Articles by Lee Ziegler:
Strongly Gaited Horses by Dr. Deb
The Gaited Myth
Runningwalk
Natural Walking Horse Gait Tips
Gaited Horses--Icelandic Training
Gaited Horses--Other Articles
About Lateral Gaits
On-line video of the correct FoxTrot
A Note from Brigit from the Netherlands
I just wanted to share a lesson I learnt last weekend...
Two young girls, well-trained classical dressage riders both, came up to a
friend of mine; having spotted the Icelandic mare Fluga he was tölting
around on. They'd never ridden (or even seen from close up) an Icelandic
and were dying to try the tölt.
One after the other, they had their ride -- and BOTH rode a better, more
relaxed, less lateral tölt than either my friend or myself got from Fluga.
Without any gaited training whatsoever in their lives. They just sat
beautifully, had wonderful hands, and collected the horse gently.
I'll be honest with you: I for one was *flabbergasted* :-}!
Perhaps rather than concentrate on the gaits so much, it would pay to go
back to basics and practise that stuff that all too easily gets overlooked
when we're out having fun with our Iceys?
