stumbling gaited horse

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Ray O. rno2m@virginia.edu
    This MAY be helpful:The fact that she's TWH is neither here nor
there.Many gaited horses are HFH-heavy on the forehand.If the horse does
NOT nod it's head at the gait,it is NOT walking or running walk-ing,(those
gaits are really really safe and not at all prone to stumbling onto the
forehand.)Without head nod,it is probably doing some sort of rack,stepping
pace,or fox-trot,which in my scary experience are far more prone to
falling.Another indication of a true running walk is a seamless transition
into and out of the canter-lope-mighty handy in rough terrrain.I had some
good advice on this business of falling onto the forehand from Truman,who
said a nice fast breakover on the rear feet might help somewhat,and it
did-somewhat.