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Gait versus Gate - We learned the Difference
from Connie Waldo via Zoom
Gait versus Gate - We learned
the Difference from Connie Waldo
via Zoom on Wednesday evening,
October 14th, Connie Waldo joined
WWHA online for a Zoom session
about gaiting. She started by explaining a GATE is a doorway in
the fence that a horse goes through,
a GAIT of a horse is about footfall,
or how they “move”. She had us
think about our favorite person,
and imagine them walking across
the street. We’d recognize them
because of how they move or gait.
The same goes for horses. With the
walking horse the gait is something
they are bred to do - but through
training you can change and encourage the best habit in gaits.
There are two ends of the spectrum for the Tennessee Walking
horse gaits:
- Lateral - is side to side, a 2 beat
foot fall of feet on same side, that is
considered a “pace”
- Diagonal H\