Hi Karen, >>>Of course, they can, at least all but the very paciest ones, but you rarely, virtually never see canter in the breed demos, etc.
Rarely would be true, but not virtually never - you have just never seen one of our demos and unless it is just 2-3 minutes we show all the gaits and often enter the arena in walk. This is also true of the group in Iowa with Doug and Jennifer Hamilton as far as showing the canter. Not always a slow canter, for us it depends on the horse. Many horses with a lot of pace have problems doing a slow canter in a ring which is why I think it is shown more as a gallop. Our stallion Lettir seemed to put a really nice rocking horse canter in his offspring. Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
