List of gaited horse breeds

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Main article: Ambling gait

Gaited horses are horse breeds that have selective breeding for natural gaited tendencies, that is, the ability to perform one of the smooth-to-ride, intermediate speed, four-beat horse gaits, collectively referred to as ambling gaits.[1]

In most "gaited" breeds, an

trot and amble, and some horses pace in addition to the amble, instead of trotting. However, pacing in gaited horses is often, though not always, discouraged,[1] though the gene that produces gaitedness appears to also produce pacing ability.[2] Some horses do not naturally trot or pace easily, they prefer their ambling gait for their standard intermediate speed.[1] A mutation on the gene DMRT3, which controls the spinal neurological circuits related to limb movement and motion, causes a "premature 'stop codon'" in horses with lateral ambling gaits.[3][2]

Such breeds include the following:

See also

  • Ambling
    , specifically describes various four beat intermediate gaits performed by gaited breeds
  • Horse gait, overview of all horse gaits
  • List of horse breeds
  • The Gaited Horse (magazine)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Breeds that Gait." Equus, issue 359, August, 2007, pp. 52-54
  2. ^
    PMID 22932389
    .
  3. ^ a b Agricultural Communications, Texas A&M University System (5 September 2012). "'Gaited' Gene Mutation and Related Motion Examined". The Horse. Blood-Horse Publications. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  4. ISBN 9783830410744
    .
  5. ISBN 1-58017-613-5
    .
  6. ^ Natsag, Bayar. "Joroo mori". Youtube.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_gaited_horse_breeds&oldid=1184329787"