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Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino Breed
Represented at Equustravaganza
by
Mandy McKown
The North Atlantic Pure Puerto Rican
Paso Fino Organization (NAPPRPFO)
was very well represented at the Equustravaganza held at the
Carnegie Mellon Museum of Natural History. The Equustravaganza
was a one day celebration of the horse scheduled as part of the
month long special exhibit “The Horse” being held at the Museum.
The Equustravaganza, open from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm Saturday
March 21st , included exhibits by various horse
associations and was attended by 4,000 to 5,000 people.
The
NAPPRPFO put on a classy exhibit which attracted instant
attention with the near life size canvases of Paso Finos
and the eye-catching banner. It included a beautiful central
board with pictures of horses and a description of the breed, a
TV showing videos of the horses doing their famous gait, English
and Western saddles, mouse pads with beautiful photos of various
Paso Finos, copies of Paso Fino magazines, Paso Fino coloring
books, and handouts describing the organization and the history
of the Pure Puerto Rican Paso Fino.
There was also a poster advertising the upcoming “Meet the
Breed” Open House at Frosty Acres Paso Fino
 Farm
which generated a lot of interest when people found out they
could see these spectacular horses in live demonstrations.
Barbara Nichols, Elaine Francis, Nancy Hayweiser, Nicole Popp,
and Gwen Thee were on hand all day to answer questions, explain
the uses of the tack, and share their love of this special
breed. Although everyone went home exhausted, they also went
home with the satisfaction of knowing that thousands of people
were introduced to a wonderful breed.
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