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[RC] why trot - apleg8'nBut Bruce, asking one to do heavy loads forever, run 100 miles at breakneck speed forever is certainly different than asking them to do what comes from 100s of years of breeding and that is gaiting and not doing the same gait forever at the same pace forever. To work the other natural gaits, as I mentioned, walk, flatwalk, runwalk, rack if they can, foxtrot, foxwalk, canter is using the other muscle groups. We are not putting the stress on the horse such as draft horses working tremendous loads, Arabs racing across the desert, your metaphors do not jive with me. A foxtrotter may well be suited for trotting as the gait itself is close to a trot..hence the very name. I started out with Foxtrotters before I found TWH better suited for endurance. But Walking horses, Mountain horses are not suited to trot and you will be hard pressed to find a well bred horse of these breeds that does trot or a knowledgeable owner that would let them trot. None of my horses even offer to trot under saddle, so what does that tell you about the Natural gait? In fact the only one that trotted was my Standardbred mare that was an off track harness racer and a trotter. Once I put her under saddle, it was about three rides and she went into a natural rack and no longer trots. I was told most STB's have the natural rack in them and it will come out under saddle. Was true with Sombra and by the seventh ride she was doing 17.8mph in the rack, barefoot. I know others that think along your lines, but they are few. Why not make the Trotting horses gait then if that is the correct thinking? Let them use different muscles if all horses should use varying groups? I stand by my reasoning and centuries of breeding. Gaited horses should gait under saddle. Trotting horses should trot and do what they are bred for under saddle. Any horse could be taught to do something else I suppose, but why *make* them do what is not in their genetic code? Enjoy them for what they are. Trot or not? rackinfool www.applegaitnendurancehorses.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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