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> Don't you still just look at the hip/shoulder fall?  I realize the timing
> might be different in a gaited horse, but after you get a feel for the
> timing, it's still just the evenness of the hip/shoulder fall isn't it?
Not "just" that, no--although that tells you a lot.  One also looks for the 
symmetry of head movement, the evenness of reach and footfall, etc., and if the 
surface is at all hard, one listens for evenness.  I really like examining 
horses' motion on a firm surface, because often one can HEAR an offness before 
one can see it.

Heidi

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