Hi Janice Karen said> I guess I read that a little differently from you, Janice. I took Robyn to mean that maybe rack/tolt might be the easiest to achieve via manipulation, and that I agree with. I know it is VERY human-manipulated in Saddlebreds.
Yes that is all I meant. Janice>>>well maybe she can clarify cause I still am a little confused. Does she mean of all the gaits human--manipulated, rack/tolt is easiest to human-manipulate? or does she mean that rack/tolt is the gait most human influenced... If you don't see the gaits very often in the pasture, and actually I have definitely seen young horses tolt in the pasture but when you start to look at it frame by frame is it a 1 - 2 support or 2-3? I couldn't swear to it, being perfectly honest. And yet when the horses are ridden there are definitely lots of horses rack/tolt - and I have seen horses that when ridden by one person would be doing more of a saddle rack and yet another rider can get tolt. That is what I mean by the manipulation and also why I was interested to know how many TWH actually rack in the pasture. It could all be a matter of balance and that the weight, posture, saddle etc of the rider influence the gait. I have also had horses that when they were young showed tremendous gait in the pasture and when ridden it was not a strong gait of choice and the opposite as well. I have had young horses that showed very little gait as they were growing up and yet it was the first choice when ridden. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
