February 5, 2012
LIVE - PONCE INTERNACIONAL 2012 PASO FINO COMPETITION
Live Streaming of the Ponce International 2012 Competition. The Stallion Championship is Sunday, February 5, 2012.
January 5, 2012
New Beginnings
New beginnings, new things, new hopes, new and renewed dreams, new year, the birth of something unexpected and exciting. It is also a time for reflection, early cleaning of the cobwebs from your closet and your mind, setting goals for the year. This is the time when I like to give a facelift to things, to rearrange my thoughts, my agenda, my goals like furniture in a room; and bring in something new, a welcome addition. The photo in the logo is a colt just three months old and representing the combined old with the new - a renewed beginning. He is the best of the old Mahoma lines and that of the renewed Majestuoso-Curioso lnes. I hope that everyone's New Year is rife with everything special and it bears witness to the unfolding of your heart's desires.
December 27, 2011
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
"Gimme Some Dough"
I believe this to be Santa's other reindeer of the paso fino persuasion! This gorgeous painting, "Gimme Some Dough," is by Jonelle T. McCoy. Merry Christmas everyone, happy holidays, and may this coming year find you prosperous and blessed in every way. I wish you everything that is good from my heart.
November 14, 2011
"Foreboding" - Congresista de Besilu
Congresista de Besilu
The painting entitled "Foreboding" is created by Arizona artist Wendi Evans, a self-taught, self-styled painter, who creates imaginative yet real portrait pieces from a limited pallete of only two to four colors. Her love for animals has prompted her to specialize mainly in the painting of them including commissioned portraits of pets. Wendi's works are in the mediums of acrylics, oils, colored pencils and graphite.
Wendi has captured the undeniable essence of Congresista de Besilu that is his forebearers of Rescate through Resorte III, and maternally through his Patrimonio del Ocho line. There is royalty on both sides of this fence. Congresista is "packing."
This painting of Congresista de Besilu is an 18 X 24 gallery wrapped acrylic and is available for sale. You can view this and Wendi's other works at
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/wendi-evans.html
or
You can also contact her through the website or at Wendiebcr@aol.com.
If you would like any of Wendi's paintings or a commissioned portrait done by her in unique colors and styles, drop her a line; you'll be glad you did.
CONFEPASO Mundial Paso Fino World Championship held every two years, hosted by the different member countries, is being held this November 16 - 20, 2011, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It will, as usual, be live-stream on line. For more information, go to http://www.pasofinohorsedirectory.com/Forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1531&page=1
September 24, 2011
PFHA USEF GRAND NATIONALS SHOW - LIVE STREAM
The Paso Fino Grand National Championship Show is live stream on the following link. It's September 25, 2011 through October 1, 2011:
July 30, 2011
Stallion Hay Graze Days
Stallion Hay Graze Days - Lazily grazing in this photo are two Paso Fino Stallions sharing a pasture and a bale of hay on a hot summer day. Who said Ned and Fred can't get along! Well, actually, this is Temblor de Los Angeles and Beech Tree Copia. Both of these world-class bloodlined stallions are El Classico de Plebeyo sons, making them half-brothers. One is out of a Terremoto daughter, and the other is out of an Arlequin Tres mare. Can you tell which one? The main thing both have in common is their docility - a gentle, managable temperament they get from their sire.
La Raya de La Luna, means "Moonbeam" or "Moon Ray." Miss Moonbeam, or "Luna," is a Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino of 15-hand stature. She is a throwback to the way many Puerto Ricans used to be bred, and still are in some cases, for the complete range of gaits, including the corresponding proper strides that go with these gaits….Naturally! There is something in the design of many of the Pure Puerto Rican Paso Finos that enable them to go from a long-strided, relaxed stroll and largo into a self-transformed collection of a seahorse shape, enabling the execution of the most beautiful, stylistic Classic Fino gait. It is the eclectic style among the individual paso finos that is unique to their breed. Long Live the Puertorriqueno Caballo de Paso Fino.
April 27, 2011
Auction for Painting "Fire" Successful
The auction for the Debbie King Fire Fund on the "Fire" painting has ended as of April 24, 2011. An amount of $600.00 was the final bid by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. The painting is planned to be placed in a prominent place of honor. Thanks to everyone who participated. It was for a very worthy cause. It was a successful auction all the way around. Thank you for your help and participation; it is greatly appreciated by all involved in this auction.
April 1, 2011
Salgareno de Rescate - Mr. America
Photo by C. Gascon - Horse Haven Paso Finos
Salgareno de Rescate, black, beautiful and in the buff, Mr. Dominican Republic himself, as that is where he hails from, even though he is of Full Colombian bloodlines. He has travelled the world, spending his youth in Venezuela, and now his retirement in the USA.
Salgareno, aka "Salgi," is a direct Rescate son of the famous Resorte bloodline, specifically Resorte III, what I consider the best Resorte line hands down. Salgi is one of the few Rescate sons still alive. He typifies everything that is Paso Fino - color, size, temperament, gait, his personality, brio, excitement, and the great beauty of his Spanish heritage.
These bloodlines of Resorte III through Rescate are very prepotent, and the characteristics specific to his father and grandfather are easily recognizable from his conformation down to the gait of his hooves and personality, including the quirks of his tongue girations and jaw-flapping.
Salgareno de Rescate is pictured with his nemesis, Miss America Runner Up. Salgi says: "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!" His natural beauty is what it is, just as the natural beauty of his gait "is what it is." Don't question it, don't reason why - just accept and appreciate it as it is and for what it is - a la naturale.
