Natural and Artificial Gaits of the Icelandic Horse

Some gaits of the Icelandic Horse are natural; some are artificial / forced / mechanical / manufactured.

See the Gerd Heuschmann article:

http://iceryder.blogspot.com/2008/10/gerd-heuschmann.html

See the Cavallo article:

http://iceryder.net/cavalloarticle.html

There are many ways to ride a horse. With Icelandic Horses, we see a lot of riding by way of equipment. How did such unnatural methods come to be mainstream with such a natural horse?

Let's see if we can get our Icelandic Horses back to natural riding such as shown in this video:

http://icehorses.blogspot.com/2009/02/riding-with-mind-connection.html

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[mazarein]

and with the right amount of collection. And, as every horse, a good ridden and strong horse shows good gaits which includes a high leg action! And not to be forgotten, all of our AMAZING horses that is the result of a greit breeding process and has these fantastic 4/5 gaits natural with all natural movements, strength and speed! Of course there always is some rotten apples in every sport, but there is no need of being paranoid and sceptic to all of us...

[icehorses]

There is no "collection" in tolt. What happens in tolt is diametrically opposed to the components of collection! See the article iceryder. net/ collectiongait.html If the horses were naturally gaited, there would be no need for nosebands, heavy contact, weights (in shoes and boots).

[icehorses]

@xxAlchemistressxx Thanks.  Yes, it's difficult to see the individual legs, but she does go very lateral at some points; some stepping pace. How's her trot?

[xxAlchemistressxx]

@icehorses I've got one online at the moment of her doing something i think is flying pace (i'm very much a beginner considering tolt and especially flying pace) but that was sort of accidental - no influence of mine in there haha! You can check that one out if you'd like (it is unclear, as it was filmed with my phone) and i'll let you know if i can get one of me tolting with her as well ;)

[icehorses]

I'm glad to hear that you love your horse and that you would not use these methods! Can you post videos of your horse(s) tolting at liberty and under saddle? Thanks!

[icehorses]

@xxAlchemistressxx I'm glad to hear that you love your horse and would not use these methods! Can you post some videos of your horses tolting at liberty? or under saddle? Thanks!

[xxAlchemistressxx]

@icehorses er, what? I've got a nearly 4 year old, untrained mare at home here, who tends to tolt more than trot. My other mare, nearly 7 years old, also easily tolts without me sitting on her and guiding her into it. It's their natural gait, thus they use it more than trot. In fact, the 7 year old prefers tolt over trot when I ride her. And dont think i use the methods you described up here, simply because i know they would hurt her, and i love her too much for that.

[lemonbery]

artifical by far

[mazarein]

The "natural" horse as you put it, isn't even tölting, its doing a walk. The tölt is a four beat lateral gait in which the horse is having one or two foots in the ground. Its never a -three foots in the ground- phase. The horse in the picture is also putting a lot of weight on its fore legs, and not on its hind legs and muscles as it should.. Therefore it stretches its neck and is in lack of balance and right beat. As in every gait, the tölt should be ridden in a sustainable way

[icehorses]

Can you point us to those videos? How do you know that the horses have not been trained with weights or boots? or concussive practices? or the tight saddles or heavy rein contact?