<< One thing that I haven't seen mentioned on
RideCamp, as far as the extended gaits is that it takes awhile for the
horses to figure it out. >>
Right. You can accelerate the process, though, using acceleration workouts.
Trot easy, trot hard, trot easy, trot hard. Two or three workouts like this
(4 of 5 days apart) and you have a nice case of positive dissociation. At
least, that's the way it works in Standardbred trotters.
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