How do I find out if my mare is Colombian bred?

[MistyMtnFarm]

I know there has to be some experts out there that can tell me a little about my mare pedigree. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

I just noticed the chat boards are divided by breed and I am not sure where she is from.

My mare: Maripose del Rio
Sire - Ponderoso Coloso
Dam - Antillana de Ropa

Sires - sire - Florete
dam - Sensacion de Rejonero

Dam's - sire - Alivia del Guao
dam - La Tonada Amorosa de Ropa

Thanks for you help.

Dee

[pnalley]

Mostly Colombian. But through La Tonada Amorosa de Ropa your horse goes back to many of the big name Puerto Ricans. Including Papyrus, Batalla, Guamani, Dulce Sueno.

I have found that I prefer the melding of Colombian & PR lines. Lately my ride of choice is Favio, whom I *thought* was pure Col. Two weeks ago I found out he is actually a Col/PR too. Funny how my favorite rides always turn out to be a true American (melding pot) horse. That said, my favorite horse is usually the one I'm riding.:v:

This same horse goes back to Lunares (Col). I have a grandaughter of Lunarus. Really nice mare. I like those lines

Moat of the conversation is in General Chit Chat (any topic is OK). Or if it is just Paso related in goes in Paso Chit Chat.

[MistyMtnFarm]

Thanks for your help.
Dee

[motorgypsy]

I also like the mixes. Three of the smoothest rides we have are mixes, the other is pure Col. There are pedigree errors because the same name has been used for Pure Puerto Rican and Pure Colombian horses and we have a couple of pedigrees that are not correct further back.

There is so much variety within each strain that the differences within are greater than the differences between if you get what I mean. I have seen in general a great variation in size in pure Puerto Rican stock. The largest and smallest I've seen were PPR's but there are quite large Col and small ones also. There are some great articles that explain that because Colombia had limited breeding across several large areas there are three distinct strains of Colombian paso finos who have a different way of going and even appearance. The show preference is for the mountain paso finos with the piston action but they also have Colombian daisy clippers and some that wing a bit like Peruvians as this way of going is good in wetlands. So there is not a particular look to a Colombian or to a PPR paso fino but the averages of the two are a bit different.