>>>> You do understand that the legs pick up laterally in "tolt" right?
>>no, i don't; i think it should be four-beat. I assume by "beat" you mean in sound? The beat is determined by the set-down - you don't hear anything when they pick-up their feet. There are three gaits that have an even beat (meaning sound): running walk, saddle rack and rack, meaning that they are even in set-down. What differentiates running walk from the racks (a.k.a. tolt) is the pick up. The pick up is even in running walk, but lateral in the rack. I didn't immediately get my head around this concept - it took lots of freeze-framing videos and staring at still pictures to grasp it, along with riding a lot of gaits for a long time. Finding Lee Ziegler and, later, her book, made it all finally start falling into place. It's much easier for me to distinguish the gaits now by letting myself feel the gaits, and by watching for the associated body language. (For example, an up and down head-nod is usually a symptom of a flat walk, running walk or foxtrot. A head without much motion is probably a rack or saddle rack - if the gait is a soft gait. A "v" head motion is probably a stepping pace or pace...) If you are really interested in learning the nuances of all the soft gaits, listening for the beat won't tell you the whole story. A foxtrot will sound like a stepping pace and a running walk will sound like a saddle rack. Karen Karen Thomas, NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/710 - Release Date: 3/4/2007 1:58 PM ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/9ZdxlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] The video every Icelandic Horse owner should have: http://IceHorses.net/video.html [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses [] IceHorses ToolBar http://iceryder.ourtoolbar.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
