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What are the gaits in western riding?

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I have never ridden horse opera though would similar to to know about a gaits as well as training.

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12 Responses to “What are the gaits in western riding?”

  1. tbjumpergirl Says:
    July 30th, 2010 at 3:21 am

    Gaits:
    english./western (this is just so you know what is what :)
    walk/walk
    trot/jog
    canter/lope

    Western is usually very slow but has some cool speed events, you probably already know but…. like barrels and pole bending!!

  2. threewishes2008 Says:
    July 30th, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    U can add the extended lope to western

  3. asb.punkin Says:
    July 31st, 2010 at 8:20 am

    The gaits of the western are much slower than of other horses. Their walk is much slower than that of a normal horse’s. Their trot is called a jog and when they are trained right, the jog is about as fast as a horse’s walk, only they have the two-beat gait. Their canter, which is called the lope, is a very slow canter, and their gallop is like a normal horse’s canter.
    Now if they were just riding western and not showing in western, the gaits would be a little faster, but they would still be slower than the English riding horse.
    Hope I helped!:)

  4. Morgan : ) Says:
    August 1st, 2010 at 3:58 am

    in western the gaits are walk, jog, lope, and gallop. i ride english so i don’t know too much about the training.

  5. sh444 Says:
    August 2nd, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    english: walk, trot, canter, gallop
    western: walk, jog, lope, gallop

    Western training varied depending on the event, just like english training. English has dressage, hunt seat, jumping, country english pleasure, show hack, etc.

    Western has reining, cutting, western pleasure, cow work, trail, etc. Reining is exciting and features fast spins (where the horse pivots on its hind end), sliding stops from a gallop, and fast large circles and slow small circles. Cutting is a fine example of a horse’s instinct to watch and stop a cow from getting back to the herd. The rider will guide the horse to a cow in the herd, cut it and then drop the reins and let the horse keep the cow out. The horse will crouch and hop from side to side, countering the cow’s every move until the time is up and the cow is let back to the herd. In Western Pleasure, it’s almost like watching paint dry as it is a very slow show of quiet horsemanship.

  6. black_bunny_momma Says:
    August 4th, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    There is also extended walk, and extended trot…we use this in trail classes.

    The “short lope” [my term] is the collected western pleasure lope. My horses lope like a “normal” horse, that doesn’t have a rider on them, collecting them. Some may call it a canter. And it covers a lot more ground a lot faster!

  7. cashndash Says:
    August 7th, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    walk, jog, lope. not all western horses are generally slower, thats ONLY in western pleasure, horsemanship etc.

  8. can76chaser Says:
    August 10th, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    Here are some links to read. It is good info. to educate yourself. Good luck!

  9. Pokey I Says:
    August 13th, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    In western riding you have the stop… which isn’t really a gait.

    Then theres the walk… followed by the trot… then the long trot (the preferred gate of cowboys).

    The canter, the gallop, and the run.

  10. jjrodeorose Says:
    August 15th, 2010 at 2:56 am

    Walk, jog, lope and gallop.

    The jog is slower then the trot, and the lope is slower then the canter. They are both more collected too.

  11. Anna Says:
    August 15th, 2010 at 10:05 pm

    gaits:
    walk
    jog
    lope
    and of course… gallop

  12. Chance Says:
    August 17th, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    They are basically the same as english, except slower. They have different names.
    walk=walk
    trot=jog
    canter=lope
    gallop=gallop

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