On 1/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i still don't see how natural gait could be selected *against*....?
If you breed a pacey horse to a pacey horse you generally get an even pacier horse. Same for trotty horses. You have to breed good gaits to good gaits, good conformation to good conformation or you don't get good gaits/conformation. Our ex-stallion was bred I believe 7 times (that I know of) all have his pacey gaits, his poor backend, his size, and his color. Even though they were out of a variety of mares he certainly stamped his get. Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
