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THE PASO FINO HORSE REFLECTS ITS SPANISH HERITAGE THROUGH ITS PROUD CARRIAGE, GRACE AND ELEGANCE. THE PASO FINO IS BORN WITH THE GAIT UNIQUE TO THE BREED – TOTALLY NATURAL, SMOOTH, RHYTHMIC AND PURPOSEFUL, RESULTING IN UNEQUALLED COMFORT AND SMOOTHNESS FOR THE RIDER.
THE PASO FINO GAIT IS AN EVENLY SPACED 4 BEAT LATERAL GAIT, WHEREIN EACH HOOF CONTACTS THE GROUND INDEPENDENTLY AND IN A REGULAR SEQUENCE. THE GAIT IS PERFORMED AT VARIOUS DEGREES OF COLLECTION AND FORWARD SPEED.
THE SHOW GAIT IS THE CLASSIC FINO. FORWARD SPEED IS VERY SLOW, FOOTFALL IS VERY RAPID WHILE STEPS ARE SHORT. THE FINO IS PERFORMED WITH ULTIMATE COLLECTION.
COMPARABLE IN SPEED TO A TROT, THE CORTO IS THE AVERAGE TRAIL GAIT. A WELL-CONDITIONED PASO FINO CAN TRAVEL AT THE CORTO FOR HOURS AND THANKS TO THE SMOOTH GAIT SO CAN THE RIDER.
THE FASTEST SPEED OF THE GAIT IS THE LARGO. THE LARGO IS EXECUTED WITH A LONGER EXTENSION AND STRIDE AND THE LEAST AMOUNT OF COLLECTION.