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GAITS...
Let's run through the basics!
A horse has a few basic gaits ...
And some horses have...
But there are fun in between gaits as well!!! These are usually called AMBLING GAITS or INTERMEDIATE GAITS. Some are...
WALK ...
The simplest gait and sometimes the hardest, the WALK has 4 beats... or 4 hooffalls.
Seems pretty obvious?
One hoof touching the ground 1 after the other.
The TROT is the the first sample of SPEED that riders tend to get! (hopefully)
The hooves TROT on DIAGONAL PAIRS!!!
Its always a 2 beat.
CANTER!!
This is the one most Riders LOVE!!!!
The CLOSEST to FLYING you can get being GROUNDED!!!
It's like a WALTZ!!!
3beats... 3 times you hear the hooves touching the ground!!
Left Hind leg
Right Hind leg & left fore leg
Right Fore leg
GALLOP!!!
Takes some level of CONTROL to HOLD a HORSEY that can go 40-48km/hour!!!
This is the SPEED you SEE each time you visit the RACE COURSE and you see horses POUNDING the TRACK!!!
It is SIMILAR to CANTER, but has a 4th beat... that means like the walk all 4 hooves touch the ground at individually!!!
Outside Hind Leg
Inside Hind Leg
Outside Foreleg
Inside Foreleg (leading leg)
(Moment of suspension= flight)
There is a moment in a the canter and gallop where the horse is completely off the ground!!
And then gravity calls the horse down the start the canter/gallop cycle all over again!!!
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