> I can not find a video of sobreandando anywhere, including on google > peru! > > Can you point me to one?
I've run some past Lionell -- his eye for gait is MUCH better than mine (he campaigned one of his horses to a National Gait Championship), Will let you know. Meanwhile, if everyone is getting into gait semantics (I'm on no-mail for that list --it was very busy on the tall gringo breeds every time I looked -- TWHs, rockies), the translation (by Raul del Solar) of gait descriptions sent to me from ANCPCPP is in the dormant Pasoaficion2 files: http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/EAFbSLO4VLnitmVfADSKiT-cLqyXzPgpxf_0UFj7769luzbUyMhZqwtQHqvtj8vXupo4eD0ELj5ewY2OabFlCJ-fCkrbsw/PERUVIAN%20PASO%20INFORMATION/Gait/Gait%20Descriptions > 1. Huachano: an ancient way of going. > Is a style of going in which each leg of the same side raises and > lowers at the same time. The front leg goes always forward and > the back leg goes forward and lands at the same time. This gait is > of two equal beats and is inherently natural of animals of depth of > breed and is used by them instinctively. The strike of the back leg > will always overstep by a very long way that of the front of the > same > side. The huachano gait is considered the starting point of all of > these > other gaits. > > 2. Entrepaso. > Follows the same sequence of the huachano but with telescopic > effect; its overstep is a little shorter and that makes it be of > less > advance and in which in one moment there is equal support in the > 4 legs while in the huachano there are moments of change of > support (my note: meaning side to side). This gait is very > comfortable > for the rider because he can go long distances without getting > tired. > > 3. Sobreandando (or Sobreandando or Aguilillo) > This is the first breaking of the lateral stepping. It is executed > in > 4 beats, not 2 by 2, but in which the lateral steps are closer to > each > other. This gait is not of equal timing. During the sequence there > are > 2 moments in which both legs on the same side are supporting and > these moments predominate by their duration. But also there are > 2 (moments) of diagonal support and 4 (moments) of triple supports. > The overstep of the rear leg passes the front less than in the > Huachano. > In these sequences the horses overstep very well, the advance being > greater than in the Paso Llano but is less than in the Huachano. > > 4. Paso Llano Gateado (or Companero). > The lateral way of going is broken into 4 beats, not equally timed > but with beats of two sounds. There is equal movement between the > knee and the hock, the horse squatting a little over the hindlegs, > and > permitting a higher action of his front legs. It is a comforatble > way of > going harmoniously rythmically and relaxed that gives you the > impression > that the animal is swimming, being the action of front legs elastic > and > giving the impression of a very natural way of going. This gait > gets close > to equally timed giving during the sequence 2 lateral supports, 2 > diagonals > and 4 triple supports. The Paso Llano Gateado is the gait more > desirable > in the breed. > > 5. Paso Llano Picado. > The steps are executed breaking the pace, and the sound is of > equal spacing (timing). This gait is equally timed of 4 equal beats > indicating perfectly the horse's movement. The overstep of the back > leg on the same side only covers the mark of the front leg, being a > sequence comfortable of normal advance of 2 lateral supports, > 2 diagonal supports and 4 triple supports. > > 6. Paso Llano Golpeado. > The stepping is executed in 4 sounds with very little intervals in > between the 2 diagonal sounds, with the last 2 sounds predominating. > It is a way of going without harmony between the back legs with the > front legs. In general a lot action and termino and not too much > advance. > The marking of the back legs don't meet the markings of the front > legs. > This gait is characterized by less smoothness but with more high > action > with impression of large impulsion of the front legs. It is also > called > Chapaleador. > Note from Raul del Solar: "The only thing that I have seen and I think > that is wrong in the Paso Llano golpeado is that in the article of the > assn. they put the paso llano golpeado as having no overreach and > that is not so. The paso llano golpeado to be differentiated from the > paso llano gateado or companero is that the paso llano golpeado has > a high action in the back and could have extension and overrreach. > The one that I have always judged as a gait that doesn't overreach is > the picado or corto. In the gateado the back leg travels close to the > ground almost scraping along the ground and in the golpeado you can > see the hoof clearly leaving the ground and making an arc in the air > before landing back on the ground". > > 7. Paso Menudeado (of Mule, Priest or Aguillillo). > Aguillillo is a Paso Llano of very little overstep. Is a word used > commonly in the south of Peru. Not to be confused with the > Aguillillo > or Sobreandando (#3). This gait is very similar to the Paso Llano > Golpeado except for the little action of the fronts legs and also > little > overstep. Reasonably comfortable for the rider but is a gait not too > desirable. > > 8. Pasitrote. > The stepping is of 4 beats, the diagonal supports predominating, > but sometimes changes to lateral. This gait shows lack of breed > and is undesirable. This gait has little advance and is rough. > Note from me (Pasodama): The Pasitrote is nearer the trot.... but... > the Right Fore will land before the Left Rear (rather than > simultaneously... > as with the trot) Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA ranch: http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
