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Ok, we have heard from the "Why trotters" out there.  How about us on the "other" foot or the other two beat feet.

 

WHY GAIT:

When you can have a super rough trotting horse that jars your guts out.

When you can have rub marks where those "other" guys are sitting on soft seats.

When you can come flying into the vet check in a big tizzy, all strung out and hot and botherd, verses "gliding" in on a velvet carpet to ease off the horse.

When you can be in your horses biggest trot and STILL be passed by that racking sucker.

When you can do like this weekend, go to a ride in the boiling heat and be worked into a total sweat from posting.....while the others guys don't seem to even get dirty.

 

Just a few thoughts from a die hard trotter.....who will some day get one of those smooth rides when the knees are totally shot.    :))

 

Jody and the girls heading out tomorrow for Summer Breeze wishing she was able to follow the Tevis online.

Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have to agree with the cowboy here. On my old walker my second 
> favorite gait was the canter - the favorite being the gallop ;-) . 
> However, unlike Ed, the Paso gate would drive me crazy. It felt to me 
> like I had sit down on a vibrator. It was smooth but not what I wanted 
> to ride for a long way. On the other hand some guys perfer blonds, some 
> guys red heads and some will take 'em both.
>
> Truman
>
> Ed Kilpatrick wrote:
>
> > oh, this is near and dear to my heart, and endurance related! the 
> > name of my farm is whytrot farms. my slogan is, "why trot when you 
> > can run wide open!" i ride trotting horses and i ride gaited 
> > horses too. i have done endurance on both. my gaited horse of 
> > choice is the paso fino. you can have that head bobbin stuff, 
> > rackinfool, i dont like it. i have ridden that running walk, and i
>  
> > will say it is smooth, but i sure dont think it is as smooth as a good 
> > gaited paso fino. and their heads dont bob! i have ridden lots of 
> > different breeds of gaited horses, TWH, racking horse, paso fino, 
> > peruvian paso, mangalarga marchador, and colombian trote y galope. 
> > my favorite is my paso fino gelding starbuck who has a wonderful, 
> > natural fourbeat gait, but in addition to that, the little bugger can 
> > RUN!! (which, by the way, is another natural gait!) cowboy ed
>
>
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