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RE: [RC] "trippy" WAS: Gaited Horses - Mike Sherrell

My Peruvians trip a lot because the flight path of their front feet skims
the surface and can snag a half-inch obstacle. I hold a very light rein (or
sidepull, in my case) and let it slip through my fingers, and the horse is
completely unconcerned, maintains its rhythm with its hinds, recovers its
rhythm with its fronts without losing speed, doesn't even flick its ears.

In a very simple, monotonous situation, like a wide flat road, they can sort
of doze off on the run and then if they trip they once in a long while hit
their knees. Still, as long as everyone's relaxed it's not a problem beyond
an embarrassed horse and maybe some Wonderdust later.

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834
www.grizzlyanalytical.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Truman Prevatt
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:29 PM
To: Paul Latiolais
Cc: Bruce Weary DC; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] "trippy" WAS: Gaited Horses


Most gaited horses have big shoulders and require more freeddom in the
shoulder than many saddles permit. It's not just the "width" or pitch of
the tree that is importnat - it's also the over all separation between
the bars at the wither. It's not uncommon for a gaited horse to require
a "narrow" tree to match the pitch of his wither, but require a wide
tree because of the width of his wither. It can be difficult to find an
"off the tack shop shelf saddle to fit that bill. An ill fitting saddle
will make any horse "trippy" gaited, or otherwise.

Truman

Paul Latiolais wrote:


Bruce,

    ...Walkers, Foxtrotters, a Walkaloosa and a Kentucky Mountain
    Saddle Horse. Several of them were "trippy"...


When I had that problem, it turned out to be saddle fit at the
whithers/shoulder area. A wider "gaited" saddle fixed the problem
completely

I have learned that standard saddles are not "fit" (excuse the pun)
for gaited horses. They need that extra room in the shoulder area.

Is it that they "angle" the bars? Does anyone know?

-Paul




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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former."  Albert Einstein





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