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'Paso Creole'
History
The Paso Creole is not an actual breed, but a name coined by Elyane Brightlight for cross bred horses with some paso blood, be it Paso Fino or Peruvian Paso. The 'history' of the Paso Creole in Australia is less than a decade old. Due to the rather limited number of purebred Paso horses in Australia, crosses with other breeds are pretty much the only chance to breed more gaited horses while avoiding inbreeding - unless you have $10000 to spare for a quick import from Europe or the US. AI would also be an option, but again only for those with deep pockets.... |
 Bendecido (3/4 Peruvian, 1/4 Arab) |
Characteristics
 Corazon (Peruvian Paso x Andalusian x Stockhorse) and her
son Caruso (by a Paso Fino) at Narrawin
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Both the
exterior and temperament of the Paso Creole depend of course very much
on the breed of
horse crossed with the Paso. A large number of Creoles in Australia are
Peruvian Paso / Paso Fino crosses. Most of them are particularly good
looking,
medium sized horses of Spanish type. And since both parents are gaited,
the offspring is definitely gaited, too. Years ago Fripa, a
Friesian / Peruvian Paso cross who could beat up a storm on the
sounding board, was the big star of Equitana Germany. More often
than not the combination of Pasos and either Andalusian or Arab horses also
results in very nice and gaited offspring. Furthermore, there are some
crosses with American
Saddlebreds or Haflinger around, but they don't seem to work quite that
well (but that's
my personal opinion!). |
Gaits
Outcrosses with non-gaited breeds, particularly with 'strictly non-gaited' ones like Thoroughbreds or Haflinger, don't always produce gaited offspring. So there are some three gaited Creoles around. Gaited Creoles usually show the gaits of their Paso parents - and sometimes even more! In his first days of life, I've seen our colt Bendecido (Peruvian x Arab) in trot, pasitrote, paso llano and sobreandando. In his foal days Mucho Macho (Peruvian Paso x Paso Fino) also showed a whole spectrum of gaits. Under saddle it's mainly a nice paso llano, I was told. But since he hasn't been in training all that long, the other gaits might still develop! |
 Mucho Macho
(Peruvian Paso x Paso Fino) (courtesy Yvonne Lehey)
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Problems
| Like in most cross breeds,
problems that affect the whole population are pretty much unheard of.
Individual
horses might have one or the other problem, but that's most likely due
to a bad choice in breeding. |
Breeders in Oz
Narrawin
Stud: http://www.users.bigpond.com/narrawin/
Olivaylle: http://olivaylle.com.au/
Olivaylle: http://olivaylle.com.au/
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