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two photos, one w/o rider one with

with - http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery2.php?instanceid=96480117
w/o - http://www235.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery2.php?instanceid=28484205

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heidi larson


--- On Tue, 7/15/08, Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Extended Trot
> To: "Sisu West Ranch" <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 12:51 AM
> Zephyr does this, I call it the frog trot.  What I THINK
> he's doing is  
> flinging his legs to the outside in a V-shape (he's a
> little  
> cowhocked).  He definitely lowers his hips closer to the
> ground.  I've  
> measured a 22" overstride and he's only 14.2hh. 
> Of course, he's got  
> the short back to go with it, so 22" isn't really
> as impressive as it  
> sounds.  Here's a picture of him doing it with a friend
> of mine  
> riding.  http://zegifts.com/photos/Beach-002.jpg
>
> I've also seen horses that somehow change how wide
> their hind legs are  
> apart from the hip right down, and swing them perfectly
> straight  
> forward and back, wider than their front legs and wider
> than their  
> back legs usually go in a walk or working trot.  Very
> cool... like  
> pistons!
>
> Anyone else have a picture or video of their own horse, to
> help aid in  
> this discussion?  Pictures and videos are fun, and even
> moreso when  
> they are Ridecamp horses.  :-)
>
> -Sharon L. in Maine
>
>
> Quoting Sisu West Ranch <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > ".... What I saw on these horses was their front
> legs all beat up by  
> >  the back legs hitting the front. ..."
> >
> > Back in the good ole' days when men were men and
> horses worked for a  
> >  living, you could buy a special harness to teach your
> buggy horse   
> > the "passing trot*" where the back legs are
> spread wide, and miss   
> > the front legs.  My first endurance horse was a speed
> quarter horse   
> > who taught himself to do this.  When his trot hit ~11
> mph you could   
> > feel the rear end drop, the strides per minute go
> down, and the   
> > speed pick up.  I measured from his hoof beats a
> couple of feet of   
> > over stride.
> >
> > It was extremely comfortable to ride, and apparently
> comfortable and  
> >  efficient for him.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > *My farrier who was born in the Amish tradition,
> taught me this term.
> > Ed & Wendy Hauser
> > 2994 Mittower Road
> > Victor, MT 59875
> >
> > (406) 642-9640
> >
> > ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us
>
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