Re: wide gait in hind end

["Kathy Myers" <kathy@nvolve.com>]

>Most Standardbreds have a wide gait in the hind end when they get going,
>unlike most riding horses who stay fairly vertical in comparison.

Actually, some good Arabs move quite wide in rear too...
is it a pedigree thing?  Not in reference to the Jock-strap
question, just an observation.

:) - kat myers
in San Mateo (No.) Ca. with Magnum the TB ex-racer
... whose farrier has been known watch the QH/Arab
cross and say "Hey, that horse looks like he's trying
to trot with a load in his pants!"  :)  :)  :)