>>> Let's not forget a big reason why some horses step pace - it is a lazy >>> gait!
Sina, for example, used to step-pace a lot...and sometimes she didn't want to move forward. When I'd get her a wider saddle, she'd get more energetic, and the pacing would get better until that saddle would get too tight, then she'd get pacey again until she'd refuse to move forwards...and on, and on.... So, was she pacing because she was lazy, or did she appear lazy because it hurt her to move forward? I'm pretty sure now that it was the second reason, although there was a time when I wasn't so sure which was which. Sina is actually a fairly forward horse when she's comfortable...at least when I ride her. (She can be a little pokey for people she doesn't know.) Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1394 - Release Date: 4/23/2008 7:16 PM
