Do Standardbreds Pace Naturally?

False. Most Standardbreds love to race across the pasture at a canter/lope – even a gallop. Many times it is impossible to pick out the Standardbred in a herd of horses racing across a field. Standardbreds are horses with an extra gear – the pace, so naturally they have all the other “regular” horse gears.

Are Standardbreds trained to pace?

Is it true that Standardbreds can only trot or pace? No, a Standardbred is a horse first and can canter and gallop just like any other horse.

Do horses pace naturally?

The three naturally occurring gaits in horses, in increasing speed, are the walk, the trot and the canter/gallop. Some have a fourth, an ambling gait, or a fifth, a pace.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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