On 3/15/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Its so interesting about breeding a Stallion that really is gait > challenged....Did Flekkur Tolt? > > I don't know, but I think I heard that he was (is?) pretty much > three-gaited. His son, Reddi, is three-gaited, but Flekka and Trausti > (grandchildren) are VERY naturally gaited. Gaiting is easy for them, and > they have a wide range of gaits at their disposal. But, as always, there > are all the ancestors to consider, not just one sire or grandsire. I would > never breed a gait-challenged horse, but some of them make wonderful riding > horses. Well, maybe NEVER is too strong, but it would have to be a darned > special horse, and I'd have to have a very specific reason to breed the > horse. All of my breeding horses now have nice, strong, natural gaits. > > Karen Thomas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
with my gallant boy, he was a stud for 25 years I think it is, and of his offspring some rack, some walk, and some will only pace, like my jaspar. Also, they say some of his offspring are hyped up and crazy and the old man said those were the ones out of a certain mare he was bred to at times. I think for gait you just have to breed well gaited parents and hope for the best but you arent gonna get it 100% maybe... but then i wonder in some horses if it isnt homozygous. Like Allen F1 in TWHBEA or McCurdy's Doctor in that registry, 100 % of their offspring were said to have the gait. And then from there, it passed on or in some cases didnt and then more and more watered down maybe thru history? Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
