El Salvador Category

Breeds of horse found in El Salvador, a Central American country. There are a handful of breeds native to the country, including strains of the popular Criollo and Paso.

Costeño Paso

Intro

The name Paso Fino translates to ‘fine step’ and the are very clearly a breed apart from others as their fine step cannot be taught, it has to come through their genetics. The Paso is in fact distinguished by their four-beat lateral gait.
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El Salvadorian Criollo

Intro

The term Criollo originally meant animals (or people) of purebred Spanish ancestry who were born in the Americas, but through time it has come to mean breeds native to the Americas.
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Breeds