--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >>Anyone know if there are icelandic-style trainers that train for
> natural
> >>gait?
>
> > I don't know of any particularly - most of them do aim for tolt.
> > However, some trainers here, if the horse does not show any
> ability or
> > aptitude for gait, are happy to accept them as 3 gaited.
>
> Do any of the trainers know how to train the fox trot to a horse
> that shows
> that tendency?
>
>
> Judy
I know that Eloise does not know a lot about the foxtrot. She has
never owned or trained MFT.....but she knows a lot about TWH, Pasos
and other gaited breeds.....in a Icelandics that fox trot, I know I
have heard the phase trotty tolt.....I know it is not what is
desired.....and personally I do not desire it either from my
Icelandics....I want the smoother tolt for sure....I would not push
them into a tolt with forcing them with the reins or a bit...but I
would get them in shape, do hill work and make sure they had all
available oppertunities to tolt.....if not, I would probably sell
them, unless I had a very special bond.....
Skye
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