On 1/17/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> So is a step pace a type of rack? Janice thought the first pic might > be a type of rack. > > No, here's the progression: pace, step pace, rack/saddle rack, running walk, > foxtrot, trot. So looking at it that way, step pace and rack might be > called "adjacent" gaits, both with some lateral influence. There are some > "moments in time" that can be sort of a grey area. >
when *I* look at pics for gait evaluation, I have my own way of figuring it out that makes little sense and I am often wrong... but what I have figured out is if it looks a lot like a weird pace, a pace almost but not, it is probably a saddle rack. I can usually tell a hard pace cause it is just so obvious, the legs on each side in perfect unison. I can usually tell a trot cause the legs on one side form a Vee but sometimes if the pic is shady its hard to tell. I can tell a foxtrot tho! usually. Because to me it looks like the front is striding and the back is trotting. I am not in advanced "what gait" category yet because so much of it has to do with what feet are on and off the ground and all! But in the rw, someone tell me if I am wrong or I will have to look it up in lee's book... in a RW one front leg is straight up and down, right? In a moving film I can tell a RW because of the head nod. usually. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
