response:
I am conditioning my TWH for distance rides. We plan on competing in June -
are we aiming for the same ride I wonder - Mt. Laguna, CA?
Anyways. You are having many of the same problems I have. However, canter
is OK!! He hasn't been real big on cantering until recently, when I changed
saddle pads - when I bought him he hadn't been trained to canter and I think
it was hurting his back. Now though, he loves cantering and as he's
learning balance is getting very smooth. Also, he lost his running walk
altogether for awhile, but it is coming back now to some extent. I have no
idea what I did or what happened to cause him to lose it. Probably just
because we are riding for the trail and not the show ring. The horse knows
to pick the gait that suits the footing and speed the best. On trail he
walks, running walk, pace, trot, canters and gallops. He's also racked, fox
trotted and tried to do the paso largo :g: Silly walking horse. As I've
heard many others state. I chose the speed, he picks the gait. I get the
smoothest running walks going up hill on uneven terrain...
I do work him in the arene once a week, working on specific cues for his
gaits, bending, etc. Also his ground work.
I have had a number of walking horse professionsla look at him, though I
haven't put him in "training" due to money. None have had a probblem with
his cantering.
Just my 2 cents.
Also, feel free to write me directly and we can comiserate :g:
- Carrie and Graham (TWH)
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