Well, Bucky sure gave us a surprise today! His weight is looking great, no more ribs, and he’s now wasting half of his mush so I’ve had to cut him back. Allison and Katie decided to take him out and saddle him up and see how he did. He was great for tacking up…he’s just a doll with his little ears! You can see he still has a little bit of that long hair hanging on, but the winter coat he is getting looks quite normal. His feet still need a lot of work but he seems to be moving soundly.
We put him on the lungeline for a few minutes to see how he was. He doesn’t lunge super well, and he surprised us by being pretty excited, putting his tail up and letting out some cute little bucks. But once he started moving, we noticed he moves a little strangely. We couldn’t decide…is he lame or footsore on all four feet, or is he gaited??
But once I got on him, it was pretty apparant that Bucky is, in fact, gaited. He was like butter to ride…I absolutely had a blast. I have never ridden a gaited horse before so forgive me if I don’t know how to describe his gaits. He has a very smooth running-walk like gait where your butt barely moves in the saddle, and another trot-like gait but there is barely any bounce at all. And then a canter-like gait but there is more like a side-to-side motion without the moment of suspension like a true canter. In any case he was SUPER smooth. I don’t think he was a gaming horse at all. He really was quite sensible, although a little barn sour and tried to go towards the gate a few times, but he just feels like he is wound up because his legs are doing a lot underneath you. He has a lot of go in him but he was easy to stop and steer and really, really fun. He is very out of shape and he got sweaty pretty quickly but he is really a fun ride!
So what do you think? Could he be Paso Fino, Peruvian, Tennesee Walker? I have no idea of the different gaits..all I know is he was smooth as silk.
You probably know this already but hes for sure Walking horse.
If you look at his feet he is doing what is called a fox trot.Missouri Fox Trotters range from many different looks so that would be my guess. No Paso or Peruvian Paso as he doesnt do any of the special gates. Could be just a funny walking TWH. But my bet is a Missouri Fix Trotter
Buckwheat is a Tennessee Walker. A Missouri Fox Trotter has 2 gaits that are different 1 in back/one in front. Bucky from his movements in his pictures he is a Tenn Walker. I call it the glide ride. I have a Tenn Walker: 20yr old that goes like she is a
young horse. I love the walkers,easy to train, no buck, rearing, etc when riding them.Happy Trails! I would love to see him and maybe ride him. My computer is old –it is a dial up and so it takes forever to bring up anything. I would like to get all the paper work directly from you and talk to you in person Is that possible? Christine
My dial up computer went down. I will try later. Buckwheat is a Tenn. Walker. I have a 20 year old Tenn Walker mare that has years to live and has a glide ride. It’s great. I love walkers. Better get off this computer before it goes down again. Happy Trails. Very interested In Bucky. Chritine
My computer is a dial up, not sure if you got my 2 seperate comments. I think my dial up went down. I will try later.