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No other horse combines strength, intelligence and beauty so perfectly as the Peruvian Pacer Horse. The particular characteristic of the Pacer Horse is precisely the reason for its name: the sublime charm of its typical step. As it walks, its front legs step very high and forward while the hooves sway to the sides in a graceful and synchronized movement that is not only beautiful and complex but makes it very comfortable for the rider, who feels almost nothing of the movements while riding.

The horse's pace is natural. Hardly any training has been involved. Its unmistakable gait is due to a mixture of fortunate coincidences that begin with the arrival of the first horses to this land, its later crossbreeding and adaptation to the geographical environment and finally the rigorous and patient genetic selection by breeders who knew how to recognize the best in each species.

Obviously, the origin of the Peruvian pacer horse lies in the first animals brought by the Spanish during the Conquest. The horse that arrived from the Iberian peninsula had been forged over seven centuries of crossbreeding between Navarre and Castillian nags with Berber stallions that the Arabs brought with them to dominate the region.

As a result, a new species resulted which was the first phase towards today's Pacer Horse. Basically, this new species inherited the height of the forelegs from the nags and the essence of its magical gait from the Berbers: the turn of the hoof sideways and outwards is what softens its trot and makes it a state-of-the-art saddle horse.

The geographic conditions and climate throughout Peru have forced this horse to adapt. With the warrior spirit in its genes, the horse has faced the challenge with courage and has come out winning. Added to its incomparable beauty and the charm of its gait, it now also has a unique and incomparable resistance that makes up for its loss in size.

Added to all these factors are the successful efforts of genetic selection by the breeders. It was they who seemed to envision from the remote beginnings the horse that we see today, with its majestic and proud gait, its straight neck, and the gracefulness of its high-stepping and spirited pace.