In Ascasubi's account he also claims that Charles V-th being German by birthright brought Fresians to the Spanish Throne. However, this doesn't fit because in those days Fresians were not known as such, and, the Dutch horses were known to be predominantly used as carriage horses. Where this argument also looses ground is that Charles the V-th or Carlos the V-th as he is called in Spain was known as a "light cavalry rider" so this informs us that he preferred to ride horses that were light, agile, and trained in the a la ginete style of riding so popular in his day in Spain. His son, Phillipe II, also was an excellent horseman and preferred the Spanish horse above all others. Sadly enough, Ascasubi put the cart before the horse.

Of course, many Fresian horses pictorially resemble Peruvians and Andalusians because they have Spanish blood behind them, as do innumerable breeds of horses. However, when Ascasubi saw the similarity he enthusiastically jumped to the conclusion that the Andalusian and Peruvian have Fresian behind them. It is the reverse.

To quote Ascasubi on page 34, "En el cuardo se ve el parecido entre caballos peruanos de Paso que hen revertido parcialment hacia el tipo nordico, y que presentan mucha semeajanze este representador un caballo frizon."

"In the description/picture you see the Peravian horse which as reverted toward the Nordic type and they resemble the Fresian Horse represented."

To make matters worse, Carlos villa Fuentes and Verne Albright, in their more recent books repeat what Ascasubi said about Fresians, rather than investigating further. Again a literature search, or directly inquiring with International Equine historians would have clarified many of those small but significant gray areas. Some authorities in this field are Jean-Phillipe Giacomini, Sylvia Loch, and our own Peruvian horseman Juan Pardo.

To further the confusion, Ascasubi, on page 35, mentions the vandals bringing with them Nordic ponies and then goes on to describe others like the Carthagians. It would be well for everyone interested in the documented history of our Peruvian horse and Spanish horses in general to read the book "The Royal Horse of Europe" by Sylvia Loch, (well known and respected as a great historian and dressage rider of Spanish Horses) to research the validity of Ascasubi's buckshot approach to the historical puzzle for themselves.

In a private conversation with J.P. Giacomini, the internationally known Classical Dressage master and historian, he said, "if you breed any of your Peruvian Paso horses to an Andalusian you will still get a pure Andalusian horse without the Paso llano perhaps."

It is also interesting to consider that the greatly respected horseman and authority of Peruvian horses, Sr. Fernando Grana imported an Andalusian of old Cartujana blood to his farm in Peru. This is recorded in the book entitled, "EI Caballo Espanol de Estripe Cartujana" by Jose Sanz Parejo, Caterdaticode Patologia Qurugid y Cerugia, University of Cordoba, 1992. The name of this horse was "Garron III" and he took him to Peru in 1961. In the movie that he narrates entitled "The Peruvian Horse," he says the Peruvian breed emerged from one breed of horse and the Peruvian breeders selectively breed for the lateral, smooth gait. The significance of this statement is important because he was well versed in the lineage of the Pure Bred Iberian Horse. All who are aficionados of Pura Raza Expanola know that Cartujana blood is the oldest and most coveted as it was not contaminated by any other bloodlines and were carefully line bred. One can even speculate at this point that since the Peruvian Paso arrived on the shores of America, when there was a predominance of this old line, we may still have a great reservoir of the old Cartujana blood.

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