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RE: [RC] cantering - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM

Are we that wrong when we think a horse can pick its gait that is most 
comfortable for them?

No, you're not wrong, although the definition of 'comfortable' is actually a
combination of lowest energy requirements, oxygen consumption, biomechanical
forces and a bunch of other things.  The whole preferred gait is/was the
subject of a pretty substantial mass of truly excellent data by Hoyt,
Taylor, Wickler and others, and (coincidentally) a lot of the research
hordes utilized were even Arabians, happily for us. But, also applies to
other breeds and species---I remember seeing video of an African lion
trotting along on a treadmill back when I had Dr. Hoyt for zoology or
physiology or something. 

FWIW, this is one of the topics I'm going to talk about at nat'l convention
later this month, during the Friday talk on practical applications of recent
research.  It's a pretty cool body of research and VERY applicable to
endurance horses.

Dr. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM


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