What Gait is this Icelandic Horse Doing?

[shortstuph123]

It is so funny that people keep thinking that you are saying this is a correct tolt, and then taking it upon themselves to correct you.

Of COURSE this is not a tolt! This is a strange, pacey walk. That is why it was posted, because it is unusual, and not normal. Gosh people, read before you post.

[SUPERcupcakesRyummy1]

oh oh i know its felt!!!!!!

or walking in a way

[Intikama]

I'd call that gait Plodding a long without a care in the world!

[midsummernight50]

This horse looks like it is pulling something.......

[RacingTheMuddyTrack]

Not a gait at all just a messed up walk there should never be 2 legs going forward on the same side of the horses body!!!! Throws them off balence

[167Kagome]

Nice good pacey walk. It's not a tolt though.

Also, the riders legs are too far back, keep them forward!

[woodardj91]

tha damn horse is walkin n u need to find a bigger hose

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[EplusKvideos]

about the head comment thats not true my instructer gets mad when i let my horse do thats because it's a not in frame and it shows disrespect if a horse does that in dressage (which I do because I am an eventer)

[EplusKvideos]

well it's not a walk because two feet are up at the same time so it must be a slow tolt (don't have an accent on keybaord) and about the head comment thats not true my instructer gets mad when i let my horse do thats because it's a not in frame and it shows disrespect if a horse does that in dressage (which I do because I am an eventer)

[617Tora]

Pretty fast walk there... but I think you should still engage the head upwards for tolt in order to get more work from the back end. And if you did more balance work, it would become more 4 beated than 2 to help get rid of the pacey-ness. But it sounds to me like you just like to ride easy anyways, so I don't think it's important for you to have to worry about putting your horse in proper position to get the better gate. :)

[katrin0210]

what ??? your horse was just walking around, its not even tölt its just fet , and it is not even beautiful becuse his head is too low you should hold it up , then he's more proud of himself , he looks like he is sad when you walk him , sorry but its the truth !

if you just keep training your horse so he can be natural

[icehorses]

@katrin0210 Hi Katrin, you are right; it's not tolt; it's a pacey walk. About the head, if a horse wants to hold up his head, he will do it on his own, not being forced to do so by the rider, the bit or the reins. Some horses just don't have the conformation to do it naturally. Yes, you can "train" them to do it, but... if it goes against their conformation, what is natural about that? If you see Icelandic Horses at liberty, they will generally have their heads in a neutral position.

[Julika286]

@katrin0210 The head should not be "held up" by the rider. The horse should be ridden and trained in a way that it is carrying himself, meaning the hind is stepping under the body and lifting the horse up in the front; just pulling up the head isn't doing the trick. As icehorses said, it's easier with some and more difficult with other horses, also due to their constitution.

[Laurachen1234]

Das ist Pass . Vielleicht mal ein bisschen besser warm reiten . es kann sein , dass sie mehr Aufwärmübungen braucht , als andere Pferde .

[the13islucky]

Its like a flying pace but at a walking speed.

[weizenbierglas]

Ist Pass.

Entweder ist das Tierchen ein wenig verspannt und oder es hat Last mit dem zu weit vorn liegenden, die Schulter störenden Sattel und der darauf befindlichen, ihr Gewicht zu sehr nach vorne verlagernden Reiterin.

Aber er gibt sich Mühe...

[icehorses]

@weizenbierglas It is a treeless saddle pad, so it is not impinging on the horse. She has a short back, so for the rider to sit further back, she'd be sitting on her loins, not a good thing to do.

[Synna89]

It's walk. But because it's downhill it becomes more pace'ish.. My mare does that too ;)..

[MsValant]

this is not tölt by the way it´s called fet in iceland and it´s like walking

[gdslvs]

Thanks :)

[Frittjof]

ouuff terrible! This horse needs alot of training before it can tölt properly, keep on training! ;)

[0purple0oranges0]

isnt that exactly the leg movment like when standards pace?...dont know much about these horses thats just what it looks like to me i know they have the tolt gait to but thats not it so yaaa..inless im missing about lol

[erla20]

schweinepass!

this horse has tensions, so you have to do an exercise with him, so his muscles can relax.

the muscles in his neck and his back are too tensed!

(sorry, my english isn't that good, but i hope you understand)

[CutePoniesLOL]

its called walking

[zaracrackers]

My friesan mare used to do that, before we got her i think she pulled a cart and she does that with her back end, i just used trotting poles and often took her over them it soon gets them out of it, she occasionally tries to but if you collect them in and use your legs its okay.

