Re: Re: Amblin/Racking/what ever

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

There are certainly gaited Arabians, but gait in most gaited breeds does not
come from whatever Arabian blood they may have. The Peruvians are almost
entirely free of Arabian blood. Most of the gait in the American gaited
horses comes from the Nargansette Pacer and the Canadian Pacer. The Paso
Finos come from much the same Spanish stock as the Peruvian with some
Nargansette Pacer imported from North America into the Carribean.

I am going out on a limb here, but the fact that it is necessary to have a
less rounded back to gait than it does to trot and that a horse that is not
neurologically wired to gait may have to do this to a greater degree than a
gaited horse could indeed create long term problems.

It is undoubtably possible to get gait from a non gaited horse. Lee Ziegler
has a video of her taking an Arab from a hard trot to a hard pace. But it
takes a skilled rider/trainer.

Certainly the practices that go on in the show ring (particularly with the
American breeds) create a whole set of problems - but that is another
thread.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Claudia Provin" <provincmk@fanninelectric.com>

>
> > Ambling/Racking/Pacing etc should be left up to the horses that are bred
> for
> > it. Such as Paso's, Walking, Saddlebreds, and others that I may have
left
> > out
> Seems to me I have been hearing that a lot of the gaited horses descended
> from Arabians, and Arabians "used to be" gaited---so I for one can't see a
> problem with bringing out what is likely inherently there---just IMHO.
> It's kind of like learning to dance--I wasn't born knowing how, and it
> doesn't come naturally to me in my every-day barn chores---but I could
learn
> to do it and enjoy it.
>
> . This is an Unnatural gait and can cause harmful problems to the animals
> > if done over long periods of time.
>             Perhaps it is the unnatural trimming, weighting, and shoeing
> over the long period of time that is the problem instead of the gait????
> Just a thought.
> Claudia
>