>>>>The ideal walk will be square. It can go either to the diagonal or the > lateral. > > So could that can also be true of a gait like tolt - if a faster gait is > the > same footfall as a walk and is square, then it would be neither lateral > nor > diagonal???
A running walk can be slightly diagonal or slightly lateral. Any more than slightly would make it a different gait. With tolt (the one / two foot support gait), I don't think we see it going diagonal, but lateral yes. It could be slightly to the lateral, before becoming another gait. So, when the horse is doing a slow gait (which is not the one / two foot support tolt), it could be a fox trot, a running walk, or a stepping pace. But again, the support has changed, so it's not the *same* gait as being a "trotty tolt" or a "pacey tolt". Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
