>>>Those we haven't imported, because it's just "pacy tölt" and "trotty >>>tölt" and we do have own words for pace and trot. But I think they tell >>>the whole story, it may be very lateral or very diagonal but it's still >>>some kind of tölt (untill it's lateral enough to be called pace or >>>diagonal enough to be called trot). Of course they also imply that there >>>is just "tölt" somewhere in between which is what the gait should be.<<<
Here's the problem... that is assuming tolt is the middle of a gait spectrum, and it isn't. You have a "trotty tolt", tolt, and a "pacey tolt"..... very limiting as there is no room for running walk which IS the middle of the gait spectrum. But the gait spectrum is not like a reostat or a volume control, or a slider. Progression is not sliding up and down the gait spectrum. There are several characteristics to each gait that do not lend the gait spectrum to a reostat-like mechanism. Check it out: tolt is one foot / two foot support.... how can we have a "trotty" tolt? What would it look like in one-foot / two-foot support? Or do they really mean that a "trotty" tolt is a trotty saddle rack? If so... is it? If so, how so? How about this: If we base the whole gait spectrum and gait chart on fox trot. Let's make the fox trot the middle of the gait spectrum... because.... well, there's a whole lotta fox trotters out there and lots of gaited horses fox trot, so it's an arbitrary choice. (Tongue in cheek): Then we make fox trot the perfect gait and tolt is an aberation because it's a ventroflexed gait. It's hollow, and it has weird pick up timing... very odd, no other gaits have that type of pick up and set down; it must be faulty. Let's call it a triple faulty fox trot. OK? The icelandic-style wording and concept of gaits isn't advanced enough to have room for all that is. What happens in other languages when they do not have a word to use for a new item? They assume and integrate the English word, which is what we are doing here. It's only logical since we are leading the way in gait information. Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
