About Us - Our Goals

We have actively been involved with Paso Fino horses for over a decade.
The school’s mission is to help the student grow through educational and  sporting activities, while achieving the following goals:

Experience the pleasure of riding Paso horses, the smoothest breed in the world.

Study the horse to achieve the horses maximum potential.

Grow in human values; respect, confidence, discipline, concentration and self-control by practicing the Paso horse sport.

Develop equestrian skills to be able to ride the Paso horses with the finest equitation and gait consistency.

Enjoy a wonderful experience with the extended family of other Paso horse enthusiasts.

DIEGO BRAVO
shares his lifetime of  experiences and knowledge of Paso horses.

Credentials and Experience
 

An enthusiast of horses since the age of three.
 

Graduated with honors from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Medellín) as a “Zoo-technician” in 1989. His thesis examined the physics of Colombian Paso bits.

After graduation, manager/consultant to over 50 medium to large size Paso horse farms throughout Colombia.

Founder and director of three Paso riding schools in Medellín, two of which are still operating.

Professor of “Producción Equina” (Equine husbandry) at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia.
 

Writer of dozens of articles about Paso horses for different international magazines.

Writer of the book, “Caballo Colombiano Ciencia y Arte” in Spanish (20 chapters and 362 pages) in 2001.

Coach of 28 riders of the Colombian Paso equitation team in 2002 for the Fourth CONFEPASO Youth Mundial held in Medellín, Colombia.

Accomplishments in the United States

Instruction Director of Ocala’s School of Equestrian Art – Paso Horses in Ocala, Florida (USA), since 2003.

Judge of the American Trote and Trocha Association.

Clinician/judge at horse shows/events to promote Paso horses in the United States.

Coach of the USA Paso equitation team in 2006 for the Sixth CONFEPASO Youth Mundial held in Kissimmee, FL. (USA) and for the Seventh CONFEPASO Youth Mundial held in Medellin, Colombia in 2008.

Writer of the book “Science and Art of the Paso Fino Horse”  (18 chapters plus appendices, 330 pages, over 350 photos) in 2007.