If in fact he has some gate in him then show him off by caring a glass of wine in the frestyle showing how smooth he is. A common competition among gated folks...

The video of the 1/2 Arab Park is very close to his motion. I ask about this because I was simply curious as to what breed(s) he may represent not because I did not know how I would train him. I have little choice on that because of his required manuvers, none of which really involves a trot. The mustang maker over does not leave much time for refinement but is more about getting him broke to do what is asked of him. He is small boned so I will get the most I can from him without hurting him in any way. However, he may hurt me. The little sucker can buck in patternes that are hard to stay with.

"The Pacing White Mustang", was one of my favorite stories growing up. I found the story again today, http://www-pub.naz.edu:9000/~csick4/wmustang.html. Rancher, the actions that you have described remind me of the "Park" horses. Both the Arabian Horse Association and the Morgan Horse Association have a lot of horses in these classes. They wear weighted shoes up front to force the horse to get those knees up and throw out those front feet. I had a lovely Morgan mare in my youth who did this naturally. We refused to weight her. She was a pleasure to watch and ride. Here's a YouTube that shows 1/2 Arab Park horses, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WssjJVnkAO8 My personal opinion is that it really doesn't matter how the horse moves in training. Just that he does. Sounds like he's a handful! Good Luck with him! Pattie CoLady

Pasofinodfw thanks for the info, he doesn't move like a pasofino. Rancher is training a Mustang for a ladie that forsure has Pasofino blood, very nice little horse. Waylon is smooth but with very high very reaching out movements.

the one thing i try to remember----when i see something in a mustang that looks "breed specific" is how many mixes a mustang can be from long ago when horses of many breeds ran these lands (grazing leases) and managed to contribute genetics to the pool----from horses built like rica to the smaller, finer boned spanish barb looking animals. i have also found that sometimes their temperament seems to match their "stereotyped" build if that makes sense to anyone. saw a yrling mustang built like a tank with a very slightly convex nose structure and was not really surprised at how passive and docile personality she has. the folks reminded me of the days when even draft type work horse stallions were turned out on the range. as for how to specifically train a gaited horse??? my big paint mare had saddlehorse gaits(again, a diverse mix of genetics once was allowed into the paint horse assn. as long as it had color) that came with her---her son (1/2 TW) is coming back into my life and i will sure be watching this post for any help with helping him to "find" his gaits. he has the extreme animation, head bob, light suspension and high knee action already that he exhibited as a colt. a gaited horse trainer expressed that the horse is gaited and just needs to be "trained to his gait". excuse me for the butt in on your post rancher but i know just a size less about training a gaited horse than you and i want to hear input too......i am used to thoroughbreds--speed, arabs--speed with dance, stock horse--lets just get the job done. there are alot of gaited horse folks on this site so i hope they will not be shy and throw their suggestions at us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was reading about gaited horses online, there is a Spanish Mustang that sounds a little like Waylon, they are 13 to 14 hands. One thing about Waylon's gait is he has a high extended reach with his front legs. Back legs are traveling. He is really pretty while doing this.

As I have heard some of the mustangs have some old Barb and Spanish Jennet blood. This can give them a paso like gait. Here is a link for a paso farm that has an animated paso in gait. George does it look at all like that motion. It is a corto gait and is a natural gait and very comfortable for both the rider and the horse. http://www.beckerfamilyfarm.com/pasos.htm It is 4 beat lateral gait. Hope this might help some. janice

You guys are about as funny as a bloody nose. Since he is a little bitty horse, when I get on him he won't have that much spring in his step. Melissa you are only right about one thing, when Tommy and BJ get over this way, they will know what to call it. Joe. I think one of those prissy stud horses slipped into the mustang herd one night. Lazy, I got no choice but to ride him like he is broke if I ever get him broke. Evelyn's ride is a big baby and going easy but my little one is a rodeo horse. He can buck and seems to enjoy it and has not stopped since he got here. Thats the reason I just now discovered he was gaited because he stopped bucking for one round.

I thought that the five gaites were...start, stumble, stagger, trip and fall? Or are they how many gates he goes thru with the rider on his back??? Just kiddin! :)

MMMMMMM how did a wild mustang get gaited..... strange....