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With respect to the below quote...ummm...there IS a reason that this frame 
was developed.  For many of the more diagonally-moving inclined gaited 
breeds, such as Saddlebreds (Meaning, they like to trot and move diagonally 
but CAN be trained with out too much trouble to perform more lateral gaits) 
this is the frame that will encourage the horse to perform a 4 beat gait.  
It is a factor of body posture and conformation interacting to change the 
timing of a horses footfalls.  (Thus, for a more laterally inclined horse 
such as many TWHs, this frame will lead to a dead pace unless weight is 
added to the front feet to further changing footfall timing...)

As saddleseat was originally much more the domain of the saddlebred, esp. 
the 5 gaited ones, the 3 gaited horses copied their multi gaited sibling, 
but only performed the 3 gaits....and it spread to other breeds....

> > I've been riding for 16 years and only in the last couple years have
> > I been introduced to this. I rode saddle seat for most of those 16
> > years, and we were always taught to keep the horse's head way up
> > with his nose tucked, which is also unnatural for him.
>
> This way of travelling (saddle seat), as near as I can tell, is a
> fashion statement.  No saddle seat rider I have ever asked has ever been
> able to give me a better reason for asking their horses to move in that
> way.



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