CH Callaway's Annabel Allison Wins the 5-Gaited Grand Championship at #WCHS 

+Delaney Richardson Saddlebred gaits are completely different from Walking Horse gaits. The long-reach by a Walking Horse's hind legs is a characteristic of the breed, and will be seen even in walking horses that have not been trained for show. Saddlebred action both front and back is vertical, while Walking horse action is more horizontal, especially in back, with the hind foot stride reaching beyond the last hoofprint of the front foot. Both breeds have their natural and beautiful characteristics that have been abused by humans in order to achieve some exaggerated forms that are seen in the show ring. Soring with chemicals is not common in Saddlebred horse, but there are other abuses--most obvious of these being the cut tails.

It's the stacks, don't you get it? Stacks on the front hooves force an abnormal gait and massive strain on the back, back legs, tendons, etc. Rescuers constantly find big lick horses at the auction, run down, with burst tendons and destroyed hooves at a young age. Sometimes if a front boot comes off- the whole hoof comes off. They are still cutting nerves in the tail- abominably painful and destroys the horses ability to keep flies off. And once they glue on stacks they have to stay stalled. Some of these horses never play or see daylight for years. And once they are done making money for the owners, they ship them into the slaughter horse pipeline.

@@Elysian777 Saddlebred horses do not wear stacks. Tennessee Walkers wear stacks to achieve what they call the Big Lick. They are wearing Quarter boots here which are put on to protect them from over reaching or striking their feet. They are taken off after the ride. If you go to a Saddlebred farm and see the babies trotting free in the fields you will see they are very lofty horses, naturally. Just like any athlete, conditioning, training will increase it on the horses that have the most natural talent. Saddlebreds are governed by the same body as the United States Equestrian team. None of the abuses that happen in Tennessee Walkers would be allowed.

Nicking is hardly done at all anymore since most Saddlebreds today now wear cap wigs and or a cap wig with a switch,that gives the same high set long tail look. The cap wig can be worn with or without what’s called a humane tail brace (you can Google that if you’d like to see what one looks like) ALL Saddlebred’s are in full compliance of the HPA under USEF and licensed Veterinarian’s.

But there is a severe manipulation of the tails!

The most beautiful are the ARABIANS!

The most beautiful are naturally gaiting Tennessee Walking Horses!

@@blackroan2276 I think most people can't enjoy events with horses being tormented badly and when most of the riders are greenhorns!

@@charlottebonnie5320 all of these horses look very happy to me. Besides mr. burns most of these riders are very talented, this is a very difficult discipline. I think you are thinking of big lick.

Why?

Please you can tell me how the tail stays like this? So tall

@@delfinahass9344 they use tail extensions to make them longer but saddlebreds have a naturally high tail carriage :)

@@delfinahass9344Most wear what’s called a cap wig

My dad has a TWH Boy do they not even look like a saddle bred but they don’t move like them too naturally. The twh horses gaits are odd but cute at the same time 😂

@@Paether4 You can't feel a thing to be cute although you know exactly that the twh are terribly tortured. By the way - I looked into my dictionary Deutsch-Englisch for quälen/foltern: torture, r a c k?!

Chains are still used in "training" saddlebreds as are weighted shoes.

What’s with the big lumpy riders….apart from the weird way they go…

@@karenwendling8490For which division? You do know Saddlebred’s do have shoeing restrictions and shoeing rules right?

Surely it's the organ music 😆

Not entirely too long lol. When not showing they are tied up with some strands hanging out to swat flies. Sometimes they are even fake lol

To me it looks like a mix between the canter and the walk.

Morgan_Horse well it's not. Only certain horses will make a great 5-gaited ASB, they are normally chosen at the age of a foal if they are going to be a 5 gaited or 3-gaited

@@hannahmarie1155 Actually they are chosen for athletic ability although frequently one will get "racky" as a youngster out in the pasture and show a propensity to gait. Usually they are started under saddle and then asked to gait. Some take easier to it than others. Some never do like to do it. But usually a trainer will ask each one to try, before stepping them down to the 3 gaited, Park or other pleasure ranks.

