The Long Ride Home
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Trot-In the trot, hooves strike the ground in diagonals in a one-two beat: right hind and left forefeet together, left hind and right forefeet together.
Canter-The canter is a three-beat gait containing an instant during which all four hooves are off the ground. The foreleg that lands last is called the lead leg and seems to point in the direction of the canter.
Gallop-The gallop is the fastest gait. If fast enough, it’s a four-beat gait, with each hoof landing separately: right hind hoof, left hind hoof just before right fore hoof, left fore hoof.
Other gaits come naturally to certain breeds or are developed through careful breeding.
Running walk-This smooth gait comes naturally to the Tennessee Walking Horse. The horse glides between a walk and a trot.
Pace-A two-beat gait, similar to a trot. But instead of legs pairing in diagonals as in the trot, fore and hind legs on one side move together, giving a swaying action.
Slow gait-Four beats, but with swaying from side to side and a prancing effect. The slow gait is one of the gaits used by five-gaited saddle horses. Some call this pace the stepping pace or amble.
Amble-A slow, easy gait, much like the pace.
Rack-One of the five gaits of the five-gaited American Saddle Horse, it’s a fancy, fast walk. This four-beat gait is faster than the trot and is very hard on the horse.
Jog-A jog is a slow trot, sometimes called a dogtrot.
Lope-A slow, easygoing canter, usually referring to a western gait on a horse ridden with loose reins.
Fox trot-An easy gait of short steps in which the horse basically walks in front and trots behind. It’s a smooth gait, great for long-distance riding and characteristic of the Missouri Fox Trotter.
Other Books in the Keystone Stables series
A Horse to Love (Book One)
On the Victory Trail (Book Two)
Southern Belle’s Special Gift (Book Three)
Summer Camp Adventure (Book Four)
Leading the Way (Book Five)
Blue Ribbon Champ (Book Six)
Whispering Hope (Book Seven)
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The Long Ride Home
Copyright © 2009 by Marsha Hubler
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hubler, Marsha, 1947-
The long ride home / by Marsha Hubler.
p. cm.—(Keystone Stables ; bk. 8)
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Skye, who lives at Keystone Stables with her foster parents and wheelchair-bound foster sister, has been wondering about her real parents, and, with God’s help, she is finally able to meet them.
ISBN 978-0-310-71692-1 (softcover)
[1. Foster home care—Fiction. 2. Parents—Fiction. 3. Horses—Fiction. 4. People with disabilities—Fiction. 5. Christian life—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H86325 Lo 2010
[Fic]-dc22 2009033133
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