I created this journal as a way of sharing my thoughts and experiences with a horse breed I live with on a daily basis. If it has even the slightest resemblance or relationship with Paso Fino horses, you'll find it here from the most serious discussions to recipes for a lechones.
The next few months turned into over a year of learning and redesigning. May I say it wasn't easy but well worth it as the Paso Fino is deserving how ever long it takes. The J Tale is alive and well, so let's get started!
Come on into The J Tale kick your boots off, get comfortable, and stay a while.
Introducing The J Tale Projects
The project will be a serious, in-depth exploration into one topic broken up into a weekly series. The goal is to translate all the jargon thrown out in the horse industry and distill it down to a practical, real-world application tailored to the paso.
NEW FEATURE!
Now available for download! The out-of-print Paso Fino Horse Coloring Book.
The coloring book requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Get it here for free.
Coming Soon
- A Gringa's How-To for Beans and Rice
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Even my former Puerto Rican boyfriend said that I cooked one mean bean, but how to get it to be the "real deal" escaped me until I mentioned how it lacked that beans and rice look to a young Cuban-American coworker. What I thought was a secret kept from gringos isn't....
- DNA Testing--Is it helping or hurting?
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I once thought DNA testing was manna from heaven. Lately, I have had second thoughts about it and how breed registries use it. It is one thing to prove genealogy. It is another matter entirely when it is used to determine purity....
- Term of the Month: Encastar
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The English translation of encastar means "to breed". In Spanish, the meaning goes beyond the act of breeding or conception. It also encompasses what it is "to breed" or to be a breeder. A Paso Fino breeder does more than just select individuals for planned matings....
