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Re: [RC] Gaited 1/2 Arabs - Sharon Levasseur

Actually, he's an Arab x Rocky Mountain Horse, not a Missouri Foxtrotter cross. 
It's just that the conformation he ended up with dictates that he is capable of
a foxtrot instead of the RMH's usual "amble" (otherwise known as either a
stepping pace or saddle rack, I think??).

I have no idea whether the average Arab/RMH would have a smooth trot.  Zephyr's
trot ranges from a very rare 7mph (he does NOT jog) to a more common 10mph
working trot, to a 13mph extended trot.  And he's only 14.2h.  The extended
trot has up to a 22" overstride.  All are daisycutter trots.  No, it's not
smooth, you KNOW how fast you're going!!

That's my only experience with half-Arabs.

-Sharon L. in Maine




Quoting kp ross <mamaross@xxxxxxxxx>:

Sharon . . . Do you think that Arab / Foxtrotter crosses would tend to have
a smoother trot . . . Just curious because in my experience the Thoroughbred
in the Anglo Arabs makes a smoother trotting horse . . . . . . Oh and yes, I
am looking into purchasing this cross . . . go figure . . . Thanks, kim from
lakeport

On 7/17/07, Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As far as my research has ever shown, there's no gait gene, let alone one
that
passes only through one side.  It's based on conformation and muscling.

My Arab x Rocky Mountain Horse foxtrots, but only because he's BUILT for
it and
because after I bought him at 6yo I walked walked walked him as fast as he
would go until his "four beat muscles" and muscle memory were built
up.  Then
he developed a foxwalk (slower than foxtrot) and foxtrot.  He does not
foxtrot
in the field for more than a few strides, but he will do it under
saddle.  Most
of the time we choose to do a hard trot though.

Half-gaited horses are a crapshoot.  You're just as likely to get
something that
isn't built for ANY intermediate saddle gait as you are to get something
that do
any number of intermediate gaits (one or more than one)!  Gaited horse
owners
are frequently heard to say "if you want gaited, buy gaited, don't breed
hoping
for gaited."

-Sharon L. in Maine
www.zegifts.com



Quoting Jody Rogers-Buttram <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx>:

Hello RC,

    Someone told me that a gaited horse gets it's "gait" from the
mother.  I
know of some 1/2 arabs that gaited very well.  But they were out of
gaited
mares.  Does anyone know how true this rumor is?  Could an arab mare
have a
gaited offspring?

  Jody

  PS.  Cash Pony I believe would gait if trained that way...but his
mother
was the TWH.


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