Question: Are you a professional horse trainer?

Answer: No I am not. When I was much younger and full of silly ideas, I thought I wanted to train horses for a living. I have misconstrued priorities. My philosophy is a professional horse trainer serves two masters: the horse and the horse owner, in that order. I'll admit the horse owner sometimes comes in a very close second, but never first.

Question: Are you a paso fino judge?

Answer: No I am not. Maybe some day, but not now. I have very old fashioned ideas about what qualifies a person to judge another person's horse. When I had the ambition, I felt I did not have the qualifications, the knowledge, to be a judge. Today my energy is focused on improving my broodstock, which is a very expensive, time consuming hobby.

Question: So you are a paso fino horse breeder?

Answer: Yes and no. Yes, I breed paso finos as a personal past time. No, I am not a commercial breeder trying to make a full-time living by selling my home-growns. I started breeding because I have expensive tastes and couldn't afford the quality horse I desired. If I had to do it over, and that was my only criterion, I would not take this path. My advice to anyone in a similar situation is to invest you money, let it accrue and then buy what you want. Unfortunately sometimes, you can't find what you want, therefore, you breed. Right now, what I want I can't find easily.

Question: Do you show your horses?

Answer: I did long time ago when I lived with my parents. Truth is I get stage fright; yes, I'm a woos. Besides being chicken, I couldn't afford to show as a young adult. Plus, my horses weren't the best and I knew it. I don't belong in the majority who believe "if you own'em, you gotta show'em". I believe you got to have something to show first. Then you got to prep it right and THEN you exhibit it. Now that I own what I consider a good quality and competitive animal, too stupid to be scared, I do not agree with the way my breed is exhibited or judged. I've got dozens of more excuses if none of these work for you.

Question: Why Paso Finos, why not an American breed?

Answer: Because I like Paso Finos. I've ridden other breeds of horses; there are many fine breeds out there. I simply like Paso Finos better.

Question: What makes you an expert on Paso Finos?

Answer: I don't consider myself one. Certainly, my peers in the breed do not treat me as one. I'm just an average person, with an average lifestyle, trying to obtain as much information about my passion as I can.

Question: Some have called you omnipotent, are you?

Answer: If the shoe fits...If you run out of names for me, may I suggest: "Oh All Knowing and Wise".

Question: Others have accused you of being a traditionalist, a purist, and a perfectionist.

Answer: That's not really a question, but thanks for the compliment.