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From the 1st of July 2013 we will be open to starting registering horses. The Fee to register is $AUD 100.00 and all charges, except for DNA. For any registration information please contact our registrar on: [email protected] or by phoning on +61 0400 217 884 generated the Peruvian Paso Horse breed. The Peruvian Horse breed began its development back in the times of Hispania. In the Iberian Peninsula, native breed horses commence to blend with some imported breeds from Austria and with Arab-Barb blood horses arriving from North Africa. This happened approximately in the 8th century, at the time of Pelayo, a noble Visigoth, and Muslim generals Tarik and Muza, when the Holy War of Islam took place. THE GEOGRAPHY IN WHICH IT BREEDS THE PERUVIAN PASO HORSE HISTORY AND ORIGIN Horses were introduced into America and Peru in 1532 with the arrival of the Spanish Conquerors after America was discovered. The genetic characteristics, that would later distinguish the Peruvian horse breed, were brought by the original Conquest horses, which in a long period of functional selection refined and The territory of Peru, with its 2,500 kilometers of coastline, interrupted by 53 rivers flowing from East to West and forming the Peruvian coastal valleys, is the environment in which the Peruvian Horse breeds. It is in these flat and monotonous topography desert valleys that the newly arrived horse was assigned the duties that would distinguish it as a breed. The horse arrived from Europe had to adapt to the estates located on these valleys as they were used to supervise work on the plantations -an extremely important role in Peruvian Agriculture. Travelling function was determined by the distances covered along deserts to join estates and towns from one valley with those of another valley. These are the ideal scenarios for its evolution as a travelling horse. At the beginning, the horse that settled in Peru accomplished functions specifically created for the war of conquest and activities related to sports, hunting, spears, and promenades. Once the Viceroyalty and the early Republic were