On Mar 13, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Wanda Lauscher wrote: > On 13/03/2008, Lynn Kinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Despite them calling themselves Paso Largo Farm that stallion is doing >> a classical fino, or fino-fino gait (and not that well IMO -- there >> should be more hock action and the timing should be absolutely >> isochronal 4-beat). > > Could his front feet have been weighted? His front feet looked > awfully large, I couldn't determine what was on them.... > > If they were weighted, that would throw the timing off.
The feet look normal and what seems out of time is the rear feet. Paso Finos are allowed to show in keg shoes weighing no more than ten ounces: If a horse is shown unshod, hooves will be neatly trimmed to a short natural length, not to exceed four (4) inches. If a horse is shown shod, the length of the hooves is not to exceed four and one half (4 1/2) inches, including shoes. All four (4) feet must be shod with flat shoes that do not affect the way a horse travels or how a foot breaks over. All four (4) feet must have the same type of shoe of the same material, weight, and thickness although front and back hooves may be shod in different sizes. Each shoe cannot exceed ten (10) ounces. Weighted shoes and pads are prohibited. However, toe and/or side clips drawn from the same shoe (an integral part of an otherwise flat saddle plate shoe which does not exceed ten (10) ounces in weight) that in no way affects how a horse travels or breaks over are allowed. The Fino-fino stallion that set my eye was Bochica Tres (http://www.pasobravo.com/bochist.htm) that I saw in many exhibitions and at Minter's ranch -- hard act to follow <g>. Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
