Re: Raffles Bloodline, Gaited Horses, Cosequin and the Future

Linda H VanCeylon (lindavan.eqath@juno.com)
Mon, 23 Dec 1996 09:03:50 PST

On Sun, 22 Dec 1996 23:40:18 -0500 Tivers@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 96-12-22 20:17:00 EST, you write:
>
><< 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.
>
>ti
>
>
I've had to "teach" ALL my horses to do it, under saddle, using a method
similar to what you describe.

Lindavan