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[RC] Pacing - aarenex<disengaging lurking device> I agree with Maryben. My old standardbred mare would trot (smoothly) to keep up with the canter of the Arabs...when she wanted to fly past them, she'd pace--smoothly. Riders learned to simultaneously two-point and grin with lips closed to avoid getting bugs in the teeth. Glorious! Not bumpy at all--more like riding a very joyous rowboat. My new 5-year-old STB mare flunked off the track before ever competing, but she's pacer-bred...and smoooooooth. Y'all can keep your 4-beat gaits. I love my standardbreds. <re-engaging lurking device> --Aarene in the !sunny! Pacific Northwest >>marybe said: My spotted saddle horse gaits, paces and trots at different times. He gets going in that pace and can fly and I find it comfortable. You do rock from side to side but you get in the rhythm of it...mb--
Distance tests the endurance of a horse; time reveals the character of a person. --Chinese proverb
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