>> If it's someone who can force a horse to gait by using a specific > saddle, weights, forced frame, tight noseband, whip, and that's what > they're used to, then the horse qualifies, in their mind, as being > able to gait.
> Sounds like too much work to me..... But for the ones who do it, it salvages horses that they have an investment in (that probably should be removed from the breeding arena); and it is easier for them than learning a whole new paradigm of breeding, training, and riding naturally gaited horses. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
