{"id":455,"date":"2010-08-09T02:58:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T02:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=455"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:08:11","slug":"cuban-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/cuban-paso","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Paso Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Cuba has no indigenous horses, which means that the breeds &#8216;native&#8217; to the country were all brought there by Spanish and perhaps Portuguese settlers.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Once the Spanish had conquered the area their horses were left to become feral. Over the years the habitat and natural selection shaped these animals in isolation. The Cuban Paso or Cuban gaited horse began to show the lateral gait of the Jennet. This breed is characterized by their smooth four-beat gait which they can maintain over long distances. <\/p>\n<p>Due to their isolation this breed has maintained many of the characteristics of their Iberian ancestors. These same ancestors are shared by many different breeds throughout the West Indies, Central and South America. Each one specifically bred and prized for their localized conformation, rarely are they crossbred. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.3 &#8211; 15 hands<br \/>\nHarmonious conformation<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is small and refined with a straight profile<br \/>\nEars are small, eyes are large and expressive<br \/>\nNeck is medium in length, arched and muscular<br \/>\nBack is moderate in length<br \/>\nChest is wide and well muscled<br \/>\nLegs are short and muscular with large knees and well defined tendons<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\">All Colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Energetic and animated<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding Horse<br \/>\nWork Horse<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cuban-paso-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Cuban Paso Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cuban-paso-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Cuban Paso Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cuban-paso-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Cuban Paso Horse\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Cuba has no indigenous horses, which means that the breeds &#8216;native&#8217; to the country were all brought there by Spanish and perhaps Portuguese settlers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10234,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions\/10234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}