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[RC] Gaited Horses - Carolyn BurgessI have had three gaited horses, all Standardbreds. My first two gaited: the first horse, a mare, did the rack and paced. The second, who is a CTR/endurance horse, paces. He is sound (after 9 years of sulky racing, and 3 years of CTR/endurance (and tough as nails). My new mare is just off the track and will pace, but prefers to canter (the reason she is no longer racing). You may find that some Standardbreds do not hold up, the major reason for this is racing. But if you get them sound off the track, and had them x-rayed as part of the vetting, they should have a sound career after racing. BTW, these guys do trot, so when you vet in, you don't have the issue of evaluating soundness as I have seen with Tennessee Walkers. Carolyn Burgess =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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