On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:34:23 -0700, you wrote: >How would these horses trot without the weights? Are the weights, which are >meant to square up a pacey horse, throwing the trot out of good timing? It's impossible to say as the horses are all so different, but usually if a horse is very pacey boots on the front feet will make the trot easier and the tolt more 4-beat. > >If the horse is pacey, what affect does the weight have on the pace? Does >it make it a four-beat pace? It can do, again it depends on the horse.
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