> I remember Lee Ziegler herself saying several times that it's often > impossible to be certain what gait is happening from a single picture, > particularly if the gait is captured in one of the "classic" phases that > gait's known for - for instance, the single foot phase of rack is much > easier to discern rather than it's two-foot support phases.
I would agree. Lee would also say that you can start with what it is not. There are phases that will be easily recognizable as "not this" or "not that". > point-blank asked Liz Graves once, if you are confused by what you see > in a particular still shot of a horse, versus what you feel from the > saddle, which would you go by, and she said, she'd depend on the feel > from the saddle. That's a good idea, but may be limited to those who know the feel of each gait. There are times when someone may think they are trotting on a gaited horse, when it is a stepping pace. Here's Pancho doing a stepping pace, and his rider going up and down: http://iceryder.net/videogaitpancho.html Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
