Training the Gaited Horse: From the Trail to the Rail [Paperback]

Gary Lane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 29, 2009

This book takes into consideration training the gaited horse for the trail or the rail for a show horse.The book is a detailed look at the gaits of the Tennessee Walking Horse, Missouri Fox Trotter, and the Rocky Mountain Horse. More importantly the book teaches you a training program that is easy to follow for a smooth easy gaited horse. You will have a complete understanding of the gaits and problem solving at your fingertips. No matter what your training goal are, trail riding or showing. This book will help you understand gaits, training and retraining for a great gaited horse. Consider your horse natural ability and train to a sound standard that matches that ability. Teaching your horse to flat foot walk is fun and easy following the method described in this book. Enjoy the journey be safe and have fun.

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About the Author

Gary Lane retired in 2008 as a Detective with the Kentucky State Police. He has served in the National Guard for 20 years teaching leadership skills at the Kentucky Military Academy. Captain Gary Lane commanded a Military police company in the 1991 Gulf War. His passion, however, is training gaited horses and teaching people to train their own horses. He has shown and trained gaited horses extensively over the years for World Class Championships . He is also the recipient of the Phoenix Award of honor in recognition of sound training practices and rehabilitation of abused Tennessee Walking Horses. Teach a person to train a horse you have trained a leader. Gary is a certified Natural Horsemanship Clinician and adapts that training, as well as Dressage exercises, to enhance the gaits of all gaited horses. Gary believes that something can be learned from all horse disciplines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (January 29, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438944306
• ISBN-13: 978-1438944302
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A much needed guide for developing natural gait, June 8, 2009

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Anita J. Howe "gaited horse trainer" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Training the Gaited Horse: From the Trail to the Rail (Paperback)

Gary Lane has brought us a much needed manual for common sense solutions to gaited horses. He utilizes classical and natural training methods for reaching the mind of the horse as well as conditioning the body. Gary has a deep appreciation for natural gait and has given us a guide based his many years of training and rescue experience to aid us in helping our horses develop their natural talent and brilliance; something this industry has lacked for a very long time.
Anita Howe,
Howe They Walk Farm

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, sound training and riding principles, December 3, 2009

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Zipalong (Cool, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Training the Gaited Horse: From the Trail to the Rail (Paperback)

This is no coffee table book; it's a work horse. It is an excellent, thorough, hands on manual for developing a sensible, enjoyable, gaited horse--for ring or trail. Humor, personal experiences, and detailed analysis make for easy reading, but you should plan on reading, and re-reading the book several times to get all the information.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for any level trainer, November 23, 2009

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Ky TWH Rider "Rhonda" (Middle TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Training the Gaited Horse: From the Trail to the Rail (Paperback)

I thought this was one of the better books I've ever read about training the flat shod gaited horse. It was easy to follow and understand. My only drawback was I wish the print was a little larger, otherwise it was a very good book and one I've already been referring to myself in re-training an old horse, as well as my younger horse who is back in training after several months off. Many of these steps mentioned were skipped in his training, luckily he is still very young and had matured slow so it will not be too hard to go back and pickup many of the things he needed which were skipped.