which brings to mind another (yet another :) controversial thought--- Now I have put my extremely perfectly gaited walking horse in with nasi... He trots and saddleracks and runningwalks at liberty, canters too of course... prior to this I have pics of Nasi foxtrotting, canter, and trot at liberty. Now I have seen him twice running the fence line at a gallop with Fox, and then when Fox transitions down into an easy gait, Nasi goes right along with him. matching exactly beat for beat.
With "mirroring", horses will match gait with one another on a ride, under saddle, I have experienced that countless times. I have in fact had people tell me "I am gonna ride along with you if you don't mind, when I ride with that horse up there my horse goes into a rough gait" then with my jaspar I have seen well gaited horses turn pacey up alongside him. So I wonder if you put two gaited horses in together if they will start mirroring gait and perhaps even lock it in. They are in with Tivar also, who trots mostly at liberty, but Tivar is too laid back to bolt off running the fence like Fox and nasi so he isnt a factor in this...(now). And Stonewall, who constantly trots at liberty but saddleracks under saddle, I have seen him saddlerack at liberty with Fox. ALWAYS this happens transitioning down out of a full blown gallop or canter. anyway, interesting to think of. I know Judy is gonna ask for film :) I reckon i need to never go out there without a camera at all times! Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
