Thanks! Lucky guy to come to your house. I can't believe what happens to
horses sometimes.
I was thinking chiropractor (so?) for Twist. He has the eyes of a horse who
has been badly treated so we've been trying to show him that life is good.
I'm not sure he's buying that, but maybe if he gets c
That's also what I decided to do. Instead of trying to change hard pacing
Twist I decided to accept him for who he is and (oddly) he relaxed and began
to trot more often.
Sometimes I suspect I will never learn!
Nancy
isnt he just the handsomest... I can never look at him without my
heart soaring I love him so much. I tell my husband Jaspar is my
heart. he thinks thats funny :)
Janice
--
yipie tie yie yo
What makes up a pacey conformation?
One of the contributors is a long back, particularly a long lumbar span
(loins). I think that's why so many pacey horses are also prone to swaybacks.
Karen Thomas, NC
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From: "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> I appreciate him for what he is--- the best dang horse in the whole
> dang universe :) actually, I love his smooth gentle stepping pace,
> and when we need to go faster, skip the hard pace and go directly into
> his
My Stormur has always been a very pacey horse, but I don't consider him
tobe stiff. He certainly can be, when he hard paces, but he's very willing
to soften when I ask, and can still be pretty pacey. He has a very
comfortable stepping pace and is offering what I think is saddle rack, more
and
Karen, since I am rather new to the list, would you say again why
Loftur is less stiff now? Did you find a way to relieve his pain? His
stiffness?
We bought Loftur in late May 2004 as a reputed bolter. He was imported, but
had been living in Florida (two different homes) for about five yea
On 7/2/07, Mary Arena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> What do you all do with your hard wired pacey guys?
>
I appreciate him for what he is--- the best dang horse in the whole
dang universe :) actually, I love his smooth gentle stepping pace,
and when we need to go faster, skip the hard pace an
> I guess my question would be, wouldn't we be better to address stiffness
> and
> innate gaitedness separately?
Yes, I think pacey-ness can be derived from two different things.
Ljufur was a pacey horse. But he was loose pacey.
I think that was because of his musculature.
And maybe a combi
>I guess my question would be, wouldn't we be better to address >stiffness
>andinnate gaitedness separately? The way I see it, they >MAY be related
>sometimes, but often they aren't.
I agree with you, Karen.
My Stormur has always been a very pacey horse, but I don't consider him to
be stiff.
some horses arent stiff and they saddlerack, like stonewall, it is
like he trips so lightly and nimbly, like ballet. But jaspar, oh my
gosh, talk about stiff as a board. But in stepping pace he is nice
and soft. My fox is tense and stiff when saddleracking. So must have
a lot to do with build a
Karen, since I am rather new to the list, would you say again why Loftur is
less stiff now? Did you find a way to relieve his pain? His stiffness?
Twist, the off-track Standardbred paced at the track, wearing the
traditional track hobbles to enfore the pace. He has a very straight hind
leg conf
>>> But yes, I do think they saddle rack. I think they tolt (rack),
foxtrot, hard pace, etc... I think there's a huge range in our horses and
each one moves a little different. Some move more stiffly and tend towards
paciness. Some move with a lot of looseness and tend towards foxtrot or
trotti
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