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Re: [RC] Gaiting (videos included) - Sharon Levasseur

This is an excellent point.  Zephyr (an Arab x Rocky Mountain Horse) has a
"trail foxtrot" instead of a "show foxtrot" ... yet it still looks different
than the trail foxtrot that a Missouri Foxtrotter might perform.

Zephyr's Foxtrot (2005) ... Sorry the bells are so loud!  And please forgive my
equitation... I was having to put more weight in the stirrups than usual.
http://www.zegifts.com/Design/Assets/images/zephyrfoxtrot.wmv

Zephyr's Foxwalk (2003)
http://www.zegifts.com/Design/Assets/images/Zephyr-Foxwalk.WMV

Some great foxtrotting videos:
http://www.foxtrotters.org/foxtrotting_horse_videos.htm

-Sharon L. in Maine


Quoting Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

   Thank you, Faustina, for that clarification of the rack. It may
interest some folks to know that the different smooth gaits are not so
cut and dried, as they are performed by different horses and different
breeds, well, differently. A Tennessee Walker can run walk, canter,
rack, or pace. My foxtrotter can rack, foxtrot, runwalk, pace, trot and
canter. There is a breed called the Racking horse, some of which can do
incredible speeds at what is called "speed racking." The world record
for a speed racking horse is 37 mph! Many of them can speed rack in the
25-30 mph range. All while the rider sits there drinkin' a Starbucks.
  There is also the Indian Shuffle, the singlefoot, and any number of
variations of smooth gaits. Some horses do them better than others, and
I have found it difficult to find sure-footedness combined with
excellent gaiting, as some gaited horse can be a bit trippy. I agree
that the foxtrotter seems to be one of the best candidates for endurance
riding. I know of Tennessee Walkers, Kentucky Mountain Saddle horses and
Foxtrotters who have all finished Tevis.   FWIW,  Dr Q

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