North Augusta Today

News Release:
The Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino Federation of America, Inc. will host a show for Puerto Rican Paso Finos Saturday and Sunday, August 23 and 24 at the Hippodrome in North Augusta. The show will start at 9 a.m. each day and classes will run throughout the day.
There will be horses attending from over the United States and Puerto Rico. On Saturday in addition to the show there will be a mounted possee demonstration by Clifford Fisher and a free horse training and showing clinic by Ramon Bodon. On Sunday there will be a horse training clinc by Ramon Bodon and a guard demonstration by November Carpenter and Patrick Ashley. For more information contact Patti Smith at 803-782-9583 or Lorri Sutton at 803-945-4750.
Admission is free.
The Federation was incorporated in l987 in Columbia, S.C., to preserve and promote Pure Puerto Rican Paso Finos. These horses are prized for their naturally smooth four-beat lateral gait which is consistently passed on to their offspring. Some owners of other pasos have to hire trainers to train the lateral gait into their horses. This practice is unnecessary for Pure Puerto Rican Paso Finos.
Pure Puerto Rican Paso Finos are rare and hard to find. They are extremely intelligent and make wonderful show, trail and family horses. There are only a few breeders in the U.S. and Puerto Rico who have not diluted their bloodstock with horses of outside origin. The best place to see the largest number of these horses in the U.S. is at the celebration show on August 23 and 24.