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FW: [RC] [RC] gaits, not a flame :) - Mike Sherrell

With Peruvians, the ideal is for your tailbone to move at a constant speed
in a straight line. Once in a while under perfect conditions I get that.
Short of that, "a lot" of seat movement means you have to work on your
horse's gait -- that's unacceptable. She's right in that typically what
motion there is is in the horizontal plane.

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834
www.grizzlyanalytical.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Soli Sorokin
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 4:10 PM
To: Ridecamp
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] gaits, not a flame :)


There is a lot of seat movement, but it tends to not be the jarring
type, rather the rolling side to side or front to back, depending on
the gait. It will work your seat and stomach muscles more than
posting. To ride properly, it still requires a good seat, but it's not
nearly as hard on the knees as posting. As others have said, the
amount of movement and quality of movement varies vastly by the
individual.

The "smooth ride" designation seems to point to the general lack of
jarring motion, not to the lack of motion altogether.

~S






On Aug 22, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Sky Ranch wrote:

I know I will get major flames from this, but I just have to say something
here -- people who ride gaited horses say that it's such a smooth ride,

but

observing them going down the trail, I can see a lot of movement in the
riders - no, it's not like riding a trot or a canter, but when I watch

your

bodies, you are moving quite a bit.  I rode a gaited horse one time, a

TWH,

and quite honestly, for me -- I did not like the movement.  I felt like I
was sitting on a washing machine that had an unbalanced load... it didn't
feel 'right' to me.  Probably I was doing something wrong(!), I'll

certainly

admit that!  But, I prefer the "feel" of the gaits of a QH or Arabian or

TB.

 A good horse is going to have smooth gaits, no matter the breed, I

believe.


 OK -- now, I am NOT slamming gaited horses here, believe it or not!  The
more I see of them, the more I truly do like them.  But, saying they're a
smoother ride is a stretch for me.  Ok, I'm now putting on my fireproof
suit...

 Carla




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