I
have asked a few of the top gaited endurance riders about any horses
they know that have completed 50 milers complexity in gait
consistently. I am doing research on this as the whole gaited horse in
endurance is a pet project of mine.
*Will
be very interesting to hear your results. I have talked to Truman about
this also, and a fellow who had done Tevis on TWH some years ago. The
imput I got was that you have to be extremely careful in selecting a
TWH, as some are extremely athletic and surefooted.....and some are not!
Downhill they can make up time provided they don't get
pacey. A pacey horse downhill is extremely dangerous..it can fall down
way too easily.
*Going uphill is just as bad.....how I got one good scar on
my face, when a foxtrotter I briefly owned came crashing down to the
ground going up a very steep, narrow hill the Arabs just cruised
up....put me off gaited horses for a bit!
I LOVE gaited horses...they are fun to ride,
*My Arab/TWH was a great mare, smooth and tons of
endurance. She was pretty heavy bodied and her recoveries were not as
good at the pure Arabs...but she could go all day, was extremely smooth
and surefooted. I think gaited crossed on Arab is something not enough
breeders are doing.....
Karen
Mel
-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters
ourselves,
and only
We
imitate our masters
only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because
in doing so we
learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
