The tolt looks so comfortable for the rider and horse both. The horses are adorable. I'm used to mini horses (driving) and Thoroughbreds. Amazing gaits. (Jan Griffiths).
Not many horses outside Iceland can do that gait. It does occur though. I had a horse who could. Wonderfully comfortable, and stylish to watch. We called it a triple gait.
My horse was just a good hack, but I think he showed a tendency to 'triple' as it is called in South Africa early on, and my father encouraged him to do it on command. It is a man-trained gait, but some horses find it more easily than others.
@@patriciastapleton2625 so you're from south africa 🙂 are there also wide plains there? You are very fortunate to have such a horse. I wonder why most people don't breed horses to have such a gait?
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Pasofino is also a race of horses that make very naturally tolt and are trained in the Us and South America to make much smaller steps, but instead Iceland horses are trained to be very fast and powerful.
