Re: gaited arabs

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

A lateral canter, I believe, is a cross canter - not something that should
be encouraged, even in the gaited community.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

> Sharon Satterwhite ssatt44@hotmail.com
> Hey!
>
>    I had to put my 2 cents on this one.  I have a egyptian/spanish arabian
that single foots at the
> walk, trots true, then lopes in a lateral motion
> like a walking horse.  When I was at the Hat Ranch
> Ride last year I asked Mrs. Tankersley about it.
> She told me it was'nt unusual and that she had had
> one that did the same thing, but, as he was a show
> horse they had to TEACH him to move "normally." We have
> had no leg stress problems (KNOCK KNOCK). Can't resist,
> Jihad was 4th in the Mt. Laguna LD, riden by Susan Castang.
> He's ready to move up to 50s I'm too sore backed to ride
> him that much. OK, so it was JUST an LD, but I'm still proud of him.
>
>                              Sharon and Jihad(where's my mint julip?)
>