Paso Fino
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![Paso Fino mare in Puerto Rico.](/Images/godic/202502/01/Manati2009_483-_Platanera_Dorada1223.JPG")
![A Paso Fino gelding of predominantly Colombian breeding](/Images/godic/202502/01/Vesuvio_Bien_Vee_-_Paso_Fino_Bellas_Formas_National_Champion_3_Year_Old_Gelding_in_2001;_photo_taken_in_May_of_20061223.JPG")
Importation and development in the United States
The rise of the Paso Fino in the United States began in the 1950s and 1960s. The first Paso Finos in the United States were imported by members of the armed services, who purchased the horses while stationed in Puerto Rico. This stock provided some of the first Paso Finos bred in the United States.