Generally small in size, the characteristics of the horse from the pampa demonstrate its ability to adapt itself to the environment, a capacity which has ensured the survival of the Criollo breed.

Coming from the Barb and Andalusian horses imported by the spanish conquerers, he went back to the wild before being used and raised by the Indiens from the pampa. He served all the partisans in quest of their freedom : the Gauchos, the Indians and the armies of the European settlers. Today, it's the peon's horse for the work and the displacements.

The horse's name can vary from a country to an other : Criollo in Argentina, Crioulo in Brazil, Costeño or Morochuco in Peru, Corralero in Chile and Llanero in Venezuela. As well, the horses' morphology of vary slightly according to the characteristics of the original environment and the habits of breeding . For instance, since several years some Chilean Corralero reproducers, more robust and heavier than their Criollo cousins from the East are imported by breeders from southern Brazil and Uruguay. The Criollo horse lovers, more traditionalist from Argentina and Uruguay are mostly reserved to an evolution of the official standard.