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[blauereiterin]

i have been bothered by this girl for a while now, and i just need to vent. if you like yeebabopeeba, probably don't bother clicking the cut

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[tatjna]

That is a very weird-looking contraption indeed. I've seen them used for polocrosse (in place of a gag - I hate gags btw) but nowhere else.

What is he trying to achieve with the pacer? If it's stopping the pacing, he failed.

And, my first thought was "Jeez dude, do something about those docks!"

I've seen some of those methods used before, but it was a long time ago and I would've thought people had got a bit wiser these days.

[tatjna]

K so I read the related post and discovered some differences in terminology from there to here.

It appears he was trying to get the horse to amble (foxtrot?). With most free-legged pacers (gaited horses?) this is really easy. I fail to understand why he's having such a problem.

[jilmavi]

Take a look at this. Looks like the gait foxtrotters usually perform is akin to what this diagram calls "jogging". In other breeds, this would be considered a fault. However, the horse in the original post could clearly tölt, or rack, or whatever you like to call it. But as you can see, it's very tense and tending towards pace in most of the pictures. That must be as far from foxtrot as you can come.

[tatjna]

Yeah, looking at that I'd say ambling = pacey tolt (can't be bothered with ascii).

The amble that people seek here isn't particularly a show gait, more of a fast way of getting places comfortably for shepherds on large stations. A good ambler is very valuable, but pacing is uncomfortable so although free-legged pacers make the best amblers, maintaining the amble is the desired gait.

(a good ambler can amble at about cantering speed)

[blauereiterin]

seriously...these people seem stuck waaaay in the past, like during the days when animals and babies had no feelings.