Pasos are wonderful riding and trekking horses! The paso gait is performed at trot/pace speeds. However as the gait is four beat the ride is exceptionally well balanced and smooth with little up and down or side to side movement.
The height of the paso breeds of horses varies between 13/2 - 15/2 hh and there is a wide variety of colours. Their ancestry is primarily linked to the Spanish Jennet (pinto and appaloosa coloured gaited) horses, Barbs and Andalusians which were taken to the Americas from the time of the Conquistadors in the 1490s. The horses hailed mainly from the province of Andalucía in Spain, as did the Conquistadors. Paso Finos were developed primarily in Puerto Rico and then Colombia, and Peruvian Pasos in Peru.
These breeds are in separate registries as are the many other breeds of gaited horses within the Americas.