>>>> It's fun playing with her gaits. Her default gait is a stepping pace, but keep her slow and she does a nice saddle rack. Her trot is quite good, with some suspension, but she finds it impossible to return to walk without transitioning through stepping pace (weird). Canter is mostly fine, but if you lose balance she will go disunited pretty easily which is horribly uncomfortable.
When I got Holly, my first "multi-gaited" horse, I thought all those gaits were a pain. Now, I think it's a hoot to play with. I only wish I could go back and have a do-over with poor old Holly. Man, that mare taught me so much...bless her heart! Questions, Mic: I initially thought Sina's default gait was stepping pace, but I got her right when I was recovering from my broken back, and I was a mess, physically, and not 100% ok emotionally, due to some lingering fear. As I got myself back into shape, got her into shape, AND finally got her a saddle that works, I found that her default is MUCH closer to mid-range than I thought, and that she can do all of the gaits. What I'm saying is, don't give up if you haven't had her long and are just getting used to each other. The main thing that makes me think that your mare might be at least slightly more lateral than Sina is how you describe her canter. Sina has always had a nice, three-beat canter with little suspension that is the BEST I've ever ridden. It seems to me (I could be wrong) that the more lateral horses are much more likely to have a disunited, broken, canter. Gosh knows, my old TWH, Mac, never did master a nice canter... Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.22/1013 - Release Date: 9/17/2007 1:29 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
