Posts Tagged ‘horse gaits’

Hoof Cadence: Lope

October 13, 2016
Jolyn Young

In the last two installments of this series, we discussed the hoof cadence of the walk and trot. The lope is a different breed of cat altogether from the other two gaits; it’s a three-beat gait with two split-seconds when only one foot is on the ground, and another split-second when none of the horse’s […]

Hoof Cadence: Trot

October 6, 2016
Jolyn Young

Learning the cadence of each gait is a little thing that really isn’t a little thing at all. It’s a hugely important aspect of horsemanship, and it’s something all top riders know. Horses are born knowing it; the rest of us just have to catch up! In the last installment of this series, we learned […]