[IceHorses] Re: speed racking video
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Nancy Sturm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > owned Icelandics since last Januray. However, I do own an off-track > Standardbred who paced at the track. He has learned to trot at least part > of the time, but his hard race track pace is a very unpleasant gait to ride. My Stbd raced two years, never won. Had him now for eight years.He has a great trot! And an awful pace, usually out of the canter when he can't get the canter together properly. I have ridden other Stbds with a smooth pace though. > We > can't seem to find the right job for him. His role in our lives may simply > to make us smile. Mine can have a nasty attitude at times towards other horses, but we all love him dearly. I have done some CTR with him, my daughter has jumped him and I drive and trail ride him mostly now. He is amazingly athletic and sure footed on trails; and when I went out with my mother on a trail ride trying out Icelandics, she kept telling me how great and wonderful they are ( she is the one that really wanted one, I had never been exposed to them before).All I could say was that I have one at home in the barn that can do all that!. Long story short, we bought two Icelandics, 3.5 years old, a gelding and a mare. Just doing ground work and longlining with them, but will start training them next spring. I do have to say they are really sweet and I am enjoying having them, just wish my big horses would be a bit kinder to them - I still have to keep them apart in paddocks with space between them. Hopefully some day they can all be one big happy family. Monica Lamothe Ontario
RE: [IceHorses] Re: speed racking video
>>> 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
Re: [IceHorses] Re: speed racking video
Monica, I am not a good person to answer this question since I have only owned Icelandics since last Januray. However, I do own an off-track Standardbred who paced at the track. He has learned to trot at least part of the time, but his hard race track pace is a very unpleasant gait to ride. Others have told me that the Icelandic's flying pace is different from the hard pace that Standardbreds execute at the track. We love this horse. He is the sweetest thing on the face of the earth. We can't seem to find the right job for him. His role in our lives may simply to make us smile. Nancy
[IceHorses] Re: speed racking video
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One of the funniest "spins" I've ever heard for why the "speed rack" isn't a > REAL flying pace: a rider goes into "flying pace" from canter/gallop, > whereas a rider will go into "speed rack" from a rack. > > Hi, being new to Icelandics I am trying to follow some of the videos, though it is almost exhausting as we are on dial up. 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? Monica Lamothe Ontario
