Posted 2008-02-18 7:47 AM (#77134 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 2453 Location: Northern Utah
I started with Paints (Hence my name) but I converted about 8 years ago. My paints just didn't hold up to long trail rides. Too many hoof problems.
One National Show Horse and four Foxtrotters. Cows are long gone around my place, So a horse is a way to get from Point A to Point B. And there is no sense of moseying when you need to get someplace. I ride them into remote lakes to fish in the summer and chasing deer and elk in the fall.
Posted 2008-02-18 8:39 AM (#77138 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 326 Location: Gallatin, TN
1 TWH, 1 Racking Horse. Just because you buy or ride a "gaited" horse doesn't mean it will be smooth. Some can be quite pacey which IMO is worse than a trot.
Posted 2008-02-18 9:14 AM (#77147 - in reply to #77113) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Originally written by ntcowgirl on 2008-02-17 8:23 PM
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.
I didn't mean you had pushed him for speed.Maybe that's the way that he had been ridden before,maybe not.I mean that some people will think gaited horse means speed racking and will push them to do so when they aren't adapted for it,and will push them right out of their natural gait.I see gaited horses all the time,matter of fact,in the show ring,that aren't foxtrotting because they are pushed for too much speed.(Mo foxtrotters.)
Posted 2008-02-18 11:25 AM (#77156 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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I have two gaited horses and one who should be gaited but isn't. funny thing is when I ride the non-gaited horse, what ever she is doing does not make me the least bit sore. I have ridden her on the trail up and down hills for over 7 hours and felt like we were just starting. ( I am 56 yrs young). She is 6 yrs old, part arabian and part saddle bred. She is very smart,not very excitable and takes new experiences in stride. All three of my horses are delights to ride.(Yeah, I am one of those back yard breeders that some of the respondants on this web site writes some not so nice comments about.)
Posted 2008-02-18 10:09 PM (#77216 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 385 Location: high desert, CA.
Well....
Living in the high desert as we do, we all ride Arabians or arab crosses. Our club has several members who ride in some of the western events, do gymkhana, and even cutting and heeling. Myself, I just mostly like to trail and explore, but do want to get where I am going with little fuss. Sooooo... I stick with my lil polish Arabian mare, and my wife on her Arab/Qtr cross.
Posted 2008-02-19 7:21 AM (#77238 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 648 Location: Coconut Creek, FL
Made the switch to gaited in '04 - sooo much easier on my aging body.... used to have a TW, now have a SSH gelding that is my dream horse, great in huge groups, fine alone, smooth gaiting, wonderful temperment and attitude. ahh life is great!
Posted 2008-02-20 2:02 PM (#77419 - in reply to #77133) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 42 Location: Naples, Florida
I have an inner ear problem and always ended on the ground when I lost my seat at the trot. Friend said try a TWH...have been riding them since and no more off balance. You do have to have one that truely walks....I am 65 this year and love long distance riding with kids and grandkids. This weekend is a poker run of 16 - 20 miles. I plan on beating all the trotting horses..ha ha
Posted 2008-02-20 3:00 PM (#77423 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 150 Location: Farmville, VA
AQHA, wp, low and slow is the only way for me to go (at least for now). Nothing like a putter jog and rocking lope to go nowhere fast! I don't see too many posts from this group?
Posted 2008-02-20 7:33 PM (#77451 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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I like to ride along and look for tracks, deer crossings , just minute stuff. Altho, the Great American Horse Race, coast to coast in 76 was won by an old man with 2 mules!!
Posted 2008-02-20 9:50 PM (#77465 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Location: Melder, La.
I love my Paso Fino's. I guide for a horsecamp, and so I have to lead QH's sometimes, and gaited other times. My Paso's will slow walk, or gait with the best of them. They are so smooth. One ride I was leading we had some green riders, some on TWH's and some on QH's, I got tickled because one girl asked me "Why does your horse walk so much prettier than the others?"
I had to laugh and tell her Paso's have a Fine Step!
Posted 2008-02-25 9:48 PM (#77966 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 207 Location: Illinois
Born and raised with QH, but bought an appy when I was 18. Up until 2 years ago, that's all I had. Then times changed, horses died, and I was back with my good ol QH. We have 2 QH, 1 Arab/QH, 1 Paint, 2 mini Donkeys.
However, I would LOVE to try a fox trotter, and think Mules are AWESOME!
A good horse is a good horse, regardless.
I do love my paint mare though She's not the most smooth ride, but she's trustworthy and gentle!!!
Now, if mother nature would let up, I'd like to get back on the trail!!!!! Spring's a coming!!
Posted 2008-02-25 9:59 PM (#77969 - in reply to #77966) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Originally written by appy4me on 2008-02-25 9:48 PM
However, I would LOVE to try a fox trotter, and think Mules are AWESOME!
I do love my paint mare though She's not the most smooth ride, but she's trustworthy and gentle!!!
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If I could figure out how to post a picture on here I would show you my black and white foxtrotter mare.Smooth,trustworthy and gentle,and spotted to boot! She's got it all.
Posted 2008-02-25 10:19 PM (#77975 - in reply to #77969) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Well,here it is.Can't believe I figured it out.I've got better pictures of her (none of me are good!) but they are too large to download.This is an idea of how she looks.(BTW,the big red horse on the left that my husband is riding is for sale.)
Posted 2008-02-26 5:55 AM (#77992 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 1069 Location: MI.
Arabians for me, I'll always have one. In my opinion you can't beat their endurance. Although lately, I have been eyeing the foxtrotters! Maybe........
Posted 2008-02-26 8:24 AM (#78003 - in reply to #77026) Subject: RE: How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
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Posts: 46 Location: Edmond, OK
Gaited for me...TWH's. One gelding who turns 3, and my "anyone can ride her" mare who turns 10 this spring. My son, brother, friends, ride her when I take both. And the people I ride with, mostly women, ride gaited. It's easier for the group to stay at the same speed, whether walking or gaiting. It's hard for QH people to keep up, unless they want to trot all day. Not that I am making a biased statement - just fact. Some ride walkers, some ride fox trotters.
How many of you ride quarters? or other? gaited?
hey barntoys....QH's here! Slow is the way to go lol!
She's not the most smooth ride, but she's trustworthy and gentle!!!
