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Actually, he's an Arab x Rocky Mountain Horse, not a Missouri Foxtrotter cross. 
It's just that the conformation he ended up with dictates that he is capable of
a foxtrot instead of the RMH's usual "amble" (otherwise known as either a
stepping pace or saddle rack, I think??).

I have no idea whether the average Arab/RMH would have a smooth trot.  Zephyr's
trot ranges from a very rare 7mph (he does NOT jog) to a more common 10mph
working trot, to a 13mph extended trot.  And he's only 14.2h.  The extended
trot has up to a 22" overstride.  All are daisycutter trots.  No, it's not
smooth, you KNOW how fast you're going!!

That's my only experience with half-Arabs.

-Sharon L. in Maine




Quoting kp ross <mamaross@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Sharon . . . Do you think that Arab / Foxtrotter crosses would tend to have
> a smoother trot . . . Just curious because in my experience the Thoroughbred
> in the Anglo Arabs makes a smoother trotting horse . . . . . . Oh and yes, I
> am looking into purchasing this cross . . . go figure . . . Thanks, kim from
> lakeport
>
> On 7/17/07, Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > As far as my research has ever shown, there's no gait gene, let alone one
> > that
> > passes only through one side.  It's based on conformation and muscling.
> >
> > My Arab x Rocky Mountain Horse foxtrots, but only because he's BUILT for
> > it and
> > because after I bought him at 6yo I walked walked walked him as fast as he
> > would go until his "four beat muscles" and muscle memory were built
> > up.  Then
> > he developed a foxwalk (slower than foxtrot) and foxtrot.  He does not
> > foxtrot
> > in the field for more than a few strides, but he will do it under
> > saddle.  Most
> > of the time we choose to do a hard trot though.
> >
> > Half-gaited horses are a crapshoot.  You're just as likely to get
> > something that
> > isn't built for ANY intermediate saddle gait as you are to get something
> > that do
> > any number of intermediate gaits (one or more than one)!  Gaited horse
> > owners
> > are frequently heard to say "if you want gaited, buy gaited, don't breed
> > hoping
> > for gaited."
> >
> > -Sharon L. in Maine
> > www.zegifts.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Jody Rogers-Buttram <dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > Hello RC,
> > >
> > >     Someone told me that a gaited horse gets it's "gait" from the
> > mother.  I
> > > know of some 1/2 arabs that gaited very well.  But they were out of
> > gaited
> > > mares.  Does anyone know how true this rumor is?  Could an arab mare
> > have a
> > > gaited offspring?
> > >
> > >   Jody
> > >
> > >   PS.  Cash Pony I believe would gait if trained that way...but his
> > mother
> > > was the TWH.
> > >
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