When someone says a stb can rack . . .

[beaujolais]

Kewl. Thanks for all the links! So, they do rack! Creepy to see all those people riding without helmets, though.

That makes sense, SK! - always a wealth of stb wisdom. :yes:

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Now, this is funny. I love this. If only it worked this way, eh?

How many of these Thin Mints am I supposed to eat before I start to see results? :winkgrin:

[Draftmare]

[QUOTE=SmartAlex;8559701]
ASBs, STBs, TWHs and Morgans are all kissing cousins. Back in the day, a horse could be inspected and accepted into more than one stud book similar to how Warmbloods work today.

I’d think a trotting STB could be taught to rack just as easily as a ASB, but a natural pacer would be hard to break up. You would be suprized how many American breeds can and have been be taught to rack. For instance, here is a photo of the Crabbet Arabian stallion *Raseyn racking:
http://crabbet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/29raseynracking.jpg[/QUOTE]

A while back there was a video going around of a registered QH racking. I will have to see if I can dig it up.

[RPM]

Originally Posted by SmartAlex View Post
ASBs, STBs, TWHs and Morgans are all kissing cousins. Back in the day, a horse could be inspected and accepted into more than one stud book similar to how Warmbloods work today.

And the foundation sire of ASBs and TWHs was a Thoroughbred! Maybe he could gait? And STBs go back to a TB at least on one side. And some say Justin Morgan’s sire was a TB, but nobody knows for sure what breed Justin Morgan was …

It’s fun studying the bloodlines.

I used to ride a QH, one riding friend had a TWH, two other friends had TBs. If only I had had access to my guy’s papers I was always wanting to do a pedigree chart tracting all four horses back to the closest TB common ancestor I could find.

[SmartAlex]

[QUOTE=RPM;8560590]
And the foundation sire of ASBs and TWHs was a Thoroughbred! Maybe he could gait? And STBs go back to a TB at least on one side. And some say Justin Morgan’s sire was a TB, but nobody knows for sure what breed Justin Morgan was …[/QUOTE]

Yup. The Saddlebreds were developed by crossing Thoroughbreds with the smaller easy gaited horses, primarily the Narragansett Pacer which has now vanished. The Narrangansetts would have been similar to a Rocky Mountain horse and are described as small, plain and usually red. Originally, there were several “foundation sires” named, but now only the Thoroughbred Gaines’ Denmark claims that title. To be accepted into the registry, the horse had to pass conformation judging and exhibit at least five gaits. Back then the running walk and even the pace were common gaits among the American Saddle Horse and not discriminated against. I remember reading a very old article promoting a stallion who could demonstrate seven gaits.

The registry actually wasn’t closed until mid-nineteenth century. Several half bred Saddlebreds were at the top of the show horse game, most notably World’s Champion Sweetheart on Parade who was half Standardbred and World’s Champion Oak Hill Chief whose dam was half mustang and whose full brothers and sisters were shown as stock horses.

[Draftmare]

Found two!

Here is a fox trotting QH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ffmb_hCvNU

And then another one that is doing maybe a single footing gait? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ5lELDohUI

I know that there are some gaited Appaloosas that do the Indian Shuffle, so it doesn’t really surprise me that there are “crop-out” gaited Quarter Horses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvgnzzq9CTI

My first Appaloosa mare felt gaited when I first bought her, but I never could catch it on camera. She would only do it a few strides at a time between the walk and the trot. After a while (and some Chiro and MT) she stopped doing it all together.