> > In the immortal words of Janice: "Vee haf vays of making you toelt..." > ; ) >
i stole that from karen who stole it from pat parelli :) As for "signature" gait. I have mixed feelings about that. I have never seen any of my horses go around at liberty doing their signature gait under saddle. never. none of them. And what they do under saddle, they do naturally, in saddles that fit them, on a loose rein, barefoot. so is it just rider weight that alters it? Is it that we keep them at a consistent forward motion? My stonewall wont do anything but trot in the field and saddlerack when I ride him, and he did a stepping pace when my husband rode him was it the saddle? The extra weight? The way he sits? My fox will saddlerack head high if nervous, and when he relaxes his head comes down, he begins to nod and running walk. nasi does this weird little skippy fox trot everywhere and canter. he loves to canter everywhere he goes. Traveller foxtrots under saddle and in the field does some kinda shuffling low to the ground smooth thing thats really pretty, have no idea what it is. tivar canters and gallops and saunters in the field, trots and flatwalks under saddle. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
