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#1 ·
This isn't to start any arguments or anything. I just wanted to know everyone's opinions on gaited horses and how they are shown. I'm not sure if there was a similar post to this but I am posting anyways. :)

I agree with some parts of the style but I also disagree as well.

I don't think being gaited is very comfotable for the horse in some cases. It does look flashy. But what if its causing the horse pain and soreness? lol.

what do you guys think?
 
#4 ·
I defenetly don´t like how what I´ve seen of shows for gaited horses in USA ! (not hating on america, I know most americans take good care of their horses)
I think there´s alot different from shows there and in Iceland !

I do NOT want my horse to move like that !

something like that would be more accepatble ! I don´t see any weight on his feet, and I like that !

If what I´ve heard about what is done too gaited horses is true ( like the huge shoes + chains) then someone should save those poor horses :!:

But I sure like tölting :D
 
#5 ·
:? Tölting looks very bumpy!

I don't like the extreme movement seen in horses like the TWH when they have the platforms and chains on, but I love the smoothness of certain gaited horses when they're not asked to do those extreme movements :) I rode a TWH x gelding and he was amazingly smooth!!
 
#6 ·
Keep in mind being gaited is NATURAL! Now, having said that it is not NATURAL to gait the way these 2 horse shown are!! I think it's inhumane what these people do to their horses. BUT I guess it's the same way in any "Show world". Be it dog shows, horse shows, etc. None of it's exactly "Natural". Do you see poodles inthe wild with poms poms all over their bodies? :)

I have 2 gaited horses that iare like riding a cadillac. It's very hard to go back to my QH after riding them. My husband compares it to riding in an old chevy truck versus the caddy!
 
#7 ·
ahearn said:
Keep in mind being gaited is NATURAL! Now, having said that it is not NATURAL to gait the way these 2 horse shown are!!
I can´t see how the second one is not beeing natural :?
I think it doesn´t look quite natural because he is travelling at some speed ! (we call it yfirferðartölt, loosly translated groundcoveringtölt )
Tölting looks very bumpy!
it´s actually so smooth xD
 
#9 ·
I don't think the Tolt is an unnatural gait either.. I just don't agree with soring a horse to make the movements more exaggerated...

Tölting looks very bumpy!
it´s actually so smooth

Hmm... to me it just looks like a pony trotting as fast as it possibly can - which I realize it's not, but I can't get that image out of my mind! I just think of some kid on a pony with its legs whirring about and the kid getting its teeth jackhammered out... haha!! :lol:
 
#14 ·
Now that is too funny!! Good job finding those pics, Blu! I KNEW there would be that ferocious poodle out there somewhere!! Who knew their tails were naturally pom pomed like that? All this time I thought someone in the dog show world spent laborious hours grooming them that way....my bad! :D

Now all we need is a wild pack of chiuahuas chasing a TWH while he's gaiting at usual speeds....
 
#15 ·
Didn't the pom poms on the poodle have purpose. They are placed over the major joints.

Here are some Saddlebred pictures for you. Keep in mind that in the Saddlebred Show World, the horses are most definitely >NOT< Sored. A sore horse cannot trot in form. At all. No way. I have seen lame show horses trot. When they pick thier feet up so high that means they are striking the ground with more force. If they are hitting the ground harder at a trot(where two feet hit the ground at the same time) they are not going to pick thier feet up very high. At the Gait, only one foot is supposed to be hitting the ground at any given time, so a sored horse will not be as noticeable. Saddlebreds are a trotting breed. They are prized for thier exaggerated strong trot.

Saddlebreds, to a lot of people are barely considered "Gaited" horses, as only a few are ever taught the cues to slow gait and rack. The majority of Saddlebreds are shown in Three Gaited, which is Walk, Trot and Canter.

Saddlebreds shown in Saddleseat divisions in general are not shown, presented, or trained like any other dicipine.

If you would like I could go into "entertainment" like our plastic bags, talcum powder, and other shakey things. We want our horses to be alert and knowing of thier surroundings. We want them to LOOK at things not ignore them. A qh person, would use a plastic bag to desensitize thier horse. To make them ignore it. We want to use it to get our horse's attention. For them to look at it.

