On 1/24/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And besides, Tivar is a lovely, stop-and-smell-the-roses > kind of trail horse. Maybe he'd just prefer not to canter so very much... > > Karen Thomas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
when we were on the last ride there was a big walking horse there that did a pretty fast rack and when we were in the lead tivar heard him coming up behind us and went faster, and faster, it was amusing me, because I could see he didn't want to let that horse pass him. So i thought well, lets see just how fast he can go, and I expected a canter, but he NEVER broke into a canter, just trotted faster and faster until I felt he had to change gears to get any faster but he just held it and the horse zoomed past us, Tivar gave him the ears back "up yours buddy" look and the horse broke gait and did a half spin and we whizzed by haha. But he never cantered! So after that with Sylvia i thought i would just SEE if I could get him in a canter. But her horse was laid back and he was laid back and they would just act lazy and it just seemed like the energy level was so low and besides Sylvia's mare sometimes bucks when transitioning to canter and I would feel bad about that! janice -- yipie tie yie yo
