To do a trot, a gaited horse normally requires a rounded back an the
rear end engagement that usually accompanies it. If its not there the
gait will be something other than a diagonal 2 beat gait.
For a trotting horse they trot no matter. To do a good trot - one the
horse can sustain for miles it does require the proper frame. But a
trotting horse will trot no matter a gaited horse generally won't, they
will have a different footfall.
The trot is a gait that requires a rounded back (in the gaited horse).
Actually, a non-gaited horse needs a rounded back to do a
correct trot as well. If the horse has a hollowed back, the
hind end will be trailing behind and the legs will not be
correctly diagonal. Check out show ring horses with their
heads cranked up and their backs hollowed out and their hind
ends out in the next county....
~Nicole
-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
