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Finding The Running Walk In A Horse
Listening for the running walk is an aid in helping one find the gait but is not the total answer. The reason for this is that one listens for the 4 beats of the hoof falls but there are other gaits that also make a 4 beat sound. Even though the timing between the hoof falls can vary in length of timing it can be very hard for someone new to gaited horses to hear this difference in the spacing of time between each hoof fall.
An example;
The running walk is a 1-2-3-4 beat evenly spaced.
The stepping pace is 1-2--3-4 with a longer space between 2 and 3.
In finding the gait one must also feel for it. The running walk is a smooth gait but so are many other gaits. There are different signals that will tell a rider if they are going to the desired smooth gait. These other gaits can be a very smooth to a person that has not experienced the gait of running walk.
A straight pace is very easy to feel as it shifts a rider from side to side in the saddle and can be very uncomfortable and it is easy to hear the 1-2 beat of the 2 halves of a horse moving forward and back together.
The stepping pace is a smoother gait but there will still be some side to side shift to the rider due to the lateral lift of the legs . A rider should be able to see some side to side motion in the head of the horse, it can be a little seen at the poll and can also be seen in some side to side motion of the horses muzzle from the back of a horse.
The fox trot gives a rider a forward and back motion, no side to side. This done correctly is also a smooth gait but one should be able to feel the lift of the hind legs and breaking of the hock action when the hinds are coming up and forward. There is a definite bump feel in the hind at a fox trot.
The rack and saddle gait are also smooth gaits but tend to move a rider a bit side to side due again to the lateral pick up of each side even though they are 4 beats in hoof falls. The saddle gait (stepped rack) is one that a rider can feel the shorter stride of the gait and feel a slight bump in the base of the spine due to the breaking of the hocks rather than the low sweeping hind legs of the running walk. In the rack gait feels faster. The rack has a lighter off the fore hand, up in front feeling , with more reach to the gait, covering ground faster than the saddle gait.
The running walk is a gait where the rider can feel a slight, soft forward and back movement in the saddle. One should be able to feel the long low reach of the hind legs coming under the horse and the front pulling in the ground giving the sensation of floating across the ground.
