>>>>a wonderful runningwalk > is not what they, or I for that matter are breeding for. I want a > good clear tolt/rack.......in my Icelandics, now if they have other > easy gaits, I would be fine riding them, but it is not what I am > breeding for, and I do not thing its what they are wanting in evauls > or competitions. I am sure that the TWH people do not breed for > tolt/rack....they want a running walk....
but Skye, this is kinda my point. How can breeders breed for something so vaguely defined, If it is a spectrum of all the gaits them what are you breeding for exactly... as for TWH people, the show people breed for pace and then nail heavy big shoes on to square it up in the show ring. As for breeders in the real world they breed for running walk but the signature gait of the twh has been bred nearly into extinction by show people. (everyone wants to breed to a WGC stallion ya know, only guess what, they don't gait without devices anymore...) so lucky breeders get easy gaits of all kinds. most get some gaited and a lot of pacey offspring. They get pacey offspring, i would say at least 50-75% off two extremely well gaited, naturally gaited parents. Thats how ruined the gait is in that breed. Thats why i pay attention when people who breed gaited horses talk about it. because I am EXTREMELY familiar with what happens if you start breeding for show gait. so when you say you breed for tolt, exactly what do you breed for. Rack? Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
