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OOH! let me try, call on mee Ooh
 I want to  say, the  running walk  has  3 feet down and one  up and 
the  rack  is  one down and  3 up.
Keith
Jody Rogers-Buttram wrote:

> Ok Bruce, help me here.
>  
> Is there a difference in the hoof beats of the rack and singlefoot??  
> I understood these
> to both be a 4-beat gait. And that they are different due to speed.
> What is the difference then in the runwalk? 
> I understand the foxtrot, the pace and the trot.
>  
> Jody...now confussed.
>
> */Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>
>     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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