Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-18 Thread Mic Rushen
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:33:14 -0800, you wrote: Now, my fox trotters tend to wear their rear shoes faster than front because of the sliding action of the rear feat. That's one problem with Skessa - she wears her back feet really, really quickly. I think if you rode her without back shoes on our

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Karen Thomas
http://iceryder.net/videogait3horses.html What gait(s) are these ponies doing? Well, I am not good at identifying rack/saddle rack/tolt but these ponies all look like they are pacing to me. I didn't quite get a lot about that video. I couldn't get it to freeze-frame easily for some

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Nancy Sturm
I didn't quite get a lot about that video. Boy me too. In fact, I didn't watch the entire thing. For some reason it was really bothering me. As for speeds. My grandson rides with a GPS sometimes. Hunter flat walks at 6 mph very eaily and just flows along. Juniors are required to ride

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Judy Ryder
http://iceryder.net/videogait3horses.html Well, I am not good at identifying rack/saddle rack/tolt but these ponies all look like they are pacing to me. Good job! It's stepping pace in each case. Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Nancy Sturm
Angela said that she was told that endurance horses may wear their back feet more than their front and that some compete with boots on the front and shoes on the back, so maybe that is the explanation, rather than that the racking or stepping pacing that these horses do is causing extra

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Judy Ryder
http://iceryder.net/videogait3horses.html Judy of the gaitedhorse list said: What caught my eye, was the statement that these horses wear rear shoes because racking horses wear down their rear feet so fast. Now, my fox trotters tend to wear their rear shoes faster than front because of the

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Karen Thomas
Angela said that she was told that endurance horses may wear their back feet more than their front and that some compete with boots on the front and shoes on the back, so maybe that is the explanation, rather than that the racking or stepping pacing that these horses do is causing extra wear.

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Karen Thomas
The only thing I can think of is that one individual endurance horse was wearing his hind feet more than his front. Otherwise, this is nothing I have ever heard of or read about. There will, however, be some sort of exception to everything. Ok, I feel better if you didn't see that as a

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Nancy Sturm
Why would endurance horses wear their back feet differently than other trail horses? The only thing I can think of is that one individual endurance horse was wearing his hind feet more than his front. Otherwise, this is nothing I have ever heard of or read about. There will, however,

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-17 Thread Stephanie Caldwell
On 2/17/08, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing I can think of is that one individual endurance horse was wearing his hind feet more than his front. Otherwise, this is nothing I have ever heard of or read about. There will, however, be some sort of exception to everything.

Re: [IceHorses] Three Gaited Ponies

2008-02-16 Thread sarah gibson
Check out this video: http://iceryder.net/videogait3horses.html What gait(s) are these ponies doing? Well, I am not good at identifying rack/saddle rack/tolt but these ponies all look like they are pacing to me. Sarah in MT