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How can I tell what gait is what without seeing it and having someone 
tell me? Is it possible?

Maryanne

On Tuesday, Feb 4, 2003, at 17:52 Africa/Cairo, Barbara McCrary wrote:

> For what it might be worth to this discussion, I've ridden two horses 
> in my
> life that were gaited.  My childhood mare, a Morgan-draft cross, did a
> single-foot, and my husband's beloved old horse Grey (some of you will
> remember him..he was a top ten endurance horse and a Hall of Fame ride 
> & tie
> horse) would rack.  Grey was a Morgan-Percheron cross.
>
> Barbara McCrary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zephyr Arabians" <z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Linda" <Elite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] odd gaited horse
>
>
> > --- Linda <Elite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >     I have ridden an arab mare that racked!  (pure
> > > arab, kemosabi grandaughter)   She wouldn't hold it
> > > for long, but I knew I was feeling a rack.  She
> > > belonged to a friend that I was riding with, so I
> > > mentioned it.. she said "Yes, she racks.  I used to
> > > ride her with a walking horse and she picked it up."
> > >   Personally, I didn't think it possible, but she
> > > definately was racking.
> >
> > It used to be relatively common for Arabians to rack
> > or otherwise gait.  *Raseyn (by Skowronek) was
> > well-known for it, as were others.  Several of mine
> > have walks that border on some sort of "gaiting," but
> > I don't know enough about gaited training to help them
> > do even more.  But, every AERC ride I've been on so
> > far I've been asked at least once if my mare is
> > gaited. :)
> >
> > ~Nicole
> >
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