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- From: deblev@nimoy.ipac.caltech.edu (Debbie Levine)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Re: Retraining a gated Morgan
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 01:58:05 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology
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- In article <1992Nov19.002727.2027@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> lbm@avs.com (Linda B. Merims) writes:
- >A fair number of Morgans turn up with a pronounced tendancy
- >to be "lateral-gaited". Overwhelmingly, this means that they
- >pace. Racking, slow-gait, fox trot, singlefoot, etc. almost
- >never appear, except as a pace gone off-balance (going downhill,
- >for example). [...]
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- I used to occasionally ride a Morgan eventer (competed to Intermediate)
- who would, when excited, sometimes pace rather than walk. His trot
- was fine.
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- Lateral work would often break up the pace and restore the walk.
- I think it is hard to pace and do a shoulder-in at the same time.
- Circles also seemed to discourage pacing. However, this was a
- horse with 3 good gaits who occasionally lapsed.
-
- For what it's worth...
-
- Debbie
- deblev@ipac.caltech.edu
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