@@MorganHorse / It is the same succession of hooves as in walk ("running walk"), but faster. You could watch a video of a racking horse in a slow-motion sequence, by this you would have the proof that it isn't a mix. It is the same gait in elephants which don't trot or canter I think because they are too heavy: left hind-leg goes down, after that left fore-leg, after that right hind-leg and then right fore-leg, left hind-leg etc. etc. etc.

Why? These horses are stunning. A Amish friend has one and he’s always the star of the road, they’re so beautiful

These are natural gates...not artificial.

Anna Mahaffey yes their hooves going that high is so natural also the boiling stuff on the hooves that youre totally oblivious of.

Yennifer that’s illegal to mess with their hooves. the horses are really loved and treated amazingly

@@yennifer8426 that's again the Tennessee Walker. Their two different breeds.

I'm sorry, but these are not their origina, gaits, and their tails and the plastic stacks other hooves

The 4th and 5th gaits are: the Slow Gait, and the Rack. I've always wanted to ride an Icelandic pony!!

@@AntimonyxAngel As a long-time owner of Icelandic horses (= ponies/some of them are really five-gaited >>>5th gait = amble), I claim that slow gait and rack are the same gaits because the hooves touch down in the same order (succession) in both gaits. That is why "five-gaited" horses are actually only four-gaited. I wonder if there is somebody who is able to refute (disprove) this theory.

+Anna Glin thank you

Well the type of bits used is dependent on how the horse was trained, THEY ARE NOT QUITE SEVERE. Bits are only tools and only as good as the hands of the person using them. Can they be severe sure but that says a lot about the trainer not the horse. They maybe be a straight curb and a mullen mouth snaffle which is not severe per say but again depends on the hands of the rider. Many Saddlebreds are ridden with the lightest touch---fingertips!

Well Anna I guess it is a matter of your perspective yes? And I am sure it is a matter as how the horses you rode where trained. I do not consider a mullen mouth snaffle a severe bit nor do I consider a straight curb a severe bit so tell me what you have been riding. I have trained many horses not just Saddlebreds. Bits are just tools and anyone bit can be severe if the rider does not understand how to use them correctly----they are just a means of communicating to the horse nothing else!

Well Anna I am glad your ASB is doing well with Dressage very nice no question. Riding horses and training horses has everything to do with your perspective----your perspective is your reality no question! What if I told you I trained horses to perform with nothing on them, no bridle, no saddle? So you see it is your perspective in how you can communicate with the horse, you think one way and then you perform that way---right or wrong! What if I told you a worked a 5 gaited stallion and never made contact with the bits, just held the reines? You have been riding ASBs for nearly 15 years, well I am glad you love the breed no question they are my favorite also. I have trained all types of horses from many breeds and even trained a dressage trainer.

Well Anna believe what you may but your perspective is your reality, it is what you believe, as in what you see as being the truth. It is not a sentiment, but it is as you see things as being the truth.

It sounds like carnival music

You will find such music at all the Saddlebred events. It is played to correspond with the rhythm of the gaits on the horses.

Koda n Cricket omg thank you!!!

Do they break their tails?

Dinah Phillips no, that’s how they naturally are!

@@dinahphillips2136 Tails are made of sections of vertebrae, the same as your dog's tail. You cannot break them as you would your let bones.

What about their tails is that natural too !!

Elizabeth Ferguson No they don’t. In classes like these, the horse is the only thing that matters, as this is a performance class. Form of the rider is judged in equitation classes.

Cal Thanks for the information. Always room to learn.

In gaited classes no, in pleasure classes kinda, in eq classes YES

@@mayarussell thanks Maya. I appreciate the detailed breakdown.💖

who?

@@rxvenclxw3676 the guy running with debbie at 9:38

It depends on the individual horse.

Yes, they do have Hackney blood.

Not really. The American Saddlebred includes the Narragansett Pacer, Canadian Pacer, Morgan and Thoroughbred among its ancestors. The breed has been around since the 1800s.

Voldemort it’s to see their reaction, to it. A part of saddleseat is desensitization. For example, using baby powder, plastic bags and more aids (like arena footing) won’t distract them. If this doesn’t make any sense let me know!

They’re using the green shavings to get the horse’s ears up

It's easier to tell in the trot rather than a rack, in the saddlebred world we look for a bold, "square" trot simply meaning an even and balanced trot.