[SheerHeaven1]

This horse is just falling apart because the rider needs to collect its ft. end and hold it together its not doing any really desirable gait just a swingy walk, which if you collected the horse it would change all together. this horse may also have styfle pain because it drags its hind toes in the dirt. * or its shod,trimed wrong. .watch the dust fly... . ride any gaited horse you need to collect the reins

[Grace4469]

It's a fast walk/very slow tolt

[finaliceland]

in sweden you call it "grisepass", i think its the same as "schweinepass" ..

i think the horse is fivegaited? then its a mix of walk/pace, maybe walk/tölt/pace. we have a horse in our stable who is a fivegaited icelandichorse, and he walks just like that ;)

[PonchoPonyRider]

working walk I do this wqith my horses al the time. Its just a fast walk

[OrriVParadies]

ein pferd, das in allen tempi schweinepass geht

[bombsforyourdad]

This is nothing but a pacey walk, and the horse is not on it's way in to tölt. More to piggypace to be honest.... This is not a gait.

[dinadoe]

the running walk maybe????

[LadyBlacksheep]

Its NOT an islandic gait! Its just a very pacey walk. They are not supposed to walk like that, its just the result of a 'not so well' trained horse..

Sorry but its not worth showing :/

[jmdnarri]

although there are at least a doxxen different names for the different styles, there are only four patterns of foot-fall a horse can be in: WALK-which there are numerous styles of, PACE- very few horses use a true pace, TROT- or a jog, a CANTER-or lope, and the GALLOP

If the gait has four beats and is symetrical, (each side moves the same way) then it is some form of a WALK

[Trine418]

@jmdnarri No a horse can be five gaited, tölt is also a gait, though this horse doesn't really show that at all!

[the13islucky]

Its a gaited horse people it doesnt show the same walk trot canter as a regular non gaited horse

[sweepyward]

its a walking pace dont be silly everybody i see it all the time ,,,,,

[sofiajpettersson]

This is a faster walk in to tölt. When the horse is going faster in the walk to tölt. This is NOT on the way to trot!

[horseygurlel]

1 sidded walk meh dont haewv any idea

[Ruffian1998]

im guessing some type of running walk because the gates are like both walking and trotting.. and gates are diffrent paces for example-

walk,trot,canter,and gallop.. T. Walkers dont have trots! the have running walks insted... dont ask me why they have running walks! im just speeking the truth

[kwerna]

It's a pace

[snowgirl1052]

Is it a very slow rack?

[horseaboo1]

whats a gait????:/

[Braveanimal]

Schweinepass indeed.. or camel walk. A very lateral walk. Many gaited horses show this in their foal years.

Also some non/ gaited horses show this, mostly it signifies stifness in those cases. With gaited horses this is not hte case of course!

[slummurnar]

haha this is not tölt.

[MegF142857]

So why on all these videos is there never the "answer".

If there is a pace tending slung out slow walk gait, then this is it.

[icehorses]

The videos are exercises in looking at the gaits, studying them and applying definitions, trying to figure out what they are.

It also gives viewers a chance to put in their opinion and their reason for that determination (altho many do not include a reason).

You can see that there's quite a diversity in how people "see" the gait and name it.

[NineDori]

It´s piggy-pace

[NineDori]

it´s piggy-pace

[ilovemarmite100]

its not bad confirmation thats silly. its called a tolt, its a gait specific to icelandic horses.

[icehorses]

This is not a tolt in the video.

Tolt is not specific to Icelandic Horses; many gaited horses do the same gait, which is called "rack".

[ilovemarmite100]

Based on the description below I'm sure you can see why I would think it was a tolt.

"Tölt is a 4-beat lateral gait, where the footfalls are the same as in walk-left hind-left front-right hind-right front, in an even rhythm. "

My mistake about believing it was specific to icelandics, I've now googled it to get a bit more info! I still think the gait looks like a tolt tho! :-p

[halfpass92]

lateral legs means bad conformation.

they shouldnt walk like doll horses.

[saescha93]

in germany we call it schweinepass^^

[NyappyMiku13]

haha ich liebe diesen satz :'D

schweinepass ... pigpass? :D

[JHLaura]

wuhuuu! piggy-pace! x)

[Dudduski]

the horse is walking - piggy pacing. witch is a very unwanted, uncomfortable and annoying for the rider and bad for the horse. because it's getting stif.. using only the same muscles.. Some say that it's a beautyful horse. I dont get it. it looks bored and lazy and is a bit to fat.

[Dudduski]

the horse is walking - piggy pacing. witch is a very unwanted, uncomfortable and annoying for the rider and bad for the horse. because it's getting stif.. using only the same muscles.. Some say that it's a beautyful horse. I dont get it. it looks bored and lazy and is a bit to fat.

[FrkBerwald]

I agree in this...

[RydeTheTiger]

Slow pace...not a very pretty icelandic though

[RoanArt]

She's pacing. Cool.

[BayBeautiful]

walk x :)

[ari3iro]

Haha, I'm still laughing. Energiless, stiff piggy-pace. I wonder, with the text and all, do they wan't their horses to go is this gate? It's not good for them. Find yourself an other hobby.

[ahllyy]

Det är klockren "grisepass" (in swedish) or translated pig-pase!

[ThePinkTigers]

its the slow gait, similar to a pace, but at a walking speed. :)

[dancergirl1122]

ambling very slowly but B-E-A-UTIFULLY!

