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Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] those VERY fast gaits - Mel Copeland


How could something that comes natural to an animal be bad for it? I can see extreme speed for a long time taxing the animal, but wouldn't the same principles apply to non-gaited horses? You would not want to canter or even trot (in some cases) a horse over broken terrain. IMHO, the same common sense rules of riding apply to all horses gaited or not. You know what the horse can and cannot do and you don't push them beyond their limits or put them in unsafe situations.

I have ridden a gaited horse that had a very fast gait in place of a canter. In my mind riding that horse in that fast gait is no different than cantering a non gaited horse. It is not a stunt, just what that horse does naturally. If you pushed that horse into a canter it would become very discombobulated (sp?) and was much happier in a fast gait.

OK-that is my 2 cents :-)

Mel

From: sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   [RC] those VERY fast gaits
Date: Wed,  1 Sep 2004 10:52:13 -0400

Not only is it unsafe in broken terrain, it's not good for the horse's body to
do it for extended periods. It can, in fact, be VERY BAD for them. "Rackers'
bumps" are just one of the many possible results.

-SK



Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Anything up there above about 8mph is probably something in the "rack"
category,altho all sorts of different terminology for it may be used correctly
or incorrectly,etc.The "speed racking" 20mph type thing is in my view something
of a stunt,rather than a practical gait.Such a gait MIGHT be useful on a
trail,but looks like it would be unsafe in open country/broken terrain.

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