Posted 2008-02-17 8:00 AM (#77026) Subject: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 690 Location: missouri
I am curious about how many of you on this board ride "usin horses" quarter,appaloosa/paint/other? and who rides gaited horses? My husband and I have quarter horses (love em) and one big gorgeous Missouri Foxtrotter mare. I enjoy and easy ride down the trail on the quarters... but it can be fun, and smooth on the trotter (unless I am on my non gaited mare behind her...that bone jarring fast trot is no fun when his is in a running walk at 12+ MPH.
Posted 2008-02-17 11:02 AM (#77049 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 1205 Location: Arkansas
Have two 20+ QH who are enjoying their retirement. We are riding mules now, we like them in every way for hunting, checking cattle, and recreational riding esp in rough country where we live.
Posted 2008-02-17 3:00 PM (#77067 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 781 Location: La Cygne, KS
I have a 27 year-old retired Arab gelding. He is my best buddy.
Have a 20 year-old retired reining Quarter Horse. She is my old reliable when a novice rider wants to go trail riding. Can't beat a reining horse's "WHOA".
3 Missouri Foxtrotters - Two just turned 5 years-old and the other is 10 years-old.
Switched to the MFT horses because I needed a smooth gait with a quiet temperment for trails. Love my MFTs. Very versatile and super easy to train.
Posted 2008-02-17 3:24 PM (#77071 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 41 Location: Alvordton Ohio
Hi, Everyone thought I would let you know what I have and ride. I have Paso Fino's And let me tell you they all ride a little different . I had one paso that rode like being in a rocking chair. Sorry to say that I had too put him down in 2003 . I took him with me everywhere. And I beleive it has a lot too do with the bloodlines. The day after Thanksgiving I just bought a Paint with quarterhorse back ground. He just turned 2 in Janurary He looks smooth,just is so tall compared too what I'm used too. But I like all horses. But I can say that Quarter horse riders do not really like riding with the paso's because we can ride all day in a corto gait. and they get bounced around alot on their trot. But I have also rode a Rocky Mountain too. And they are smooth too. But it is to each their own.
Posted 2008-02-17 3:58 PM (#77076 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
I have 2 QH's and 4 Appys. One appy and one QH will jar your teeth out. The other Qh is pretty smooth and one of the other appys is fairly smooth. The other two are under 2. The smoothest I've ever had was and unregistered paint. He could jog all day and not break a sweat, you could ride and do your homework on him and it would be readable. I miss that horse.
Posted 2008-02-17 4:05 PM (#77078 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 91 Location: Hill Country, Texas
Only QH's for us. Hubby ropes and now I have him team penning and sorting which he actually likes and will give up a roping for that to go with me. I like moseying down the trail on a QH. No need to be in a hurry....to me that is what trail riding is about.
I keep threatening that I want to get a mule since my last back surgery but he said he'd divorce me if I did!
I tried a Rocky Mountain when we went to the Bar 50 in Arkansas and the "gait" killed my back. This was the owners personal horse and was supposed to be the best. Other than that, I really liked him tho but man I couldn't walk when i got off!
Posted 2008-02-17 6:45 PM (#77102 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 225 Location: Urbana,MD
Strictly Dressage for me.(although I do go on a trail ride now and then,and like to do some jumping at home ,and on the trail).I have a 17 yr old Tb mare 14 yr old Tb mare (which is on lease in the sunshine state)and a 4 yr old american warmblood mare
Posted 2008-02-17 7:40 PM (#77106 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 238 Location: West Coast
We team rope, so we have 5 quarter horses and a paint. We have three finished horses, a 5 and 6 year old that are learning to rope and a retired 29 year old rope horse.
Posted 2008-02-17 8:16 PM (#77110 - in reply to #77078) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 2614
Originally written by ntcowgirl on 2008-02-17 4:05 PM
Only QH's for us. Hubby ropes and now I have him team penning and sorting which he actually likes and will give up a roping for that to go with me. I like moseying down the trail on a QH. No need to be in a hurry....to me that is what trail riding is about.
I keep threatening that I want to get a mule since my last back surgery but he said he'd divorce me if I did!
I tried a Rocky Mountain when we went to the Bar 50 in Arkansas and the "gait" killed my back. This was the owners personal horse and was supposed to be the best. Other than that, I really liked him tho but man I couldn't walk when i got off!
Not all gaited horses will be smooth.A lot depends on their natural inclination to gait,and on how they have been ridden.You can ride the gait right out of a horse that is marginally gaited to begin with.Too many people want to push them for speed,and not all gaited breeds adapt to a fast gait.
Posted 2008-02-17 8:23 PM (#77113 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 91 Location: Hill Country, Texas
I didn't push this horse, in fact, mostly stayed in a walk which is how I like to trail ride....the moseying along thing lol... I did let him do his gait thing tho for just a little bit...I wanted to see what it was all about. Guess I'm just a QH gal. The owner said that because he was shorter coupled than my mare that maybe I got too much of his back leg action. It doesn't take much to get my back in a tiz!
Posted 2008-02-17 9:07 PM (#77119 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 1205 Location: Arkansas
If we can come down that way this spring, I'll holler, and you can oooooze along on one of ours! I hear your part of the world has some beaUtiful riding as well!
How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
. I took him with me everywhere. And I beleive it has a lot too do with the bloodlines. The day after Thanksgiving I just bought a Paint with quarterhorse back ground. He just turned 2 in Janurary He looks smooth,just is so tall compared too what I'm used too. But I like all horses. But I can say that Quarter horse riders do not really like riding with the paso's because we can ride all day in a corto gait. and they get bounced around alot on their trot. But I have also rode a Rocky Mountain too. And they are smooth too. But it is to each their own..jpg)
