The gaits of horses
Grogan, J.W.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 119(893): 112-117
1951
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 14850381 Document Number: 2756
Gaits described include: (1) walk, a natural slow, marched, 4-beat gait; (2) trot,a natural gait in which the 2 diagonal feet are on the ground at the same time; (3) gallop, a fast 3 beat gait. When slowed down to collected canter (about 6 miles/hr., the ordinary 3 beats are sometimes changed to 4.) Slow gait and rack, acquired gaits, required of 5 gaited horses are described. Slow gait is a marched, slow, broken pace characterized by much animation. The rack is a faster and easier gait for the rider than the slow gait, the sequence in which the legs leave the ground is essentially the same as in the walk but with greater speed, higher action and more animation. Running walk is described as a slow, marched trot, the beat of the hind leg slightly preceding that of the diagonal foreleg. The pace is described as a natural or acquired leaped gait in which members of each lateral biped rise and reach the ground simultaneously, 2 beats being heard. The jump which may be executed from a standstill, walk, trot or gallop is discussed. The Standardbred, the Thoroughbred, the American Saddle Horse, the Tennessee Walking Horse, the Morgan and the Hackney breeds are discussed briefly.
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