> > Do other gaited breeds talk about their non gaited offspring? > > I personally have never seen that. >
yes they do, but the breeders credit it to introduction of shoddy bloodlines into the registry when the books were open, etc., or blame it on poor riding, which is often true, or bad tack which is often true but not in they way they imagine it... they blame it on tack that isnt severe enough, need to fix it with weighted shoes etc. There was a thread on another list recently, about how they hold "piggy pace" competitions in iceland. First of all, again by posts you could see no one is in agreement on what piggy pace is exactly. Some think it is stepping pace, some think it is hard pace, some think it is a saddle rack... but anyway, one person in iceland said they have the poorly gaited horses out so they can laugh and hoot and have a ball making fun of the poorly gaited horses. That just made my blood boil. Infuriated me. Offlist someone emailed and said her horse was a piggy pacer and it was awesome smooth so she didnt understand... her horse probably saddle racks. a saddle rack is nothing in this world to be ashamed of, is the signature gait of many breeds, the RMSH among them, the SSH, the KMSH... I rode Eitill and he tolted and it felt and looked no different to me whatsoever than when my stonewall, a SSH saddleracks. So surely they dont stand around and guffaw and hoot over a fine gait like that, so I just imagine they mean a hard pace. Which offends me no end, my twh jaspar is as pacey as they come, and he is also about the best goddang horse in the world, the universe, if I ever heard anybody even snicker about him I would literally, i aint even exaggerating in the least, jump on them and whoop their stupid ass right on the spot, i dont care if it was in the middle of a parade down main street and we were in full posse regalia bearing the american flag in honor guard, i swear i would. I have to say after owning tivar that my finest horses have been "three gaited" and my finest gaited horses were the ones most likely to kill someone, until now I have Trausti and he is both fine gaited and mild mannered... but anyway. If people want to be gait snobs they need to quit breeding for long refined necks and fine builds, cause you cant have it both ways. oh thats right! you can have it both ways! I forgot about the weighted boots and cantle sitting. janice-- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
