Hi Judy, Janice, Karen or anyone > The running walk is the center of the gait spectrum; it is not a tolt. > Tolt is a lateral gait.
I am asking this again because I just don't understand. Why if the gait is the same foot fall as the walk, but just faster, and sounds perfectly even - is it not a square gait? I am asking this because it doesn't make sense when you look at the footfall pattern - there is a lateral phase but also diagonal as the weight is shifted??? I know that there is huge variation between horses and timing and most Icelandics do something that is not totally square but I don't know what it is such a flat NO that Tolt/Rack couldn't be in the middle of the gait chart? Are the drawings of the footfall incorrect that make it look that way? Thanks Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
