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Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 I remain somewhat skeptical of the concept,including that of a 
different/greater shoulder motion."Gaits" are mainly TIMING phenomenon,and 
unless you are dealing with (God forbid) a Big Lick show TWH,once that shoulder 
moves,how much different or further can that motion of the shoulder beneath the 
front of the bars really be,on any horse?So much of this stuff is virtually 
unquantifiable.Field trial TWH's are almost exclusively ridden under an 
American made variant of the British empire's Universal Pattern trooper 
sadddle.NO consideration of gaited horses as such was involved in the original 
or in the modern versions,other than a nice generous flare on the front of the 
bar,which needs to be on every saddle for every horse.My horse gaits the same 
under an Ortho-Flex,a Buena Vista,a Tarpin Hill trooper,or a Tucker trooper.I 
settled on the Buena Vista because it is best for ME,but the durn tree broke 
and I'm back on the Tarpin Hill for the time being.


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