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My old guy (who passed away in Feb. at the age of
35) had the same thing. And I never figured out whether it was an Arabian thing,
a Thoroughbred thing or just a thing. He as Anglo-Arab. It was an incredible
gait that he seemed to be able to do forever and I just sat it, swaying left to
right a little. It was so fast and so exhilarating. My dad used to use that gait
on many an endurance ride in the 70s to eat up distance. And that horse just
loved to do it. He hated it when you made him slow down. Now my Mustang is
beginning to open up in her conditioning and has herself just discovered this
last week that she can trot faster than she thought she could. It's not as
smooth to sit as my old guy's but eventually it might be. It's been interesting
watching her figure it out. The first she did it I could see the wheels spinning
(her thinking, "wow, this is cool. Wait, should I be doing this?" a little break
in gait "yeah, I should, let's do some more!") I never asked her to pick up her
speed at the trot that much and she found it on her own and now that she has,
she's liking it. I'm not letting her do it for too long for fear of injury since
she's still in the early stages of conditioning. So am I doing an extended trot
or a "road" trot somebody else mentioned? Should I not be letting her do that? I
just know my old guy could go as such speed and for such a long time and he
never had a lameness or injury problem.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:42
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Subject: [RC] trot and extended
trot
When I'd trail ride my old Arab, he
can't do it anymore, he had THE most wonderful extended trot, took some
getting use to on how to post to it as it was so very big. We did it for
very short periods, I can see where it would be very tiring and hard on their
legs for too long. He surely seemed to love it when he could open up and
do it, I had many compliments about him, I sure do miss it. My husbands
QH could/would do it quite well too but he was a little more on the forehand
with it but it too was a sight to see.
Debby
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