Increasing Speed
Walk: From a stop, squeeze your lower legs to get your horse moving.
Working Walk (WW) (Alternating Legs): You squeeze your legs, one at a time.
Trot: From a WW, lightly squeeze your legs to trot.
Canter: Lightly squeeze your legs from a trot
Gallop: Lightly squeeze your legs, and either make a "clicking" sound, or a "smooch".
Decreasing Speed
Walk: Pull the reins gently.
Trot: Pull the reins gently.
Canter: Pull the reins gently.
Gallop: Impossible (fastest you can go.)
The speed depends on the horse and the gait. Here is the speed of an average horse in each main gait: === ===
A breed of horse, such as Thoroughbred or Quarter Horse, is not a gait. Gait refers to the different ways a horse moves, like walk, trot, canter, and gallop. Horse breeds are distinct groups with specific characteristics and heritage.
The horse gait that starts with a 'p' is called Piaffe.
Skip is not a horse gait
Yes Canter is a gait
All horses have a "fast" gait! A gallop is a fast gait...
The walk is the slowest gait. The walk is the horse's slowest gait.
'skip' is not a gait of a horse all the others are though! :)
Gait
The paces of a horse typically include walk, trot, canter, and gallop. The walk is a four-beat gait where each of the horse's legs moves independently, the trot is a two-beat diagonal gait where the horse's front and back legs move together, the canter is a three-beat gait with a period of suspension, and the gallop is a four-beat gait that is faster than a canter.
A horse's gait is the pattern of movement of its legs when walking, trotting, cantering, or galloping. There are different types of gaits, including the walk, trot, canter, and gallop, each with its own distinct footfalls and speed. The way a horse moves at each gait is influenced by factors such as its natural conformation, training, and physical condition.
Gallop