On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 07:00:46AM -0500, Janice McDonald wrote: > my stonewall, wonderful racker, will be going really really fast and I > will hear his feet lose even beat even before i feel it in the saddle, > and I take the little finger of one hand and with a subtle, barest of > pressure I make a steady pulllll with just that little finger and its > like it is a ribbon tied to his feet, he smooths right out. Its > really interesting and thrilling to me when it happens, knowing what > subtle pressures are associated with gait...
stjarni can keep up a completely lateral pace with tremendous evenness -- when he is doing a two-beat gait sometimes i actually have to look down to figure out if it is a jog or a slow smooth pace. (his fast trot is otoh quite unmistakeable, as is his fast i-guess-"flying" pace....) --vicka
