If the horse is trotty, I'll allow, even encourage him to do it, but not to the extend that it kills his gaits.
Do you really think that if a horse both trots and gaits naturally and at liberty, trotting will diminish the ability to gait? Being new to gaited horses, I have both of mine both trotting and gaiting. Hunter has been doing this for four years now - admitttedly only a one horse test) and he's still doing several gaits plus trotting. Nancy
