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Behavior
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The more you understand about horse behavior and nutrition, the better you are as his partner. Here are a few guidelines. Give
your horse the right fuel Other Horse Experience Subjects The
history
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The
horse's basic gaits.
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Most
horses have four speeds.
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The
Walk
The walk is a gait of four beats marked by the placing of each lateral pair of hooves. |
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The
Trot
The trot is a two-beat gait. One diagonal pair of legs is placed down simultaneously and then, following a moment of suspension, the horse springs onto the beat as the left fore and right hind touch the ground. |
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The
Canter
The canter is a three-beat gait, the horse leading with the right foreleg when circling to the right and vice-versa. |
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The
Gallop
The gallop is the fastest of the four natural gaits. It is a four-beat pace, but there are variations in the sequence, according to the speed. |