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[1]: 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used to describe motion at the trot, but sometimes applied to the canter or gallop. [ 3 ] : 97 High action is a breed characteristic of Saddlebreds [ 1 ] : 3 and other breeds used in saddle seat and certain harness disciplines.
The canter, or Lope as it is known in Western circles of riding, is a controlled three-beat gait that is usually a bit faster than the average trot but slower than the gallop. The average speed of a canter is 16–27 km/h (10–17 mph), depending on the length of the stride of the horse.
Like all lateral ambling gaits, the footfall pattern is the same as the walk (left hind, left front, right hind, right front), but differs from the walk in that it can be performed at a range of speeds, from the speed of a typical fast walk up to the speed of a normal canter. Some Icelandic horses prefer to tölt, while others prefer to trot. [7]
The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine. The canter is a controlled three-beat gait, [1] while the gallop is a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait. [2] It is a natural gait possessed by all horses, faster than most horses' trot, or ambling gaits.
Slow trot (harness) or Road gait (roadster): Is slower than a working trot, but faster than a jog trot. This gait is one of the gaits used in harness classes at horse shows . Working trot or Trot : The stride length (note: some breeds have naturally varied strides) is "normal" for the horse and is the natural trot of the horse when under saddle.
Besides the flat and running walks, the third main gait performed by Tennessee Walking Horses is the canter. Some members of the breed perform other variations of lateral ambling gaits, including the rack, stepping pace, fox trot and single-foot, which are allowable for pleasure riding but penalized in the show ring. [5]
Although most horse experts consider the canter and gallop to be separate gaits, on the basis of a small variation in the footfall pattern, [13] Icelandic breed registries consider the canter and gallop one gait, hence the term "five-gaited". [14] The first additional gait is a four-beat lateral ambling gait known as the tölt.
the canter or lope, a three-beat gait that is 19 to 24 kilometres per hour (12 to 15 mph); the gallop , which averages 40 to 48 kilometres per hour (25 to 30 mph), [ 86 ] but the world record for a horse galloping over a short, sprint distance is 70.76 kilometres per hour (43.97 mph).