Peruvian Paso - "Don’t just ride, glide!"
“The Peruvian Paso horse, arguably the smoothest riding horse in the world……”
- at the GAIT magazine, April/May 2007
Today’s Peruvian is the result of over 400 years of controlled breeding in Peru where breeders wanted to create a horse with beauty, stamina, and riding comfort. Their achievements have produced a horse with unique motion of the front legs and a 4 beat lateral gait both of which are genetically transmitted. The Peruvian is the perfect horse for pleasure trail riding, especially for riders who may have knee or back problems. The mild mannered Peruvian is an ideal family horse. Saddleridge Farms is breeding Peruvians for today’s larger riders while maintaining conformation and gait.
Saddleridge Farms is pleased to announce that our Peruvian performance horses are now under the supervision of Sr. Antonio Rivas of Brentwood, Tennessee.
Meet Savannah!
Saddleridge Farms suspended breeding of Peruvian Pasos approximately 4 years ago as we became aware of the problems with DSLD (degenerative suspensory ligament disease), also known as EPA (excessive protyoglycan accumulation). As responsible breeders, we believe that to continue breeding horses with an undetermined probability of this genetic issue manifesting itself, is not the best for the breed and future owners of these wonderful horses.
We focused our efforts to help fund research for the disease and to participate in educating the public on the problem. We are pleased to announce that we have resumed our breeding of Peruvians as a result of two significant developments: First, the researchers at the University of Georgia and Texas A&M are very close to resolving the genetic issue. Secondly, Pleasant Valley Farms of Collins, GA, has identified 2 bloodlines in Peru with extreme longevity of the horses. Working with PVF, we crossed these bloodlines with the result being Savannah. As you can see, she is quite something. We believe this cross to be as genetically clean as one can get and represents the future of the breed. Photo is Savannah at 9 days.
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MLM Furiosa, 2010 Peach Classic
1st place Mares halter
Excellence in Performance
SRF Mateo, age 4, shown in bozal, 5/08
SRF Mateo, 2010 Peach Classic
Champion of Champion Geldings
SRF Temuco, 2010 Peach Classic
1st place 4 year Bosal
Excellence in Performance
RJS Bailarin
LATEST NEWS & EVENTS
Selected Events
- March 25-27
Deep South Classic XV
Jackson, MS - April 23-25
30th Annual Southwest Show
Bryan, TX - May 13-15
Central States Classic
Tunica, MS - May 27-29
18th Annual Sooner State Championship
Ada, OK - June 17-19
Northeast Peruvian Horse Show Virginia Horse Center
Lexington, VA - July 21-23
Centennial State Regional Championship
Denver, CO - October 7-9
US National Championship
Las Vegas, NV - Visit napha.net for complete schedule
