Comments on: Tennessee Peripatetic Horse Dressage

By: 2Shalimar

2Shalimar — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:30:36 +0000

Wow, your my hero–this is the way TWHs should be trained!

By: twhstepp

twhstepp — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:36:24 +0000

thank you- she’s had an injury so it’s been especially beneficial to her. Plus I’m really enjoying it.

By: TWHequestrian

TWHequestrian — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:40:15 +0000

great video! I am looking into getting into gaited dressage with my TWH gelding, are there any good resources you know of? Of the few horses that are in my area, most are “cowpolk” that ONLY associate with QHs…

So hard to find any info here.

By: potholecoulee

potholecoulee — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:01:36 +0000

I agree with your traiing easy response etc but it is also important to have your horse walk. I hope you are not offended. Have a look at Canadian Perfection.

By: JumperChick89

JumperChick89 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:10:22 +0000

is he suppost to be pacing?

By: artroland

artroland — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:46:40 +0000

Good point. She does switch into a pace there.

By: RioSWB

RioSWB — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:38:24 +0000

GREAT video!! Got to love the TWH..Hope to see one of Gennie someday..Hehe
Keep up the great work!

By: alyssaloveanselmi494

alyssaloveanselmi494 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:41:44 +0000

is there “special” dressage for gaited horses or can they do the real stuff?

By: twhstepp

twhstepp — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:41:19 +0000

more TWH owners are using dressage to help their horses become more round in frame and truly work off their great rear end. Unless we teach them to trot we cannot compete at USEF events, but the NWHA shows have added TWH dressage tests for the TWH- up to third level- change the word trot to flatwalk and you have a TWH test.

By: horsesgirl325

horsesgirl325 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:45:29 +0000

Do you mean Jennie Jackson? She just won the Horse Idol in TN a few weeks ago.. With an awesome Dressage on her STallion Champagne Watchout. And the other one.. Wind something or nother… sorry for get the name of it.

By: Carbinex3

Carbinex3 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:13:47 +0000

This horse is pacey.

By: MyhorseMybabyMylife

MyhorseMybabyMylife — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:08:23 +0000

Your horse is too pacey. You would not be able to compete if that is your goal. A twh can trot if you engage his hindquarters and drop his head, they gait off their front ends with their head up.

There is a video of TWH doing Hunters on youtube that is trotting, it’s the only one here I’ve seen. Good Luck with the right training I am sure you can do it!

By: Carbinex3

Carbinex3 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:07:01 +0000

Do you own TWH’s? Their run/flat walks and canter are ALL hindquarter based, not fore. They push themselves forward when done properly. ALL horses can trot.

It is much easier then any of the flat walk based gaits.

It is a matter of wiring in the brain, not physical capability. Most gaited horses are so wired to gait that trotting seems foreign but that doesn’t mean they can’t or won’t. My boy has incredible reach when he choses to trot, he just hasn’t chosen to under saddle yet.

By: Zipdeedoodah123

Zipdeedoodah123 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:18:56 +0000

To get your twh to trot and canter like a normal horse… Take it over trot poles and canter over poles set in bounces and do tiny cross bars.. We have a twh at our barn and now he is doing beginner novice eventing and 2nd level dressage…You just have to work at it

By: blahblahbut95

blahblahbut95 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:25:17 +0000

why does his head bounce sometimes? cuz of his breed?