>>> I agree Krisse, I don't see anything even approaching diagonal.
For what it's worth, I don't think this is a good picture to use, but it happens to be what Janice has. If you stare at enough sequential pictures, you will see that even diagonal soft gaits have a lateral-appearing phase, and lateral gaits have moments when they look a little diagonal. Honestly, I don't think a picture like this is worth arguing over...except that Janice is trying to figure out what her horse is doing. I've been in the situation many times where I couldn't get someone to video me either, and I've just been stuck looking at the pictures that I can manage to get. For educational purposes, other than trying to help Janice out, I don't think this is a good shot at all - but I'm sure that's not why it was taken either. The key that this gait isn't purely lateral is that the left pair aren't at all parallel as the right pair are. It LOOKS to me like the left fore is about to set down, and the next one down will be the right rear, and that would imply a diagonal component. I can't tell about the timing though, and I certainly wouldn't bet the farm on this one way or the other. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
