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[RC] re: [RC] "walkers should trot " - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== A prior post saidf racking was 'hard on the horse' and gaited horses should be taught to trot. I beg to differ. Apart from the exaggerated 'big lick' rack, any four-beat, no-suspension gait (running wlak, single-foot, fox trot, tolt, etc) should be less impact on the horse, just as it is less impact on the rider. My TWH will get 'pacey' if not collected or when tired, and I think that is harder on him than his four-beat running walk. FWIW, a true pace is a two-beat gait, which is what I believe the original poster was talking about: if the horse is in a two- beat gait the trot is easier on them (and the rider) than the pace is. As for the rack, I *thought* a rack was also a two-beat gait. Or is a rack a broken pace so it's actually four-beat? ~Nicole ============================================================ REAL endurance is sleeping in the tack compartment of your trailer w/the door open, and your horse snorts/snots on your forehead every 30 min! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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