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Lots of animal moving today! Tinia Creamer (seen above riding Zip bareback, photo courtesy Tinia) is coming this afternoon with Zip, who we are also adopting. Not much is known about Zip’s background. She was found wandering loose and starving, with Patriot, in September, 2011. She and Patriot have a strong bond, and I’m happy to be able to put them back together, and also to welcome Zip to Sassafras Farm. You can see Zip on the Heart of Phoenix adoptable horses page here. She appears to be a Standardbred in her early teens, and she is gaited.
After Zip is unloaded, Tinia is going to help me with her trailer while she’s here. My visiting heifer Buttercup will be loaded to return to SarahGrace’s farm. They’re ready to get her bred now. She is the cutest thing and I will miss her! But!!!!!
BP and Glory Bee are coming back today! When we unload Buttercup at SarahGrace’s farm, BP and Glory Bee will be loaded up to come home. I can’t wait to have my cows back. I miss them so much. The folks at SarahGrace’s farm believe both BP and Glory Bee are bred. Crossing fingers!
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on May 7, 2012
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Welcome Zip, welcome home BP and Glory B.
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For us non-horsey people – what does “gaited” mean??
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Gaited horses move deppending on their breed in a four beat gait all the time at various tempos or a lateral gait, meaning they move the same feet on the same side.. I think standard breds pace in second gear thru- 4th gear. which is the lateral movement.
It gets more specific in each breed and some are capable of doing 3rd gear and some are not. all of them can do 4 th gear . Which is also “the run for their life” gear too.
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A standardbred that truly paces is NOT a good ride, but many have a semi-pace at a medium speed that isn’t bad at all though. Since Zip is obviously broke to ride, I’m hoping that Zip is actually part Saddlebred, which DO have purely wonderful riding gaits and usually are further categorized as being ‘three gaited’ or ‘five gaited. … I’m not seeing Saddlebred in the pictures though, I’m seeing Standardbred.
That’s not to say I’m right of course, those things don’t always show up in photos. There are many good things about Standardbreds at any rate, they are usually very long lived, very healthy, very sound and if she’s already broke to pull a cart as well as working under saddle, there can be much fun involved there too!! (as long as there are good quiet places to drive her around on at first at least) Standardbreds are what the Amish use almost exclusively to pull their buggies because they are just so suited to it!