In January of 2011, I was invited to Coronado for an amazing horse show and party. Coronado is a beach town with high rise developments favored by both Panamanians and ExPats. Peruvian Paso Fino Horses are gated horses whose front legs are trained to walk in a certain way….much like Tennessee Walking Horses, but more pronounced. My host Rogelio and his wife Kathy made me very comfortable in their hacienda on the ocean. Here are some photos of the horse show and the hacienda. Funny thing is, they had other house guests who were from Ecuador! Coincidence!
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Back in 2007-2008, my wife and I spent a year in South America. We lived in Peru for eight months, six of those months doing volunteer work in a poor community in the Peruvian Andes. We then spent an additional four months traveling elsewhere in South America. One of the places which we visited was the town of Huanchaco on the Northern Coast of Peru. There, my wife (the cowgirl in our family) had the opportunity to ride one of the Peruvian Paso Fino horses. Bill
By: billbirnbaum on February 20, 2011
at 1:51 pm
Just a note, Peruvian pasos are not trained to walk that way. They are born with the gait immediately. They are definitely fantastic horses and I hope to never ride anything but one
By: Vicki Salazar on February 23, 2011
at 1:22 pm