Here's some good clinic reports that contain information about conformation
and gait:
http://iceryder.net/reports/index.html
and more information about gaits:
http://iceryder.net/lee/
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
Oh yes. I'd love to see it.
I ride with a bunch of people who ride either purebred Arabs or Anglo Arabs.
One woman, in particular, does not like gaited horses ... sort of a
prejudice/ strongly held opinion thing.
After 2 1/2 years, however, she is beginning to say nice things (sort of)
about H
>>> "When I looked at the picture I thought -- hmm, pretty horse, she can
probably do all gaits, if asked. Sill think so -- she is at the
"moderate/medium" length in all the proportions, to my eye (haven't gotten
out the measuring stick)"... And she was right on about Whisper!
I was a little ske
> Don't you suspect that there might also be a genetic wired-in component
> in
> the ability to gait?
There are three components to gait: boney structure, musculature, and
neural wiring.
No "gait gene" has been found, at least so far.
There is a theory that the gaited horse retains some "i
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I don't think the conformation analyses are 100%. -
but I DO think they are overwhelmingly accurate for AT
LEAST telling us which side of the gait range the
horse falls to, and amazingly can be much more
accurate. <<
It is such a shame we don't have
Good call, Robyn. That's Hunter, the very trotty TWH. He fades so much in
the summer that he looks like a bay or even dun by August, but he's actually
a black horse. Two TWH breeders told me he racks and he can really fly in
gait, so I'm going to assume they have it right. He also had a huge fl
I have seen the marked up pictures, Karen, but I'd love to see them again.
Don't you suspect that there might also be a genetic wired-in component in
the ability to gait?
Nancy
He looks exactly like Santana, who would foxtrot if I'd let him (Lee
Ziegler and another trainer both told me he was built like a foxtrotter),
but at the time I insisted he do a RW b/c he is a TWH. I've since then
changed my opinion, but he still does a pretty nice RW.
Nancy, first let me t
> Karen, I can't supply a better picture and I realize the shiney black coat
> reflects light, but would you hazard an opinion as to what gait this horse
> would do?
He looks exactly like Santana, who would foxtrot if I'd let him (Lee
Ziegler and another trainer both told me he was built like a
f
> reflects light, but would you hazard an opinion as to what gait this horse
> would do?
Maybe a pace?
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
I know that the bay has an "A" frame back, with a prominent spine,
I'm sure that explains some of what I'm seeing then.
and the chestnut has a flat back (with a spine that is an "inney").
A good point might be to explain that a back can be "flat" in one way, but
not in others, and I'm
See how *in step* these two horses are.
>
> That's really an interesting picture. It would be cool to get a series of
> shots like that from several different angles - I know, I know, much
> easier
> said than done!
That would be neat!
> From this one angle (and granted, it's only one ang
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