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My sister has ridden gaited horses at rides and there are
some vets out there who don't realize that they are "gaited" and need to be told
so.
When I first read the subject line, I was thinking
something different (duh, one of those days) and since I had the thought and
have often wanted to ask about it, here it is...
In my limited years as an endurance rider I have had a
couple, maybe three occasions when I have seen horses being "made to trot
out"....as in being chased, etc. At a ride this year, one horse even
refused to leave the vet check at its time out and it took several people
chasing this horse and waving things at it to make it leave. I personally
frown on this. I am sure there are some vets who might not even allow such
a horse to continue or at least would not allow the forcing of it to
leave. So, I'm jumping in here and may open a can of worms and may
tick some people off but does anyone else see anything wrong with this
scenario?
Maggie
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