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| Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 11:56 am |
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ChampagneTobe G.O.G Community Member 
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that is so exciting!! Too bad mare gestation is so long- the results take forever to see!! CT
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2008 02:38 pm |
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GLullaby G.O.G Community Member
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Kind of an old topic, hope no one minds me bumping it. xD I recently bought an arabian mare, as far as I know there are no gaited inclined members in her bloodline, but after a boarder mentioned her walk looked gaited, I experimented a bit. She's a trotter for sure, but when she's chasing after me, I have noticed she does some sort of gait. It's not quite a running walk, or even pace, but it isn't an extended walk either. (this mare is pure, btw) ETA Looking back on some posts, maybe it was the beginning of a rack. Last edited on Wed Mar 12th, 2008 02:45 pm by GLullaby |
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| Posted: Sun May 18th, 2008 11:19 pm |
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beautylover13
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One of my friends that rides endurance just bought a half TWH/Arabian. He gaits off and on. She is teaching him to hold his gait. He has the look of an Arabian and endurance but the gait and personality of a TWH.
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| Posted: Mon May 19th, 2008 05:17 am |
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ILuvRambo! G.O.G Community Member 
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That sounds like a real gem!beautylove 3 wrote: One of my friends that rides endurance just bought a half TWH/Arabian. He gaits off and on. She is teaching him to hold his gait. He has the look of an Arabian and endurance but the gait and personality of a TWH.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 06:19 am |
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GLullaby G.O.G Community Member
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GLullaby wrote: Kind of an old topic, hope no one minds me bumping it. xDWell, she's a gaited Arabian for sure, and after some questioning and later researching, she does have gaited Arabian lines. =)
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20th, 2009 12:55 am |
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jklitzke G.O.G Community Member 
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I have a purebred, registered arabian mare that does something like a head knodding foxtrot. It is clearly not her trot because that is very bouncy, as well as her canter and it isn't her walk because it's a lot faster. My arab is 1/2 egyptian and 1/2 spanish arabian. Any insight on this? Thanks!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20th, 2009 08:52 pm |
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appyrider46
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I dont have any idea's to share - But I read all the pages and one thing that strikes me .. is why do folks think that only " gaited" breeds - gait? I hear of alot of " stock types" keeping up at just a walk with traditional gaited horses.. and I think well... there must be some truth that when folks own these Stock horses and they do keep up - then they too must be gaited.. and not just considered Hard Trotters ....
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 03:33 pm |
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ssecmft G.O.G Community Member 
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I think many times people have 'stocktypes' that are capable of nonconforming gaits, but don't realize they are doing 'other' gaits. I've had part Arabs that could walk out at a gaiters runwalk. I simply assumed they had a 'fast walk', since I knew nothing about gaits. I also owned a part Arab gelding that would do a dressage type gait that was pretty to watch and easy to ride. He did it naturally and I just learned how to control the manner in which he did it. Many people thought he had been taught the gait, but he started doing it on his own. I have a friend that had a registered quarter mare that would singlefoot all day if you let her. I think many horses have extra 'gears', it's just that most people don't recogize it and don't train for it.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23rd, 2009 04:10 pm |
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Lakota G.O.G Community Member 
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Gait ability is in the genes. The gaited Arabians have the genetic ability to gait, not all Arabians can gait. Some Quarter Horses can gait (this isn't very common). They are a mixture of breeds that include the Mustang. Mustangs are descendants of the colonial horses brought here by the Spaniards, as are the modern Paso Fino's. This is where the Quarter Horse gets the potential for gait. The old time cowboys liked the original QH because often times they retained an ability to do a smooth saddle gait from their mustang influence. Many miles needed to be covered each day at something faster than walk & slower than a canter. The trot will get old real fast...
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27th, 2009 04:40 am |
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LadyG84me G.O.G Community Member
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I owned a VERY smooth-trotting QH as my first horse for 10 years. When she died, I bought a 50/50 Morab for the next ten years...I also experienced this smooth "mystery" gait that some of your horses do/did. The faster gait I call a rack-a-lope, and my guess for the slower gait is a singlefoot or stepping pace. My Morab mare had at least five gaits, and more if you count the different speeds at which she did the intermediate gaits. She walked, trotted (yuck) step paced, slow racked, fast racked, paced, rack-a-loped, cantered (two speeds) and galloped. I was surprised how many different variations she could do. She probably got the recessive gait gene from each of her purebred parents, Morgan sire and Arabian dam. She sure was a once in a lifetime horse, a FUN ride, and trusted companion/confidante. RIP Roxy.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24th, 2009 12:53 am |
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GLullaby G.O.G Community Member
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appyrider46 wrote: I dont have any idea's to share - But I read all the pages and one thing that strikes me .. is why do folks think that only " gaited" breeds - gait? I hear of alot of " stock types" keeping up at just a walk with traditional gaited horses.. and I think well... there must be some truth that when folks own these Stock horses and they do keep up - then they too must be gaited.. and not just considered Hard Trotters ....I guess some people think of gaiting as this mysterious happening that only certain horses can ever do. And if a horse gaits and is from a breed not known for gaiting, it is considered to have an artificial or man-made gait, which I don't find to be applicable at all. The only instance I have heard of QHs gaiting was in a QH conformation/halter class rule book that specifically mentioned no ambling/gaiting of any kind. I would assume this means that at one point it wasn't uncommon.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24th, 2009 12:33 pm |
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Karal G.O.G Community Member 
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I had an ambling q horse. Man could he move. I have seen a gaited Arab.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24th, 2009 03:59 pm |
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liteshodwalkers G.O.G Community Member 
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I had a palomino quarter horse that fox trotted, or so my farrier told me. I had no clue what he was talking about (pre-gaited days). All I know is my butt didn't bounce at all. The ride was soooo smooth 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 6th, 2009 04:16 pm |
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cdiacz
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This is such an interesting thread! People keep telling me that I will not be able to enjoy trail rides if my husband is riding a gaiting horse and I am trying to keep up on my non gaited arabian, but those people haven't seen how fast my arab can walk! I am usually having to hold her back when riding with quarter horses, and then she piaffes the whole way. I don't think its a running walk, she just likes to move out, and yes Raseyn is in her pedigree. She never had a good canter though, always very rough and unbalanced. She's 21 so I don't worry to much about trying to teach her anything new, we just enjoy each other.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23rd, 2010 12:17 am |
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Roadapple Cider G.O.G Community Member
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I owned an Arabian gelding. At the time, due to his papers being messed up, we called him "Ahab, the Arab". He was 5 gaited! I had not a clue what he was doing the first time I rode him but I can tell you he could canter backwards through a line of parked cars at ninety miles an hour!
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