> What do you see in the picture? What gait do you > think he is doing?
I think he's doing a stepping pace, bordering on hard pace. Stepping pace has a wide range, and I would place his, in this picture, far to the lateral side. > We seem to be coming from different perspectives, > mine from a dressage > background, the rest of the list from a gaited horse > background. Does that > make one way right and the other wrong? Does it > create problems with a > gaited horse? No, one is not right and the other wrong; I think the basic principles are the same. I'm not sure what you mean by "does it create problems with a gaited horse?" > There are, but I'd like to discuss this picture > first. I like it because it > clearly shows all 4 legs and his topline. I > lightened the photo so you can > see his topline better. OK. Back to your question about which image he looks like on page 34. Not *exactly* like any of them, but more like "hollow" than the others. I don't see "round" in this picture. The reason I asked for other pictures, is to be able to show you what I see. I'll do it with this picture, but a picture from the side would be better. First, I think that looking at the topline is only a little part of whether the frame is round, neutral, or hollow. I'm on my laptop at the moment (in bed, doing contrast therapy on my elevated leg) and I'd like to mark up his picture which I need to do on my desk computer, to go along with additional comments. Judy
