Re: Up Hill or Down

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In a message dated 1/10/00 7:32:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, dfletche@gte.net 
writes:

<< I will leave this to others - my Peruvians don't generally trot. My guess 
is
 that the back is probably not level, but lower than parallel with the slope.
 And if the slope is steep the gait is probably more of a 2 beat shuffle
 without much if any suspension - but I am now into speculation. >>

All depends upon the degree of slope, of course.  The horse can stay fairly 
level until the slope becomes extreme, and then all he can do is stay more 
level than the slope, or lower than parallel with the slope, as you put it.  
And you are right about what happens to the gait on a really extreme slope.  
The degree that constitutes "extreme" varies quite a bit from horse to horse, 
too...

Heidi


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