These horses are pretty amped up and they will not transition immediately, nor are they expected to. And frequently the rider will try to get one more trotting pass in front of the judge if he can. Only in Equitation or Pleasure classes will you see immediate obediance.

slow gait and rack are actually super comfortable to ride if you have a good gaited horse i know this as i have my own gaited horse and it is super easy to sit

Not hard to sit at all! A good gaited horse you can hold a glass of water and not spill a drop that’s how smooth it is! Once you rack you’ll never go back is the saying,and it really holds true! I hope someday you get the opportunity to give it a try. I’m sure you’ll have a Cheshire Cat grin from ear to ear!

NO. You are thinking Tennessee Walking Horses. These are American Saddlebreds. Two completely different breeds. This action is natural in Saddlebreds. The only thing that might be done is add a low pad to the front hooves to act as a shock absorber of sorts, and put overreach boots on front. That's the sum of it.

5-gaited horses are shown at a trot as well as the smooth slow gait and rack.

Because the Saddlebred is a five-gaited horse. It trots as well as gaits.

Trots on a show horse are almost entirely impossible not to bounce. They naturally pick their feet up so high that you have to bounce on trot.

Foxtrotters are a great ride

when you trot in saddle seat you have to post

Good luck.

See you there!

Yes... Marc of Charm is a stallion

Sometimes there are even certain classes just for geldings and stallions!

+Denuse Shephard Well they are not tempearmental but they are high energy and very intelligent.

Oh that's good to kno thank you for replying

+Denuse Shephard Welcome----their intelligence is exceptional, they like people, they are very athletic, they learn very quick, they were the chosen mounts of many of the officers on both sides during the civil war.

It’s not an equitation class Honey. Only the horses are specifically being judged. Not the rider.

@ceilingunlimited-cp5kq. A lot of the big lick riders look like vultures crouching on the saddles and I was sorry to see some of the Saddle Bred riders looked similar. Are the riders showing these gorgeous horses less talented than the ones in equitation? It is hard for the uninitiated to separate the riders ability from the looks and gains of the horse

eq does not matter in gaited classes like this

That's not their walk. The gait they do in the show ring if I call correctly isnt the walk trot or canter.

This is not a pleasure class so the horses do not need to flat walk and in classes like this horses and riders aren’t judged as heavily on the walk saddlebreds can also jog or pace instead of walking unless the rules state the horse has to walk I know this because I have a five gaited horse who purposely doesn’t compete in pleasure cause he won’t walk flat

+Heather Watson Well because that really is not that important in this class, teh rider is not judge, it is the horse 100%. Yes but of course the rider has a grat deal to do with how well the horse is shown.. But this is not an equitation class, they exist here also at this show.

Some show horses require riders to be on the wrong diagonal one way of the ring..

+Morgan_Horse Well that is incorrect but in a ASB 5 Gaited class the horse is judged not the rider or whether the rider is on the correct diagonal or not.

+Anna Piper this is not a pleasure class

+Anna Piper This class is the 5 GAITED STAKE CLASS, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS----IT IS A PERFORMANCE CLASS! These horses are athletic, in better condition then the majority of race horses, they perform longer at very fast speeds then most thoroughbred races.

+Emily Life these are American Saddlebreds...

If you can't keep your comments in one place then you probably can't keep your thoughts there either... Go home.

This is saddleseat not big lick sadleseta doesn't use chains or stacks

Adam Levin and your happy to stand by your favourite horse being abused because they put boiling stuff on their hooves to make their legs go higher than normal in which results to; back pain problems in the back back breakige

yennifer Not 100% on why damaging an animals legs would result in back damage or ‘back breakige’ whatever that is. Also, these horses aren’t sored at all because soring is only used on Tennessee Walking Horses to exaggerate the gait known as the ‘Big Lick’ which is impossible for the American Saddlebred to perform. Please educate yourself.

yennifer How about you go to a damn Saddleseat barn and learn yourself. How about you do some research. I live and work in this industry. You know nothing. You’re an uneducated idiot if you think this is the breed that’s sored. Tennessee Walking horses and American Saddlebreds are two extraordinarily breeds. It would be pointless to sore a Saddlebred because it WOULDN’T DO ANYTHING. Soring is ONLY used to exaggerate a gait called the BIG LICK. Which is IMPOSSIBLE for a SADDLEBRED HORSE TO PERFORM. These horse can walk, trot, canter, rack and slow gait. They cannot perform the Big Lick because it is physically impossible. Why don’t you protest this where it is actually happening instead of creaming yourself in a comment section about AMERICAN SADDLEBREDS which are not TENNESSEE WALKING HORSES. There is a five gaited horse where I ride that is not sored. She doesn’t even have shoes on yet she still performs just as well as these horses. This high step is 100% natural. You know nothing about the Saddlebred industry so stop pretending like you do.

