--- Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But gosh, they jump really well! I wish I had a > picture! > > Janice > > Yes, I wish I had a picture of Dagur jumping the > fence from a > standstill like you would see a whitetail deer > jumping. >
I don't think all of them jump that well, so many might not be suited for jumping, but I don't doubt that there are some who would be really good at it. I wouldn't really expect gaited horses to be able to jump very well. I look at my filly and think to myself that she's not going to be a great jumper, she is going to be an awsome trail horse, smooth, calm, brave, and that is wht she was bred to be. Dari couldn't jump a stick two inches off the ground, never could. Not really his talent. Snorri can jump, but even he isn't great, he tried to jump out of a plastic rail arena, but couldn't clear the rail and just jumped through it, and broke it, and ran off. My mule Zoe, who is out of a gaited mare can JUMP! She just hops on over, she is on the trotty side, but I think she will have some smooth gait. Mules are known for jumping, they have jumping competitions where they jump, I think up to 5 ft. from a standstill (no person on their back), because that's what they would do when coon hunting, use mules and then get off when they came to a fence and have the mule jump over, so they could go on. I don't really want to encourage this too much because so far she's just used it to switch pastures, I don't want her getting any ideas. Celie can jump, but she is just bigger and heavier so she hasn't hopped a fence (to my knowledge anyway). Kim
