Amazing 5-Gaited American Saddlebred Horses! Carousel Charity Horse Show 2024 

Thanks, they sure are!

No they are not. These are American Saddlebred horses, NOT Tennessee Walking horses. What you see on their feet are called quarter boots, they are there to protect the horses feet from over reaching and striking the front feet with the back. They are not kept on, just put on when working and then taken off.

Saddlebreds do NOT wear stacks. Never have and never will. They're not allowed, period.

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@@XxShellyW13xX thanks for letting us know about that.

​@MagnificentHorses you are most welcome!

You're welcome and I'm glad you were able to pick the winner!

I agree that all three horses were close as far as quality goes. I have a feeling the judges liked the speed of the one that was the winner. That was definitely the fastest, like I remarked a time or two in the video.

Thanks for your comments and I'm glad you liked the video! The regular gaits of walk, trot, and canter are natural, of course, but the slow gait and rack are trained. However, I think saddlebreds have more of a natural inclination for those to gaits than most other breeds.

@@MagnificentHorses That's fascinating, thank you for your reply. I look forward to more of your lovely videos. You have a great channel.

@@MR-ly4xt you're welcome and thank you for your kind words!

@@fleabitten_eq very nice and good luck with your saddle seat lessons!

@@MagnificentHorses thanks!

@@fleabitten_eq you're welcome!

I never thought about that but you're right! Ditto for the Paso Fino ponies, although their stride is much shorter.

Thanks and I am pretty partial to saddlebreds too, especially because I used to own one a long time ago. I never had the privilege of riding a 5 gaited horse but I'm glad it sounds like you have been able to do that!

American Saddlebreds are known as the "Peacock" of horse breeds because it seems as though they are showing off 😊

@@XxShellyW13xX for sure!

Thanks, I never noticed that about the ears but I'll go back and look for that.

Thanks and I wish I could've gotten a video of you riding your horse. Was yours a Saddlebred?

@@MagnificentHorses no he was an Arabian. I wish I also had a video.

@@michellesink-davis great… Arabians are awesome horses, too, as you can tell by all the videos of them on my channel.

I think the key words in your comment are that it looks like torture in your eyes. I can assure you that is not the case for the horses. They love to run and show off. The weighted shoes accentuate their natural movement. I once asked farrier if those caused any harm and he said no.

@@MagnificentHorses 😂 Ask a veterinarian. Not a farrier.

You make a lot of assumptions there, most of which are false.

You do make a lot of unproven assumptions. American Saddlebreds are not beaten, tortured, or have their tails broken or tendons cut. The walk, trot, and canter are natural gaits in every horse on earth. Riders are not flopping all over their horse's backs, but posting to the gaits. They have artificial tail pieces attached to the horse's tails at the highest point possible, to get the highest carriage. At one time, a long time ago, their tails were cut, but that's been outlawed and banned. As for the running walk, it's a natural gait in Saddlebreds, mine did it, and he could also Rack, yet another gait that comes natural in SOME Saddlebreds. And he was never showed a day in his life. But he couldn't canter, so figure that one out. So next time you may want to do your homework and fact checking before you start throwing out assumptions.

@@XxShellyW13xX 💯 I'm glad you had the privilege of owning a saddlebred. That's really funny that it could not canter. 😂

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. These horses are dearly loved, respected and treated well. I am going to add, that once again, you show that you do not know what you are talking about. You do not post a slow gait or rack.

@@asrotties that's right!

@@liiisteeen8373 thanks, I did not realize they descended from thoroughbreds. I didn't know thoroughbreds came from Arabians, so I guess it makes sense now.

Nothing is wrong with their tails.

@@MagnificentHorses There sure IS! I looked up what these "people" do to make those horses tails look that way! "A veterinarian performs a relatively simple surgery where two small incisions are made to muscles on the underside of the tail, then the tail is put in a set that holds it upright so that it heals in the higher carriage." From Horse Illustrated Its not different then the cruel practice of cropping a doberman's ears!

@@RayaStarr actually, that is banned in most states and the process now is to stretch (much as a dancer does to become more limber) the tail on a daily basis so that it can go up into this position for shows. The information you received is dated.

They naturally have a lifted tail. But, they alter them for them to stick up. A lot like how people crop Dobermans ears to stick up. Criminal.

@@kimfromnewzealand8768 that's a good question. It's to give the horses a more flashy action when they move.

What do you think is awkward about it? "Awkward" is about the last word I would use to describe it.

@@MagnificentHorses I’m not sure… Something about circus music playing while slamming up and down on a horses lower spine seems awkward to me. Most of these horses retire with extreme sway back.

@@user-fr5wl2xf5b OK thanks for that input about it.

Did you elaborate? Why do you say yuck?