Gaited horses for dressage?
Does anyone out there use gaited horses for dressage? Obviously you wouldn’t use their special gaits, but I just wonder why I hear a lot about, say, Lusitanos in the dressage arena but not Paso Finos.
EDIT – Sorry, I didn’t make myself clear..I know Lusitanos aren’t gaited. But I was of the impression that Pasos and Lusitanos are both a Spanish "baroque" breed.
Lusitanos are not gaited, Pasos are ( neither are Andulusians, which are closely related to Lusitansos.) It’s difficult to compete in dressage with a naturally "gaited" horse ( such as a paso or a fox-trotter) because thier natural gaits do not correspond to the gaits desired for Dressage competition ( flat four beat walk, four beat cadenced trot etc) and since they are natural gaits for these breeds, they are difficult to "train" out.
Yes. It is actully very good to help in trainign the horse to give and bend and perform its gaits properly. I went to a clinic where this guy who is a World Chamion Iclandic Rider/trainer showed us how to do certain excersizes and drills for dressage. Dressage is alos becomeing popular in the Walking horse veristility classes. i saw a Versitility show once with TWH and the Dreesage is great becasue it is focused on the gaits they do naturlly(flat footed walk, running Walk) but they still do things like the shoulder… etc
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Any horse, including all gaited horses, can do Dressage to an extent. Some will be better than others depending on their conformation and understanding.
Walkers, for example, can do Dressage. There are also some Walker shows the have Dressage competitions . TWHBEA now has rules and patterns available just for this . Also there are some Dressage shows that are now offering divisions just for them on open competition .
If you want to use a paso fino for dressage, you should find out about courses and clinics in your area.
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Breed quarter and Andalusian horses as a hobby.
At the couple of schooling dressage shows I’ve been to they have special classes offered for Gaited horses, that way they are judged accordingly and no bias is assigned because they are gaited – but I saw Pasos at those shows
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Lusitanos are not gaited, Pasos are ( neither are Andulusians, which are closely related to Lusitansos.) It’s difficult to compete in dressage with a naturally "gaited" horse ( such as a paso or a fox-trotter) because thier natural gaits do not correspond to the gaits desired for Dressage competition ( flat four beat walk, four beat cadenced trot etc) and since they are natural gaits for these breeds, they are difficult to "train" out.
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I know nothing when you talk about gaited horses. What I do know is that Iberian horses (Lusitanos, Andalusian etc) These are your CLASSICAL dressage horses.
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every horse in every discipline has been trained in some part with dressage. i think any horse and rider who works hard at it can succeed, however, some breeds are more suited to it.
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I have used a Lustino for dressage once. He was very smooth and beautiful. I have also tried a Paso Fino. He wasn’t very comfortable and he didn’t look as pretty. I usually stick to my Warmbloods.
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