Pippity
Well-Known Member
I've just got back from riding a particular horse for the first time, and there was an oddity I'm hoping people can help me with.
Between walk and trot, he'd settle into a gait that I've never felt before! It was four-beat, about the speed of a jog trot, and amazingly smooth - smoother than his walk. After about five seconds of that, he'd go into trot without any further aids.
There was nobody around to ask what his legs were doing and, sadly, I'm not a good enough rider to be able to tell just from the brief feeling I had!
I've got no idea what his breeding is, so I can't tell if it's something he's doing naturally, or a bad habit he's been allowed to fall into. (He's about 14.3hh, built like a fairly dainty Welsh D, but no feather.)
I dealt with it today by pushing him straight on to trot from walk and trying to avoid the strangeness in between. Was I right?
Between walk and trot, he'd settle into a gait that I've never felt before! It was four-beat, about the speed of a jog trot, and amazingly smooth - smoother than his walk. After about five seconds of that, he'd go into trot without any further aids.
There was nobody around to ask what his legs were doing and, sadly, I'm not a good enough rider to be able to tell just from the brief feeling I had!
I've got no idea what his breeding is, so I can't tell if it's something he's doing naturally, or a bad habit he's been allowed to fall into. (He's about 14.3hh, built like a fairly dainty Welsh D, but no feather.)
I dealt with it today by pushing him straight on to trot from walk and trying to avoid the strangeness in between. Was I right?