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The Missouri Fox Trotter performs an ambling gait known as the "fox trot", which replaces the trot seen in many other breeds. The fox trot is a four-beat broken diagonal gait in which the front foot of the diagonal pair lands before the hind, eliminating the moment of suspension and giving a smooth, sure-footed ride.
Gaited horses are horse breeds that have selective breeding for natural gaited tendencies, that is, the ability to perform one of the smooth-to-ride, intermediate speed, four-beat horse gaits, collectively referred to as ambling gaits. [1] In most "gaited" breeds, an ambling gait is a hereditary trait.
The fox trot is most often associated with the Missouri Fox Trotter breed, but it is also seen under different names in other gaited breeds. The fox trot is a four-beat diagonal gait in which the front foot of the diagonal pair lands before the hind. [21] The same footfall pattern is characteristic of the trocha, pasitrote and marcha batida ...
Some breeds, such as the American Quarter Horse in Texas and the Morgan horse in Vermont and Massachusetts, were named as the state horse because of the close connection between the history of the breed and the state. Others, including the Tennessee Walking Horse and the Missouri Fox Trotter, include the
Missouri Fox Trotter [2]: 486 Morab [2]: 487 Morgan [2]: 487 Morocco Spotted [2]: 487 Mountain Pleasure Horse: Moyle [2]: 488 Ranch and endurance horse, bred in Utah by Rex Moyle from Colonial Spanish and Cleveland Bay stock [2]: 487 [5]: 183 Mustang [2]: 488 American Mustang [2]: 434 Narragansett Pacer [2]: 488 extinct
The following list of horse and pony breeds includes standardized breeds, some strains within breeds that are considered distinct populations, types of horses with common characteristics that are not necessarily standardized breeds but are sometimes described as such, and terms that describe groupings of several breeds with similar characteristics.
The fox trot is most often associated with the Missouri Fox Trotter breed, but is also seen in other breeds. [7] The fox trot is a four-beat broken diagonal gait in which the front foot of the diagonal pair lands before the hind, eliminating the moment of suspension and giving a smooth ride said to also be sure-footed.
The show was founded in 1958. [1] It is held at Ava, Missouri, on the headquarters of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association. The Celebration begins on Labor Day every year and lasts six days, with the final night falling on a Saturday.