Re: RC: Gaited Horses & Spooking

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 08:55 AM 6/15/00 -0700, Kim wrote:
> what can I do to keep a million curses from
> being aimed at me if I pass you on trail?  Is there
> some unwritten trail etique that should be followed that I am unaware
> of?

The same etiquette that applies to any passing situation applies to
gaited horses.  Seems to me the problem is not only the
"different" hoofbeat cadance, but also the speed that the horse
approaches from behind.  If a non-gaited horse were to overtake
someone on the trail at the trot and failed to either slow down or to
speak up, "requesting the trail", i.e., ask to pass, you'd have
the same potential for wrecks.  When riding a gaited horse alone or
with other gaited horses it's easy to  forget how fast you're really
going!  Lif

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