>>> and somehow I got the feeling that this is rather uncommon in your breeding stock in US or you maybe look at it from the wrong perspective or what to call it.
I think it depends on where you look in the USA, Malin. I've been lucky that I met my first Icelandic at Anneliese's so I saw very nice ones from the start. I also got some very nice mares from Robyn. I have discovered that there are a good many weakly gaited horses since then - some too trotty and some too pacey, but there are good naturally gaited horses here, if one knows what to look for. >>> I´m attaching a pic that are not very ucommon sight foal gaiting ,mother not and this is what we often are looking for The two sets of legs run together a little bit in that picture Malin, but it looks to me like both the horses are doing what we call a "saddle rack" here. Rack is the American word for tolt, and the "saddle" version is the less showy version, where there are alternating two, then three feet on the ground at a time. It's a very nice gait to ride, and I've seen it in most of my 2006 foals. Thanks for the pictures - you always have nice ones. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
