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[RC] pacey walkers-mike sherrell - Ed Kilpatrickhi mike, ray is right on target. so much of it is in the breeding. there may be some "tricks" that help a bit with gait, but you are fighting an uphill battle trying to get a horse that paces to do a four beat.
however, one thing with gaited horses that is simple but important, keep their head up! with a young horse, keeping the head up is more important than the collection, at least to begin with. younger horses, those just started under saddle, have to get accustomed to carrying the weight of the rider, and often break gait because of that.
the collection, or breaking over at the poll, that you speak of, is best achieved by lots of lateral flexion work with your horse.
i havent seen a pacey peruvian paso yet. the ones i have ridden had a real good, natural four beat gait. one thing that i see in the peruvians is really good "rear drive".
most of my horses are paso finos, with a nice, natural four beat gait. with them, i just havent seen the pacey gait you are describing, either. ed
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