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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 27, 2012 21:23:59 GMT -5
Electra, aka Lexi, is our coming three year old Kiger/Paso Fino cross. She is quite the little pistol and has many opinions! We love her dearly. It is very hard to get mad at her with her antics - it is all in good fun. She just began wearing the saddle this week...this is her second day working out on the obstacle course and first time with the tire. My sister had a hard time not cracking up the whole time! What's in this thing...?  Maybe I can stand ON it...  It got me!  Maybe I can jump it...  How about hold my foot OVER it?  Okay, I'll stand on it again but I'm not going to look at you...  How about this angle...  Alright...one foot. Happy? I'm not.  OKAY! Two feet in. Now are we done?!  |
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Post by truemaloy on Feb 27, 2012 22:26:07 GMT -5
LMAO!! Wow what a pretty filly. Great captions too, btw.
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Post by gotkiger on Feb 27, 2012 22:57:05 GMT -5
Too cute
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Post by kigerfan on Feb 27, 2012 23:56:17 GMT -5
great pictures, great captions  Horses can be so darn fun |
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Post by mystickiger on Feb 28, 2012 6:16:45 GMT -5
Cute pictures! She has a nice eye. But boy, you can see the wheels turning, lol. She looks like fun. Does she gait?
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Post by duvers on Feb 28, 2012 10:51:19 GMT -5
Oh, like her! I was wondering the same thing about whether she gaits. Also, how likely is it (maybe percentage wise?) That a cross between a kiger or other Spanish type with a paso fino would gait.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 28, 2012 14:57:12 GMT -5
No, not gaited. Most first crosses of gaited/non gaited horses do not gait. The very few I have seen are not secure in their gaits (they will laterally pace); takes a few generations down to put that back in.
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Post by duvers on Feb 29, 2012 18:52:25 GMT -5
Interesting. I was asking around about the Paso Finos when we visited Puerto Rico recently. A fella I queried said that around 80% of the foals from a Paso Fino x other breed cross were gaited. He did say that "this is only if you use a Puerto Rican Paso Fino. If you use a Columbian Paso Fino, the percentage is much lower.". No idea if he was correct, but it was interesting speaking to him. Also, several sources said that the trail riding horses were Paso Fino crosses and my observatiin was that almost all gaited. I wonder if this was because of breeding over multiple generations. I'd like to find out more.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 29, 2012 20:58:50 GMT -5
The Puerto Rican horses are better gaited and more solid. The Columbian bred Pasos have Lusitano injected every nine generations, so the trot is not far behind. Plus they also breed for trocha doras and trocha galopes - which have a diagonal gait. So, I would tend to agree with him. Lexi has a short trot like a trot/gallop. If we have her long, it will be fun to see if that develops.
Other American gaited breeds, such as Tennessee Walkers, would most likely not give you gait with a non-gaited breed. Peruvian Pasos also are very strong gaited but I personally have not seen a cross that gaited naturally.
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Post by fantasykiger on Mar 16, 2012 11:19:02 GMT -5
great pictures and captions.  |
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Horses can be so darn fun 
