On 2/24/07, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good eye...it probably took me 6 or so years to realize that. If it > is a true clean trot...there is no head nod... >
None of the 'big' horses had a nod so I wasn't sure if Gat's nod was because of how she moved or if it was some personal quirk or pain. > If the gait looks diagonal like a trot, but there is a head > nod...chances are it's some form of fox trot. It does look diagonal--when I noticed the nod I looked closer at the legs and they appeared to be diagonal to me, though she has a much faster 'trot' than the 'big' horses. > Pacey horses have > trouble with trot, so if Alex has Gat trotting (even if it's not > clean)....well ... give her a hug for me, because that's something I > never really succeeded with when riding Hreggur. It took quite some time before Alex could get Gat trotting consistently for her--same with the canter. She'll canter better one side than the other but pace usually creeps in. V
