He is going to be one fit little dude.
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From the first videos days ago, he almost looks like he may have a bit of a running walk to him?
Are they any gaited horses in his background you know about?
We had one AQHA colt take those few uneven steps before taking off as a baby and once mature, he some times would be working cattle and if they were trotty, he followed them at this neat little very comfy running gear of his.
The other foal doesn’t show that at all.
They are wonderful foals, what an adventure! 
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Hazel is one gutsy little guy!
Loved Brenna giving the llamas the 411 on her new baby (at least that’s what it looked like).
Your place is just such a perfectly lovely Horse Heaven!
Any chance you need a Faux Granny resident & her Herd O’ 3?
Still mobile-ish & able to heft 50# bales & bags.
Resume upon request 
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huh, i didn’t notice any off-ish gaiting. I sure hope not…as my goal is dressage training with all of mine. BUT i must remember, i plan to sell him …it might help him find his forever home if he rides like sitting on an easychair! My mare, Brenna, came from a rescue. And they are pretty hush-hush about backgrounds on their horses. I have adopted nine from them and know virtually nothing about the histories/parentage of eight of those nine. (one came with papers). Sire is a mustang and they just don’t come gaited. I know not of any anyway…
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Our foal had three true gaits, would have been fine for dressage, just that little not quite lateral looking running walk would show here and there and it was more like gliding along.
We had another AQHA gelding we bought from a neighbor at 10 years old that also did that, is some kind of extra gait, but not like a regular walker or rocky mountain or such type solid gaits.
Some suspected maybe remnant gaits from long ago some galicenos little horses imported from Spain to our region by a rancher that wanted smaller horses for his kids, started breeding them and thought others would also buy them for theirs?
https://www.artbycrane.com/horse_breeds/pony_breeds/galiceno.html
May not be anything at all, just a hint that may not mean anything, foals do that, just curious.
Who knows.
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well, i will look hard for it now. If he has it i will truly be forlorn. Like i said, i have not noticed anything off-ish myself.
What I seem to have noticed is a subtle change from gait up a few times is not right into the next, but an extra elevated step with the front shoulders and then easing into the next gait.
That extra hint of elevation, rare, is what made us look and mentioned to our vet, that told us about the galicenos he had seen and also said, maybe he will ease up and not do that ever again, foals do all kinds of things until they grow up.
Just a curious note, makes life interesting, if it is not already with two surprise foals. 
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i’m usually pretty critical. I didn’t see a hitch. right now i’m pouring over about a hundred videos because it’s nighttime and i’m in bed. Tomorrow i will watch him in real life.
I only saw it a fews times, first twice in one of the first videos, though hmm, didn’t see it until some later again a time or two, but not really anything you would notice unless you had seen it before and, as our vet said, foals take all kinds of steps in all kinds of ways, adult horses too. 
We think that is that kind of odd glide ours did because we sold him to our neighbor East as a four year old and he had him all his life.
He used him himself for a couple years, then lost him to his kids, they all grew up with him.
Wish there were more horses like him, unflappable and always ready to go with whatever you wanted and keep everyone safe and happy, a congenial horse soul and so smooth and easy to ride all day long at normal gaits, his running walk only rarely showing here and there.
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like i keep saying, i’m not seeing what you say you see and truth, i hope you are wrong.
I would say chances are I am wrong, foals being foals, you can imagine anything.
Best they are happy and healthy and have good dams looking after them. 
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Started watching Brenna and Hazel on my phone and could not figure out what was going on with the weirdly shaped horse in the field next to them, so got on the chomebook for a larger view… YEP, that’s not a horse! I need to make an appointment for an eye exam.
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There is (used to be?) Gaited Dressage.
Long ago… in the early 2000s, I showed my hardwired-to-gait Walker at Intro in a schooling show that called for Flat Walk & Running Walk where Walk & Trot would be.
Friend of a Friend was there & she had a TWH Stallion* she showed GaIted Dressage. Judge admitted she wasn’t sure what to judge & FofF helped her out.
I scored lower in my 2ND test due to this help 
*horse was Praise Hallelujah
Breeder/Owner Rose Miller
ETA:
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Gaited mustangs are definitely a thing! It’s fairly common, there are lots of them out there. I believe you are in the BLM Mustang Hub Facebook group? If you do a search for “gaited”, you will see lots of examples, many different gaiting abilities show up in different herds.
Don’t panic. Even if the baby turns out to be gaited, most gaited horses still have and use w/t/c, there are just extra gears in between that you can choose to encourage and train, or not. I knew an adorable registered Foxtrotter who evented - which includes doing dressage - and had a blast.
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Hazel, 8 days old.
Hazel 8days old
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He looks like he’s making a llama face in that photo! 
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i’m having trouble with the gaited thing. I think it’s riding my Standardbred, and he’s so willing, so athletic and so gorgeous, and SOooooo inappropriate for Dressage. Not the discipline of course, but that there is no future for him in a show. I used to think there was, but then i found out that a pace is not considered ‘gaited’ for western dressage. I was crestfallen. Though, i must say, learning to ride a genuine pace has really added to my personal bag of tricks. He has improved my skillset. Anyhoo…i just don’t want another one. edit to add: One of the rescues i adopted as a young horse 3 ish Foxtrotter…grew into such a base-narrow adult that i don’t ride him. I’m afraid of what my weight will do to his legs (i’m only 132…but still). He’s not crippled by any means, but he’s scary to look at.
And i had no idea there were gaited mustangs. live’n learn! thanks.
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Gaited horses are very popular in many other disciplines, so even if he did turn out to be gaited - I’m sure you will be able to find him a great new home. But I doubt you will be able to tell on the gaiting until he grows into his legs more. Foal legs are so long and gangly and uncoordinated, they do all kinds of crazy things!
Mustangs come in just about every size, color, shape, and temperament, so adding in different “gears” makes sense too, I guess I understand your dislike… I don’t have much use for gaiting in my chosen disciplines either, but I have ridden some gaited horses over the years and they are still great fun.
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Both of my gaited horses are dreamboats. I love to ride both, and they are both completely trustworthy mounts. Wouldn’t trade them for the world. But…limited in what you can do competition-wise with them.
Here is a video of what i hope to be another person-attuned one. Hazel is very friendly:
friendly Hazel
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