Cal i understand and know that there are horses that naturally lift they legs higher and it is very beautiful. i hope u are right that the horses that are performing aren't abused but some horses maybe even all are abused which make me very sceptical of horses lifting there legs high. i did not mean to offend u if i did i just want to warn people that abuse can be held in these places.

yennifer Well maybe you should educate yourself before you run your mouth. And, by the way, if you don’t mean to offend someone maybe don’t call them an asshole horse abuser next time.

It’s not an Equitation Class. Only the horses are specifically being judged. Not the rider.

@@ceilingunlimited-cp5kq Perhaps the riders SHOULD be getting judged if it's as bad as it appears tobe???

@@juliejenkins2376 I don’t make the rules or the class specifications

Es una raza que naturalmente su trote es así :)

Wdym ride them ?

Nope.

No they're fine actually. You can tell in their conformation

Elizabeth Friday no actually they have burning things on their hooves to make the legs go higher so it makes their back very bad and painful. they also have a lot of back problems because of this.

Shelane Chaddick yes they do. because they put boiling stuff on their hooves that make their legs go higher so their backs do have many problems and hurt them incredebly

+yennifer You are thinking of walking horses. Putting acid the legs is NOT something that is practiced in saddle seat. Please do your research before trying to tell others that they're wrong. 😊

What they are literally fine

Terri Pankovich You’re thinking of Tennessee Walking Horses. These are American Saddlebreds. Nothing is done to these horses. They’re not in pain, this high-step is actually quite natural.

This isn't dressage. In case you didn't notice.

Heather Blakeway To repeat why Dog said, this isn’t dressage. However, I do agree with you. This happens to me a lot in the show ring too (I’m a Saddleseat rider) and it’s very, very annoying. As far as I can understand, it’s to throw you off, but I never do this to anyone myself. Saddleseat shows and classes can get pretty nasty and competitive. You get run up on and cut off a lot too. I actually find it pretty annoying.

Because you want one more pass on the judge. It's a showmanship thing.

They are wearing a cap wig and switch

It’s actually very smooth 😂😂

Chloe and Pita Yep lol

Nope. A good way to tell is watch the horse trot. A sored horse cannot perform a square trot. That's how big lick people get away with it-the TWH doesn't possess a diagonal gait.

they burnt there feet

canterwood equestrian centre Then how are they performing a square trot?

Saddlebreds are never sored, so no they aren't.. It's Tennessee walking horses that are sored.

Kinsey Allen no they are not.

They naturally step like this.

@@anonymousjet No...they really dont

@@coollikegrass2489 it's actually a type of horse that does this via a special selection. Their steps are naturally like this. You may be thinking about Tennessee Waking Horses that can be trained to walk like this, but not normally do

@@elisabettacasarotto3245 No...they really don't If it was anywhere near natural the horse wouldn't need it's tail set, long hooves and heavy shoes. The saddlebred has a beautiful naturally high action and it's true gait is not this artificial crap

CoolLikeGrass their “ heavy shoes” aren’t that heavy, Ive picked one up and was like :00. As for the artificial crap. I’m guessing you mean the slow gait and rack? They are chosen as a foal if they can, cause not all can. Most are 3 gaited, I rode three gaited. If you look at videos of foals trotting you can CLEARLY see how they arch their neck and pick up their legs up high. Some or higher than others, my mare wasn’t really that high but she made up for it with her arching neck. My trainer even told me multiple times when I was riding other horses that not all horses can arch their neck like my mare. I’ve only ever ridden a 5 gaited horse like maybe 5 times? It was weird but she seemed excited to do it since I barley got the word sl- and she was off.