> > WHO wants a horse that tolts like that? And for use in > endurance? >
Deacon would not tolt during the many practice miles and two LD endurance events we participated in. We trotted the whole way much to my dismay at times (sore abs), but I was happy he was in a confortable gait for him. There was another Icelandic at the last ride and he did gait the whole time, but it was definitely not a tolt. I never was close enough to examine what gait he was doing. We were clipping along at a steady trot at a ride and a rider passed us on a tall Anglo-Arab gelding. He didn't look like he was exerting any effort at all at a steady trot. His long legs outdistanced us in no time. -Kristen and Deacon in Upper MI
