 |
Re: [RC] [RC] (not) Dumb TWH question/suggestion - Soli SorokinI am still a beginner at learning about the "smooth gaits" but one thing I do know after fifteen years of Arabs is a trot! And, make no mistake, I have a TWH mare that can trot - and pace (and running walk and rack). I am much less familiar with the pace, but it's pretty identifiable once you've rode it a time or three...and it's pretty easy to spot when you are on the ground. A couple other riders have mentioned that their gaited horses trot as well. I could see that an inexperienced rider might mistake a pace for a trot, but I don't think anyone that has significant experience with non gaited horses could make that mistake. But then, sure as heck when I get positive about "not making a mistake" one will come and bite me on the tail ;) ~S On 5/31/05, Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I'm less sure I know anything about gaits than I used to be! Well anyway,here's my thought: I doubt many of the TWH's described as "trotting" are trotting;probably they are pacing. I am also skeptical that many are ever going to both trot AND pace.Those are the two extremes/opposites of the timing range. I have ridden probably a hundred different TWH's,and none has ever done what I call a trot-which I identify as "that pony gait I can't ride!". Virtually all of them delivered some gait from the pace side of the timing range.(The stepping pace timing is overwhelmingly what you encounter,and it is definitly what the show TWH people have bred for.) If I had one that was really pacey,I would try not to let him do it.I would run him barefoot in the back if possible-which it generally is- and shod in the front.This is the shoeing set up found on most field trial horses,and it will move the timing of the hooves (slightly)away from the pace and (toward) the center(Running walk)timing;the result will generally be the stepping pace timing.Enjoy! ---------------------------------- 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!! ---------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|