[theflackclan]

looks like walkling, eather exstended or loose.

[xxAlchemistressxx]

she's ambling (telgang) in a slow manner. Pretty common for Icelandics :) and what a beauty she is!

[BurningGiniBunny]

Das ist einfach ein passverschobener Schritt :)

[padnspark]

it looks like shes pacing

[Deepthoughtful]

taktklarer Schweinepass-Schritt

[Dragonza6]

Its walking but in a very sad way! Ishe holds her back... Poor Horse...

[koolcuttyanoop152]

k its either the running walk or the walk

[xAnonymousStarx]

You're not giving her the right aids.

[afuckinbeast]

walking

[julemmie]

you are too big for her.

i get that icelandic horses are able to carry alot of weight but...

[unixorn101]

you rushed her..

[jennyschneiderchen]

first it was walk i think and then it became a slow pace

[OrriVParadies]

walk

[Channy6592]

It's seems like a slow tölt.

[HorseandJonasGal101]

its called a rushed walk.......

[liltjuh1]

this is what we call schweinpass

it isn't tolt and it also isn't 'telgang?'

it's wrong

[satura811]

it's in danish called "pas" and it's like when you're sitting in a boat because of the movements of the legs.

Personally I prefer tölt :)

[nanakla]

A rushed walk. Try speeding it up a bit and you'll probably get a tölt.

[ari3iro]

This is just walking. But you got to ride her with a rest in her steps, because this is not good walking. Did you think this is tölt?

[perfectworld321]

it says in the description tolt so tolt..

[ShetieHP]

i don't really know what it's named in english... but in sweden it is called "pass gång". they are walking with their right backleg and their ritght frontleg at the same time. excuse my bad english :P

[thokkierro]

this ain't tölt. The horse is just speeding up a little bit in the walk. You have to make him think more forward to get a proper tolt. This is just pacebeated walk

[maddiej131]

he is racking caus i used to have a horse like that except she was a whole lot faster

[Horsegal143]

it is doing the Rack! watch more videos. its awsome

[Horsegal143]

the gait the horse is doing is called the "tolt" only the icelandic horses could do it. Yes it is a special gait. I know this because i ride a icelandic pony. it is a very smoth gait

[ari3iro]

Haha, so when it is an Icelandic Horse, it is automaticly moving in tölt?? So if you see a galop horse, it is moving in galop everytime? LOL. This is not tölt.

[Vindasi]

It is walk, but but not "clear to tact" (I don`t know the right word in english :D in german it is taktklar). this horse has a little bit of pace in it`s walk, so it looks like this. It is not special gait. With a lot of work it could get away.

[GiddyHorseGurl12345]

or it could be an extended walk?!?!?!

[GiddyHorseGurl12345]

it could be a trot!!!... but it being halfhalted

[martellnina]

First it looks like a normal walk, but if you look closer it's a pacey walk.

Is that normal?

[MrsEmmettCullen97]

it looks like a combonation of a tolt pacish-walk and trot

[Feliximke]

Mentioned before: a pacey walk, I would show the mare to a good osteopath. Even five gaits, this is not normal. Probably cause by overbend neck

[bluebook1277]

he is doing a tolt i do that on the icelantic horse drotting lok at my youtube account and you will see a pic of her

[0oHaflingero0]

looks like shes about to break into a trot...

[adniv]

The horse is walking in as "pacelike" walk. Not a good walk. Not pass and certainly not tolt. Horses with five gaits may walk like this sometimes. It is walk towards pace.

[glaumur15]

Schweinepass...x]

[nadja15277]

this is pass. in a very slow temp.

[rachellouise6991]

its called a tolt only icelandic horses can do it, they have competitions with horses doin it aswell.

[horsebackrider420]

just a pacy walk.

[bellabelliboo]

she's simply walking along...

[livvyloo2k8]

it tolting x

[EddaHestar]

It is a very pacey walk, nothing special.

[blondehorselover101]

He's Tolting!

[XxHorseluver29xX]

Its normal.. Walking, that's so strange with that?

Icelandic gaits :

Walk

Trot

Tölt

Skeið

Canter

Gallop

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You can properly buy icelandic books, i have on called "The Icelandic Horse", its very big, blue, with a white horse on it, and it has alot of information..

[icehorses]

It appears to be a very pacey walk.

Some Icelandic Horses have the natural gaits of fox trot, running walk, and stepping pace also.

[XxHorseluver29xX]

No, there are photo's in this Icelandic horse book that show how he walks, and i've looked at every single step he has made and it is only NORMAL in walking, maby its diffrent from other horses, but it IS normal!

[HorseGirlz13]

Its just walking..hes quite fast though...kinda looks like he wants to trot but never does.

<3

[TheOldMan100]

yes...our horses r beutiful dont u think?

[Trailriderjude]

looks like a pace to me

[vistafarmsrider101]

walking, but a little quick!

[Synna89]

This is just a horse doing a normal walk.. Only thing is that she is slightly pace'ish, which is very typical for icelandic horses with 5 gaits.