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CdnHorseGal wrote:When I ride a non-gaited horse, I can just easily trot and post on loose reins, very relaxed. Is that possible on a gaited? While y'all say the gait is glorious and all, can you just "fart around" in a gait, the way you can in a regular ol' trot? Anyhow, my point/question - CAN you just hop on, relax, and putz on a gaited, beyond the walk? It looks like it takes a lot of technique to me. But I am MORE than willing to be edumacated!
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erika wrote:fallenupright wrote:Both of them should buy a Canadian Horse. Yep.
fallenupright wrote:Both of them should buy a Canadian Horse. Yep.
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CdnHorseGal wrote:^ Thanks! Some day, I'll have to try a gaited horse. It does look like an experience any rider should try once or twice, just on principle. And the horses look kissable. CHG
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baxtersmom wrote:CdnHorseGal wrote:When I ride a non-gaited horse, I can just easily trot and post on loose reins, very relaxed. Is that possible on a gaited? While y'all say the gait is glorious and all, can you just "fart around" in a gait, the way you can in a regular ol' trot? Anyhow, my point/question - CAN you just hop on, relax, and putz on a gaited, beyond the walk? It looks like it takes a lot of technique to me. But I am MORE than willing to be edumacated! At least with the MFT that is owned by another boarder, he gaits as easily as other horses trot - it's just his natural speed between walk and canter. I think the "frame" you are used to seeing would be comparable to say, a dressage rider's way of asking their trotting horse to work - they are looking for a certain kind of work and movement from the horse. I believe most naturally gaited breeds will gait without being on the bit (some more than others), but riders may ask for a specific footfall pattern (as I understand it, the lateral gaits all have different timing between true diagonal aka trot and true lateral aka pace) or a specific way of going (more push from behind, more speed, more knee action, etc).
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Would enjoy w-t-c, pottering around, maybe a jump here and there but certainly nothing over, say, 2".
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erika wrote:HP my understanding from the OP is that the person would be looking to perhaps pop over a very small jump now and then for shits and giggles. Would enjoy w-t-c, pottering around, maybe a jump here and there but certainly nothing over, say, 2".You don't need a horse who excels at jumping to be able to do this, just a horse who is reasonably co-ordinated enough to get himself over a jump safely if he's asked. You can find individuals in pretty much any breed who is capable of handling the kind of "jumping" the OP's friend is interested in doing.
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Lsrd1 wrote:Just one last plug for QHs - - no, the vast majority don't go around with a super low headset. But many are super easy to just hop on and ride. Most of our sit in the paddock all winter, 4 - 5 months, and I just saddle and go in the spring. The oldest is 26, the youngest is 6.
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Hunter Princess wrote:erika wrote:HP my understanding from the OP is that the person would be looking to perhaps pop over a very small jump now and then for shits and giggles. Would enjoy w-t-c, pottering around, maybe a jump here and there but certainly nothing over, say, 2".You don't need a horse who excels at jumping to be able to do this, just a horse who is reasonably co-ordinated enough to get himself over a jump safely if he's asked. You can find individuals in pretty much any breed who is capable of handling the kind of "jumping" the OP's friend is interested in doing.I am not recommending a horse that excels at jumping. However, a gaited horse is completely unsuitable. I'd hazard to say just about any horse, except full drafts and gaited horses, could handle popping over 2ft occastionally. And even some full drafts would be fine, I'm just hesitant to suggest them as a whole because they tend to have coordination problems with jumping. Half drafts are usually just fine. Reasons gaited horses are unsuitable for beginner jumping: 1. They are NOT built to jump well, they do not take to it naturally and can have trouble knowing where their feet are over the jump. 2. Depending on the breed/training you might have to teach them to canter or trot! Fun for a beginner, right?3. They are not typically used for jumping so finding one that already know how to jump safely for a beginner would be extremely rare4. Hello learning to see a distance from a random gait? Yea, that's going to be easy! 5. Have fun finding a GOOD trainer that will help a beginner with a gaited horse jump. That video CLEARLY shows why a TWH would be entirely unsuitable for a beginner who wants to jump.
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darkclark wrote: Lsrd1 wrote: Just one last plug for QHs - - no, the vast majority don't go around with a super low headset. But many are super easy to just hop on and ride. Most of our sit in the paddock all winter, 4 - 5 months, and I just saddle and go in the spring. The oldest is 26, the youngest is 6.I love QH's, but in my personal experience I have found them to be quite hot, not spooky, but more a belligerent type of hot. The type of hot where they get an idea in their head, and don't really care if you are up top or not, and will ride right through your hands and seat.I also found that they could be darn right scary those first few rides in the spring, after sitting for 4 months over the winter.These were the main reason I switched to an Arab, they are hot, but a more 'honest' hot (as in, they do care if you die).There are some great QH's out there, but so many people automatically think 'QH = beginner friendly.Just my personal experience with the 2 I owned, my boarder's horse, and the 100+ we had over the years growing up.Now in all fairness, my mare ended up dying of HYPP, so that may have been her problem all along. My gelding is race-bred, so hot is expected. My boarder's horse is of working lines, as have all my Dad's horses been.
Lsrd1 wrote: Just one last plug for QHs - - no, the vast majority don't go around with a super low headset. But many are super easy to just hop on and ride. Most of our sit in the paddock all winter, 4 - 5 months, and I just saddle and go in the spring. The oldest is 26, the youngest is 6.
Spooksandbolts wrote:How terribly sad for you that the extensive advice you've been given wasn't what you wanted and wasn't sufficient for you to figure what to do.
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Sometimes I wonder if there is an asshat of the year award you may be competing for that we don't know about.
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