In her article "Cure that Pace" she seems to think it is something you should work to change. If you do all those things she suggests in that article, it really does help, and in fact, I did get him to stepping pace more than hard pace thru it. They are very good exercises for any gaited horse. And on the gaited list some have said if i would try and ride him differently etc., I could get him in gait. this really aggravates me because ;
1. it is a wonderful smooth gait, easy on him and easy on me 2. i dont believe you should alter any smooth natural default gait thru any means but those Lee suggests, cavalettis, hill work, long slow distance etc. 3. I just hate it when people get the idea a stepping pace is unacceptable. Almost every breed gaited horse there is is rife with stepping pace and people get the impression their horses are "inferior" if they do it, this is not a good impression for us to present to newbies etc. 4. Some breeds allow stepping pace as an acceptable gait in the showring--- the peruvian paso, spotted saddlehorse etc. I just feel for Jaspar, that i should always be an ambassador for the stepping pace so no more horses like him will ever be dragged behind a tractor to try and get them to not do it. Thats one of my missions. I am the friend of the stepping pace Janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
