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If left to their devices - the horse will chose the most efficient gait. 
I'm sure horses can gait for 25 miles without much problems. Maybe a 
horse can gait 50 miles without taking a not gaited step. A 100 miles - 
all I can say is many of my relatives come from Missouri ;-) .

The mare would trot, gallop and use her wonderful 6 mph walk. She would 
throw in a gait every once in awhile - mostly downhill.

I chose the speed (sometimes) she chose the gait.

Truman

Mellifluous wrote:
> I have another question.
>  
> For those of you who have many miles on gaited horses, what is the 
> preferred gait of the horse over the majority of the distance?  Do you 
> think there would be a difference between LD and Endurance distances?
>  
> I am asking this since I have heard many gaited breeders touting their 
> horses as perfect for endurance because they have a strong extended 
> gait that covers more ground.  If the horse chooses not to gait 
> because it is too demanding, does that throw that ground covering 
> rack, largo, running walk, etc out the window?  What about the tighter 
> gaited horses.  If you were going for a gaited horse would you choose 
> based on build, stamina and personality or would you go more for a 
> bigger range of gait?
>  
> OK, back to coffee.
>  
> Mel
>
>
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>     From: 5sus@xxxxxxx
>     CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Subject: RE: [RC] Heavy Riders
>     Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:30:04 -0500
>
>
>     > First - and this probably won't be popular - I'm not sure there any
>     > horse out there except maybe Remington that can gait 100 miles
>     and I
>     > think he trotted a good bit
>      
>      
>     Remington uses mostly only trot.  The tolt is a very demanding
>     gait.  It has a one foot push off which means one foot is pushing
>     up all the weight at each stride.  Not efficient for long miles. 
>     Icelandics are supposed to have good trots, unlike many gaited breeds.
>      
>     Susan Cushing
>      
>      
>
>
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