I haven't had a lot of time to work Tacoda lately. Here is a video showing him doing a stepping pace. Actually most of the time it's a full pace. It's not rough but it's not the gait I want or the best gait he is capable of.
Taping him has helped tremendously. I can see that when ridden he is often walking with that laternal pace, therefore he speeds up doing the stepping pace. I'm not super concerned about it at this point. We'll work on the walk, stop, turn, flex, side passing. Then we'll go back to easing out of the walk into something a running walk or rack. Do some work over poles since I don't have any hills around. At this point he's still working in the sidepull. Next month I will probably introduce the snaffle and get him working in that so we can do some half halts.
No flying bounds lately! He just hops a little when something gets him excited. Note the red truck turning in the road behind him. He decides that is cause to hop.
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