Paso Fino/ Rocking Mountain crosses

[pasoman]

Who is the person that crosses Rocking Mountain Horses with Paso Finos ?

I believe she lives in Colorado.

Would like to e mail her.

[pasoman]

Meant to say Rocky Mountain ( or Kentucky Mountain)

[Primroseddp]

The true Rocky Mountain horse was a paso before they started breed TB, Saddlebred,Pacers etc to get the size and reach

[CarolU]

Don is right, and there are still many double-registered Rocky/Paso Finos. Lynn Gallup is a judge for them and could tell you most about how the breed has changed and what they breed for. It seems they went with high stepping Saddlebred look for a while and now penalize the high step and have a height limit. She could tell you more.

[stella]

No, that's not quite how it was. I did some consulting work for the lady that had Hope Springs Farm with the original Rockies, I just today ran across the video of the original stock she gave me, when I visited in person.
None of those horses were Paso Finos, but several of them had the Silver Dapple coloration, and I told her to check that out with a genetics lab, as before that, it was a color seen only in Shetland blooded ponies and horses.

What they did do, was try to buy up as many Paso Fino chestnut mares with good gait and rounded conformation, that were 14.2h and over. Initially, the breed was restricted to various forms of chestnut, esp ones with flaxen manes and tails. The main stud looked somewhat Paso in neck shape, but I'd say more like a Morgan, old time, particularly the degree of bone.
I probably still have some of the old Paso newspapers that the PFHW was back then, that carried the ad in the classified.....the idea of using pasos was to strengthen and tighten their gait, while adding outcrosses to expand the gene pool.

In fact, my evaluation of her herd was that, while she sought to get consistency of type in conformation, size and temperament, there was no consistency of gait style. It was an array of styles and rhythms- you saw the rack, singlefoot, foxtrot, running walk,pace, all both low and high action,but a breed should also have a distinct "type" in movement as well.

Even if you have high and low action within a type- there is a particular "way of going" that also distinguishes a breed....of course, that was over 20 years ago, and that breed has evolved more.

[stratton]

I have a 2mth old filly that is Rocky mt/ Paso fino. I acquired this baby as apackage deal with the mare.


http://mullinspleasurehorses.com/Aboutme.html

[cowboy ed]

thanks for that clarification, stella. that was the version of the story that i found, and likely the most accurate.