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Re: [RC] speaking of twh/mft - rides2farworking trot is Pete's hand gallop. A four-beat gait does not have that over-reach that those really competitive arabs have. I think the flight time of the trot is important. If you've always got one foot on the ground you're never getting to take advantage of your forward momentum and just fly. "I was told that a gaited horse could not fair > as well, because of the stamina, and because their tendons couldn't take it.", I'd probably say heat was more a factor in this area, as far as the TWH types that are a little heavier muscled. If I was a big gaited horse fan though I'd just look for an appropriate one. I doubt there have been enough people who started a horse from scratch and brought them along with a base to state catagorically that "their tendons can't make it". My guess is that a person who know what they were doing would be fine with a horse that hadn't been screwed up with weighted shoes in the past. Barbara Daily, years agon in the SE switched to a Paso when her knees got bad. You could look up her record. Seems like his name was Paco or something but he flew. I remember her winning a 50. As for me, I *like* to ride a trot. I am more comfortable riding long distances at a trot than at any other gait. I hate sitting all the time; it makes my butt sore. A good posting trot is like a perpetual motion that is effortless. A canter wears on me more and I'll be leg sore after 50 miles on a real cantering horse. My number one reason for riding Arabs is that the ones I've ridden enjoy endurance as much as I do. My other breeds weren't having fun after 25 miles. If a non-Arab breed enjoys endurance I think it's worth the extra work to condition them, but I hate to see someone who's determined to be "different" riding a horse that's not having fun just so they can make a point. I am a little scared with all this talk of dying horses, Any time you get worried about something you're reading on the internet, back up, take a deep breath, go outside and inhale reality. You'll be very hard pressed to find a piece of sky falling. It sounds like you've been pretty conscious of speed in 25's. Get yourself out of that mode and get very good at completing before you let thoughts like what it takes to get BC cross your mind again...and just let a 50 be twice as much fun. :-) Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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