There is no tolt in dressage Blessi--Icelandic horse dressage show

[TheDreamgirls95]

Yeah ! I'm riding an icelandic at the moment. He has no tolt but his talents are dressage and jumping :) He loves it :)

[blessiowner]

If you look at my other video Blessi's Got the Blues, you will see Blessi tolt on the last movement. He lost points but still won the blue ribbon.

[blessiowner]

Icelandics (unlike most gaited breeds) are bred to both trot and tolt. Icelandics also canter and some have a fifth gait called flying pace. When asked to pick up a speed faster than a walk, some Icelandics will prefer to pick up a tolt; some, a trot. It is a matter of teaching them the proper cues under saddle to pick up the correct gait. As my dressage instructor said, "It is like learning to drive a 5-speed sports car rather than an automatic."

[Lucky80026]

I love this! I Is it hard to teach a gaited horse to trot? Would they normally want to tolt?

[TheSmilesmile123]

cute pony :)

[TheSpiritProject]

Very nice!