... also © n decÃamos that motivation n of these breeders was not to produce â € € œcampeonesâ but consistently reproduce in their breeding those qualities they considered important to the race ...

When we talk about the breed Paso Fino horses, the first thing that comes to mind is the horse Sweet ± or dream ... today we know as the â € € Razaa œpadre of, not because it is the origin of it, but because from à © l, s too families or blood lines existÃan, diluted in one great family of which à © l is the trunk ...

 You know that catches my attention n on Sweet dreams ± or? ... That despite their arrogance genetic © tica â € "no doubt produced animals superiorÃsimos all mares that gave him â €" their children are not a line uniform blood ... but they, in turn, founded â € € œfamiliasâ well defined and dominant ...

No doubt the children of Sweet dreams ± o, the three dominant families are GuamanÃ, Battle and Christmas Eve ... Guamanà traÃa blood Cordoncillo whiteleg by Chestnut ... Battle, by Philippa traÃa the Gift and Vicenta (his grandmother) that of the Spotted ... and Christmas Eve represented the crossing of Sweet dreams ± or the line and only a outlet for his son Battle, because Star was an inbreeding Battle with one of his daughters ... the interesting thing is how to, despite all three being children of Sweet dreams ± o, each played a very different features in their generations, by solidifying in strong families and defined, but distinct from each other ...

Again we see here the importance of ... the Cordoncillo Chestnut mares, Felipa and Star were mares and crossing over with a horse like Sweet dreams arrogant ± o Not only were the sons outstanding, but most important year s ° n, outstanding stallions ...

This brings me to the obvious question, A Do how to put this into practice, how to apply it to my way of encastar? ... The answer, though simple, has two parts ... the first and most s obvious is from mares above: when selecting recrÃa my mares, I choose the best mares that my circumstances permit me ... good in their particular qualities, but most important year s th n, ³ s blood lines and lidas arrogant ... in other words, that besides being â € s € œbuenasâ, come from a line of good breeding mares ...

The second part of the answer has to do with the selection of prospective pimps to serve these mares ... this is especially important when we consider colts young people or horses are starting your career as a player ... the â € œsecretoâ € is on select those who have the â € € ... but œmejores madresâ eye, â € € madresâ œmejores are not those that have a better record on the track, but those coming from families arrogant ... those whose mothers, grandmothers, sisters, etc., have produced specimens consistently superior ...