While visiting Iceland I learned that the Icelandic horse has five gaits. One gait, the Tolt gait, is a four-beat smooth trot. The Tolt gait was so smooth that the horseman rode a lap without spilling ...

Researchers have discovered a single genetic mutation that affects the way horses move, specifically, their ability to alternate gaits. Since the mutation endows them with a wider repertoire, the ...

Lori Leo opened Four Winds Icelandic Horse Farm in 2003. It didn’t take her long to make her mark in the international world of horse breeding. The International Federation of Icelandic Horse ...

How a horse moves is called its gait, but what is a gait? The way a horse moves is called its gait. Horses have four basic gaits and there is a good reason why horse owners pay attention to the ...

Although the breed was developed in Peru, Peruvian Pasos were bred from horses that were brought to South America from Spain. As a gaited horse, Peruvian Pasos naturally perform specific patterns of ...

The Tennessee Walking Horse is a famous American breed of gaited horse. This horse glides smoothly across the ground when it performs its distinctive “running walk” and other gaits. These motions make ...

Icelandic horses can move in an odd way. All horses have three natural gaits: the standard walk; the two-beat trot, where diagonally opposite pairs of legs hit the ground together; and the four-beat ...