> years ago about Icelandics. It showed a clip with people tolting > together > down a driveway at Dan Slott's farm in New York. But when it showed > footage of > the sheep round up in the rocky hills in Iceland, the horses were all > trotting.
Yes, trotting is a working gait. It is the most athletic gait, and has the most balance and stability for the horse (other than walking, when there is speed involved). Tolt, being a gait of one foot / two foot support is not suitable for stability, and is basically for straight-line riding. The saddle rack (saddle tolt) being two-foot / three-foot support is, of course, more stable than the tolt. Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
