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My trotting horse takes a nap after lunch while moving down the trail. 
He'll sometimes trip and wake himself up.  He's not dead asleep and has 
never done more than just stumble.
Laney

Mike Sherrell wrote:
> 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
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>
> -----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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