--- In [email protected], Skise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know what tölt means in Iceland, but here in Finland (where the > only breed of gaited horses is icelandics) all the soft gaits really are > called tölt, but that doesn't mean they are all considered good tölt. > The only acceptable tölt is clear four-beat, any variations to pacy or > trotty side are considered faulty.
Thanks Krisse, this sounds like what I was taught. Is there a name for fox-trot, do you think? This is one of the things I wonder about, whether "trotty tolt" might not be foxtrot sometimes, and the thing is, it is actually a natural perfectly legitimate gait for some horses, not a faulty tolt. It's interesting. > Haven't really thought > is before but I think many horses are doing "saddle rack" when moving > slower and "rack" when moving faster? It could be in some cases. Kim
