Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] Born to Trot?

Kristene wrote:

> Just a thought, my 2c, for what it's worth.  I've taught Ibn to walk out
with good overreach - it wasn't there initially.  It has now become a habit,
although there are times when he will take a chance and shuffle along like
he used to when first under saddle.

You can improve the horse's length of stride, to an extent, but you can't
create a 4-beat walk, where it wasn't.  And that's the basis of a good walk.


The irony, of course, is that it's really easy to take a good walk, and ruin
it.


Tracey
(who has one of the few horses in the world with THREE naturally good gaits,
but he unfortunately doesn't like using them in the arena <g>)


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