Each horse has a distinct sound when it walks or runs, due to differences in hoof shape, gait, and weight distribution. Skilled horse owners can often identify their horses by the sound of their ...

But one of the horse’s most appealing characteristics may be their four-beat single-footed gait. That gait conserves the horse’s energy but makes for a smooth, enjoyable ride, making the horse ...

I wish to say that I was the first to study and point out the influence that declivities exert upon the gait of the horse that moves thereon. I have deduced therefrom two rules : tendency to a ...

The normal horse or pony has a smooth, springy, regular gait moving freely, easily, and gracefully. Watching a fine horse move through its paces, it is not difficult to understand man's attraction to ...