We do use chains and stretchies, but they are not as harmful as one would think. The general perception of chains is that of cruelty. But I myself on many occasions worn the chains we use, and they are not painful. I can understand how they would be if you were to put a solvent of some kind on thier pastern, but rarely(if ever. in twenty years i've never seen that done) do ASB people ever put any of that on them. I would be glad to wear them again.

We do not put those god awful shoes on them. Our feet are slightly longer than that of, say, a quarter horse, but usually not by much. A lot of horses do not need more than 12 ounce shoes.

This mare is 24 and going to spend the rest of her life on our farm. She most certainly does not look like she hates her job. She looks alert, and happy about doing her job. And my, she looked fine doing it.




This is my LOVE, Harry Cane as a youngster. He is 28 this year and is still in great condition, and going strong.


He wasn't very good(pictures do lie), but no one ever told him that. He thought he was the best five gaited horse there ever was. Dad was telling me how in one of his first shows, at the rack, a horse came up behind him and tried to pass him, and Harry just stepped it up a notch and took off flying down the rail. He would not be passed.

And if you think that they don't pick up thier feet up that high on thier own....Notice, he is on bare ground. A lot of times people will photgraph thier horses in tall grass where they will pick thier legs up even higher, especially when they don't come by it as well. There is nothing but bare ground under this youngster's feet.


I have more.

And also, I would just like to point out that if you ever have any doubts of a Saddlebred barn, let me know and I'll help you find a barn in your area to go and check things out for yourself. As long as you ask, you will be told just about everything you would want to know.
 
#17 ·
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Sorry to have sabatoged the gaited horse thread.
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JustDressageIt, check out Harry Callahan on YouTube. Look at LindaC's other videos for more of him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRpjVbiUIAA

http://www.american-saddlebred.com/protean/asbsport.htm
http://www.american-saddlebred.com/protean/asbdressage.htm

I read on one of my Saddlebred Forums, that ASBs are considered rare in Canada.

Even on the ones who come by that high step naturally, if you don't want that action, you don't train and condition for that step. We train for totally different things. We encourage that motion.

Getting a colt with that kind of motion for a dressage horse, may actually work in your favor. You could do a lot with that range.

Here is the same colt five minutes before. It is all about timing with pictures hehehe.
 
#18 ·
Ok I don't mean to fight or anything but I don't think dog shows would be a good example for this thread. In dog shows it's nothing like the horse world ok. They are not suppose to be 'natural'. The reason why poodles have 'pom poms' all over is becuase they are water dogs. Every time I tell this to someone they think no way! Poodles are pamperd lap dogs for kings and queens. Nope not at all those dogs are the Bichon Frise, Maltese, Dandy Dinmont Terrier, ect. Poodles believe it or not are out doors hunting water dogs, like the Portuguese Water Dog or the Otter Hound. The 'pom poms' on there body are to keep certain joints, and muscles warm when they are swimming in cold water.
Sorry lol I grew up in the dog industry WAY before I got into horses. I'm still somewhat in the dog industry today. :wink:
 
#20 ·
I don't think dog shows would be a good example for this thread. In dog shows it's nothing like the horse world ok.
Whoa, we were just having a bit of fun joking around.. nobody took it literally haha! Come on, "wild" poodles? Nothin but a joke hun, laugh a little! :D


LadyDreamer, like I said, I think they are the ultimate Dressage horse with that action and natural suspension... it's just too bad that the stuck-up dressage people are all about their bazillion-dollar "purebred" Warmbloods, and frown on other "foreign" breeds (i.e. "foreign" to the sport; Saddlebreds, Arabians, QH, etc etc). Having said that, I would LOVE to ride a saddle seat Saddlebred because that just looks like too much fun! Looks bouncy, but at least you can post that bounce!
 
#23 ·
Sissimut-icehestar said:
little question from a dumb foreigner :lol:
are american gaited horses ridden at this speed when racking ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQU5pnOi7o
The videos of ,for example TWH, I have seen they have all been going alot slower :?
No, that is an Icelandic Horse. They go really fast at the tolt. But TWH and Saddlebreds go just a bit slower...Depending on it they sore them... :roll: :x

Where are you from by the way?
 
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