Elephants do running walk, stepping pace and hard pace. A lot of dogs
pace, some sheep can do stepping pace - and so do mice!
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:45:12 -0500, you wrote:
I was
surprised that no one mentioned leads when I first joined these lists -
apparently not a consideration in Icelandic showing.
Oh, they are - horses must be on the correct lead in oval track
competition (or dressage, of course).
Mic
Mic
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:15:15 -0500, you wrote:
A year or two later, that very same dude won one of the international titles
at the World Cup, and he was a previous tolt champion from Landsmott.
So far as I can remember, not being that experienced with
gaedingakeppni (which is what the Landsmot
Gaedingakeppni rules say it doesn't matter which lead the horse takes.
Which is quite understandable since the horse only needs to show gaits
on a straight track so there is no correct lead (if the competition is
on oval track the horse needs to show gaits on a long side which is also
Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] kirjoitti:
So far as I can remember, not being that experienced with
gaedingakeppni (which is what the Landsmot is) you don't need the
correct lead in canter but the mark is higher if it's correct.
At the WC (and all FEIF) competitions if you don't have the
I've never yet been at a clinic where the Icelander didn't bother about
the lead (unless the rider was a complete beginner who had never
cantered before or something like that, and even then it was mentioned
in theory).
This rider had been riding with one of these clinicians, at least a
Oh, they are - horses must be on the correct lead in oval track
competition (or dressage, of course).
At the one and only Icelander-led clinic I attended, one of the horses
repeatedly got the wrong lead on the track. I didn't want to be too bluntly
critical, so I tried casually asking one of
On Jan 29, 2008 4:36 AM, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A lot of dogs
pace
My dog's front legs run and her back legs hop along behind.
V
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:17:02 +0200 (EET), you wrote:
Gaedingakeppni rules say it doesn't matter which lead the horse takes. Which
is quite understandable since the horse only needs to show gaits on a straight
track so there is no correct lead (if the competition is on oval track the
horse
Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] kirjoitti:
I have actually watched Gaedinakeppni held on an oval track where the
horse took either the wrong lead, or cross gallop (disunited canter)
on the shorts sides and no-one seemed to mind. That seemed very odd to
me, as a sport judge...
According to rules
On 28/01/2008, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay ladies, you have completely ruined everything for me. I was just
watching a segment of Barbie, Island Princess (a cinematic classic) with
Brenda. The elephant is executing a gait not known to man nor beast.
Yes, Nancy. You've caught
Okay ladies, you have completely ruined everything for me. I was just
watching a segment of Barbie, Island Princess (a cinematic classic) with
Brenda. The elephant is executing a gait not known to man nor beast. I
think they have the front feet moving forward together and then the hind
feet
The elephant is executing a gait not known to man nor beast. I think
they have the front feet moving forward together and then the hind feet
moving forward together.
Somehow all I can visualize from that description would be some giant
inch-worms sliding along! How funny! :)
But this
Cary told me I was gait-obsessed the day I noticed
Carmen the cat pacing - but then, he agreed that she does indeed pace.
We had a standard poodle that was forever on the wrong lead.
Nancy
We had a standard poodle that was forever on the wrong lead.
That would be understandable if she were an Icelandic poodle - I was
surprised that no one mentioned leads when I first joined these lists -
apparently not a consideration in Icelandic showing. Go figure.
Karen Thomas, NC
well, actually, Liz told me some runningwalk. I think ruby trots but
sometimes she goes so fast i think its a speed rack.
Janice
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courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway--John Wayne
That would be understandable if she were an Icelandic poodle - I was
surprised that no one mentioned leads when I first joined these lists -
apparently not a consideration in Icelandic showing. Go figure.
Karen Thomas, NC
i love this thing nasi does when curly ray is trying to show
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