On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 12:59:27PM -0700, Judy Ryder wrote: > We know that Tolt is a rack (1 foot / 2 foot support); that's obvious; > that's what they show and judge in their evaluations for tolt, tolt > competitions, icetolt, etc.
that's obvious from the show world. you don't know what they call the gait seen in the field or under a kid's horse or out on the trail. > What we don't know is what they call the 2 foot / 3 foot support gait of > saddle rack which the Icelandic Horse also does. Is that how they define > "slow tolt"? or does slow tolt also mean a 1 foot / 2 foot support gait > that is slower than tolt / rack? they just call it "tolt"; lacking the photos, i don't think they consider the footfall significant (at least not linguistically so); "slow tolt" is measured by speed afaict. (and i've been working on it for some time under my icelandic instructor.) > It's kind of a flawed system as it does not leave room for any other easy > gaits between trot and pace! no, it merely describes all of them, as english "blue" describes colors from robin's-egg to royal to navy. > For example, running walk is in the center of the gait spectrum. How is that > named? tolt. --vicka
