Re: big trot

[Lucy Chaplin Trumbull <elsie@calweb.com>]

terre wrote:
> 
> ...One of my two horses travels in the classic "daisy cutter" manner; energy
> efficient and smooth, the only downside is a slight tendency to stumble,
> since he only picks his feet up just barely enough to clear the ground.  My
> other horse is hot and fast, with a "big trot"-the covers the ground all
> day at amazing velocity...

Just a mention - Provo's "big trot" is actually *slower* in 
tempo than his working trot and, I would say, he flicks
his legs out forwards more (a la daisy cutter?) in the big
trot. It seems that it *ought* to be more energy efficient
(it's definitely smoother), but he just can't keep it up for 
more than a few paces, so it doesn't seem to be for him 
(at least not in his present condition).

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Repotted english person in Sacramento, CA 
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