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Aren't WitezII horses wonderful? I've got a stallion who looks like a carbon copy of Witez.

 

My gelding also was a terrible jigger. Ugh, it was awful on long rides. Someone told me, "oh what a pretty parade gait." Ugh, well parades are one thing, 25 miles of that is something else... other people commented, "what an unusual gait...what kind of horse is he.." he's clearly an Arab.  Finally, I sent him and me back to school. We learned some dressage fundamentals. he still gets jiggy at times, but when he does, I ask for some half passes and other things until he figures out he doesn't have to work as hard if he just goes straight down the road! however, one time, he did piaffes for a quarter mile when he wasn unnerved over something... sigh... I have no idea what his lineage is as he didn't have any registration papers. When he does quit jigging and gets to business, he's not gaited. He just has a very nice, fast extended walk and trot.

 

chris

Karen Sullivan <greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We had a little Arab mare that was a problem jigger when I got her; after some months of convincing her that was not an acceptable mode of locomotion; she developed some sort of very fast singlefoot that was very comfortable.

 

She was pretty close up Witez II on both sides.....

 

Sire was Ladiratez (by Utez)

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Wrecksduke@xxxxxxx

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Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 7:38 AM

Subject: [RC] gaited arabs?

Hi Everyone,

 

several people have asked or mentioned that my horse looks gaited....."single-footing", gaited.... "what's her lineage?"

 

I think she usually walks this way when I first get on and especially when she is excited.  I thought she was just walking fast.

 

Are there particular lines of arabs that are "prone/subject" to being gaited?

 

Is being gaited a good thing for endurance?

 

She can trot pretty fast downhill on good footing..... not sure if that is something related to possibly being gaited.

 

I got her at a "rescue" auction.

 

Her dam and sire:

Prowa #0371090

MQF Desert Flame #0399758

 

By the way, can anyone with a AHR disk, tell me who the current owners of the above horses are?  I'd like to try to get photos of my horse's  parents.  Last I knew, the mare's new owner lives up in Northern California and the owner of the sire is in Bakersfield, CA.... but that was back in 1997.

 

Thanks in advance,

Melody

"If I fill this moment with gratitude, the next moment can't help but bring blessings."


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