This book includes a guide to the many breeds of horse from around the world as well as helpful tips to improve your riding and advice on horse care. Also included in it's pages are various quiz questions to answer.
Hope you enjoy and read on
I know these are not all of the gaits but that's why it says part one. The breed-specific gaits I will update on later
The Walk
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The walk is a four beat gait, meaning each hoof strikes the ground separately, creating four beats. The walks averages about 5 miles an hour and is usually, unless your trainer is crazy, the first gait a rider learns to ride.
The Trot
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The trot is a two beat gait where the pairs of feet that move together are diagonal. When first learning to ride the trot one usually posts or sits loosely in the saddle. posting helps reduce the jarring effect of this gait and it usually averages about 11 or 12 miles an hour, but specific horses, known as trotting horses, have been bred to trot as fast as a Thoroughbred galloping.
The Canter
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The canter is a three beat gait in which a back hoof strikes the ground first , then the other back leg and the front hoof diagonal to that hoof strike the ground , and finally, the last front hoof strikes the ground. The canter is gait that resembles the movement of a childhood rocking horse. The canter averges about 15 miles an hour.
The Gallop
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The gallop is a four beat gait, like the walk, where at one point all four hoofs are off the ground. Thoroughbreds are used for racing since they have endurance, but the quarter horse is fastest at galloping clocking in at about 55 miles per hour
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A/N I swear my dog is a horse in a dogs body, He walks trots, canters, and does some sort of reverse gallop, plus he fights me for spilled grain!
