--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>> Dis, well we bought her because of different reasons....we
> like how
> fluid her movements are....she is built nicly, she shows tolt out
> in the
> field, but canter seems to be her favorite gait...she will canter a
> lot then
> go down into a tolt.
>
>
> I'm not so sure about that - are you saying that the mare favors
> canter over
> one of the mid-range gaits? I don't think I've ever seen a horse
> who
> doesn't have a preferred trot-speed gait, be that a trot, pace, or
> something
> in the middle...? A playful foal maybe, but a mature Icelandic
Well she seems to canter more than all the others....then she goes
down into tolt from canter
> mare...?
>
> >>> Her action again is not high.
>
> Do you think action affects gaitedness...?
>
>
> Karen Thomas, NC
No I do not think it affects it, but for us we are wanting to breed
ground covering trail horses, we do not want high action, though I
think it looks pretty and flashy, its not what I am breeding for.
BAldur fra Bakka who is here has high action, yet is one of the
smoothest horses I have ever ridden, with a perfect 4 beat tolt....
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