>>> being new to Icelandics I am trying to follow some of the videos, though it is almost exhausting as we are on dial up.
Welcome to the list, Monica! >>>> Please correct me if I am getting this wrong. I own a Stbd that can pace. The pace is a bilateral gait, two beat. Is the toelt not the same as a rack,a four beat gait, just different wording for a different breed? So when I watch this video, I see a foot hitting the ground not at the same time as the other foot on the same side, to me that looks more like a rack/toelt than a pace? Yep, in a way you're right. The flying pace isn't a pure two beat pace though - more of a broken pace, which sort of makes it between a pace and a rack. In footfalls, it's about the same as stepping-pace, just much faster. So, since the gait is between pace and rack, and not exactly either, some breeds call it "speed rack" while in Icelandic terminology, it's "flying pace." Flying pace/speed rack is a four-beat gait - but it's not an even four beat gait, like a true rack. Does that help? You're on the right track, very close. Do you have Lee Ziegler's book, Easy-Gaited Horses? It's a tremendous resource, and only about $14 or so at amazon.com. It's money well spent - I use mine all the time. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.37/1042 - Release Date: 10/1/2007 6:59 PM
