>>> Kola, base narrow, does a distinct camel walk, so like stonewall when >>> young, now an exquisite saddle racker. His camel walk is so distinct >>> that if i ride him even an hour with people at a dogwalk my lower back >>> aches from the very pronouced rolling front to back "rock" motion. But >>> man can he gait so smooth....
I never have figured out what a "camel walk" is. I thought it was a pacey walk, since camels pace? Kola and Maja aren't pacey AT ALL (you may have noticed that, after Mac, I have an adversion to pacey horses, so I don't breed horses with much pace. I much prefer to err slighty to the running walk-to-foxtrot side of the gait spectrum, not that it's always so easy to get exactly what you breed for.) Sometimes I think people say "camel walk" when it's a long-strided walk that covers some ground...? I like a long-strided walk. I guess I need to go look and see if Lee defined "camel walk" in her book... Karen Thomas, NC
