>>> The words say: ""the only naturally fivegaited horse in the world"......" Is that true?
No. If you want to get picky, I don't think I know a "naturally five-gaited" horse of any breed. If the horse can do five-gaits (w/t/c plus rack/tolt and pace), invariably he can also "naturally" do some of the adjacent soft gaits between rack and trot. That's why the term multi-gaited is much more accurate - no matter what the breed and I think "multi-gaited" horses are common in most gaited breeds. I do know a few horses that are what might legitimately " naturally four-gaited" - ones who might not have the full spectrum of gaits in their range. When that's the case, I think the four are most likely to be walk, trot, canter and foxtrot - or maybe walk, trot, canter and running walk. I can't think of a single horse who can naturally "rack" (single-foot or saddle rack) who can also trot, but can't do another soft gait - not naturally. I also think there can be "naturally four-gaited" horses whose four gaits would be walk, hard pace, pacey canter, and stepping pace - not my favorite four gaits however. Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.15/1248 - Release Date: 1/28/2008 9:32 PM
