> i'm not sure i buy that -- why would natural gait disappear, even if it > wasn't specifically being bred for? > --vicka
because first you realize adding weight makes them gait better then you realize if they are a little to the pacey (or trotty) side they gait even better with weight added so then they start breeding for pace. happens every day. Theres not a biglick walking horse on the planet that wasnt bred to be pacey so when they add the weight and the big shoes they square right up. As a result all the offspring with WGC bloodlines have so much pace in there its almost impossible to find one that will do the signature gait of the breed barefooted. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
