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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 304340" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Star, the footfall sequence is exactly the same as that of the Paso Fino, but where the Paso Fino has a short stride and picks its feet up very high, the Icelandic has a long, reaching stride with no extra effort expended.</p><p></p><p>They all do what the Tennessee Walker folks would call a "running walk", the difference is in reach, extension, and elevation.</p><p></p><p>If you love TWH and have done some research on the breed, you will find that there's been so much horrible abuse of them to get the "right" gait that the Dept of Agriculture has inspectors at the shows to check the horses for acid burns on their legs, nails in the sensitive parts of their feet, etc.</p><p></p><p>There is an organization called Friends of the Sound Horse (FOSH) that has details on this and promotes the natural Walking Horse.</p><p></p><p>I had a natural TWH years back and he was a wonderful boy. The best pleasure trail horse I've ever had. Smooth, calm and very sensible. His only vice was stealing baseball caps off of people's heads and refusing to return them unless bribed with peppermints.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, I lost Monty in his late teens when arthritis and foot problems from originally having been a "padded" (high weighted shoes in front, heavy pads, and "soring") show horse caught up with him.</p><p></p><p>We worked through a lot of it, but when Monty started having trouble getting up after laying down, I had to put him down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 304340, member: 1963"] Star, the footfall sequence is exactly the same as that of the Paso Fino, but where the Paso Fino has a short stride and picks its feet up very high, the Icelandic has a long, reaching stride with no extra effort expended. They all do what the Tennessee Walker folks would call a "running walk", the difference is in reach, extension, and elevation. If you love TWH and have done some research on the breed, you will find that there's been so much horrible abuse of them to get the "right" gait that the Dept of Agriculture has inspectors at the shows to check the horses for acid burns on their legs, nails in the sensitive parts of their feet, etc. There is an organization called Friends of the Sound Horse (FOSH) that has details on this and promotes the natural Walking Horse. I had a natural TWH years back and he was a wonderful boy. The best pleasure trail horse I've ever had. Smooth, calm and very sensible. His only vice was stealing baseball caps off of people's heads and refusing to return them unless bribed with peppermints. Sadly, I lost Monty in his late teens when arthritis and foot problems from originally having been a "padded" (high weighted shoes in front, heavy pads, and "soring") show horse caught up with him. We worked through a lot of it, but when Monty started having trouble getting up after laying down, I had to put him down. [/QUOTE]
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