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TROCHA GAIT ANALYSIS
This is the question all we ask, when we note
this thin line is crossed permanently by the most of our Paso
Fino horses in the Ring Show, as well as in training and in
pleasure riding with only as simple as loose very little the
reins.
This fact lead us to deduct that there is not a big difference
between these two gaits.
Although there is information about Trocha, this does not take
into consideration the movement as is. The most of it only
says that Trocha is a diagonal movement, asynchcrnous and with
an eight beat repeated pattern.
As happened with my Paso Fino concerns and the lack of
satisfactory answers, along with some Trocha breeders and fans
petitions, once they knew my work about Paso Fino, I decided
to investigate Trocha, under the same patterns followed in the
former gait.
Take into consideration that this is only my point of view.
Please feel free to e-mail if you disagree, attaching reasons,
of course. All this is done in order to get the truth about
this subject.
PREMISES OF TROCHA
To lay the foundations of my study, I start with the watching
and analyzing of the gait on famous Trocha horses and the
experience gotten with the former Paso Fino study:
- We can continue accepting eight beats which compund a
complete cycle (Marked 1 thru 8 for demonstration
purposes)
- These eight movements are reduced to four, performed
alternatively, once on the right side ( 1, 2, 3, and 4)
and then on the left one ( 5, 6, 7 and 8).
- In terms of the supports, or hoofs on those the horse is
sustained, there are two kinds:
double (or on only two hoofs) and
triple (or on three hoofs).
- During the eight movements, there are four triple
supports (1, 2, 5 and 6), alternated with four double
supports (3, 4, 7 and 8).
- During the four triple supports, there are two of them
executed by one foreleg and two hindlegs(1 and 5),
alternated with two by one hindleg and two forelegs (2 and
6).
- The four double supports are allways executed by
diagonals: one foreleg and one opposite side hindleg (3,
4, 7 and 8).
- Trocha does not have lateral supports ( One foreleg and
one hindleg of the same side).
PUNTOS ACEPTADOS PARA LA TROCHA
Al igual que en el Paso Fino, hay algunos puntos de
coincidencia en la mayoría de los observadores, que me
permito relacionar a continuación:
- Se reconoce la existencia de ocho batidas o tiempos.
- Para cada casco, se reconocen cinco tiempos con apoyo en
tierra, ( o de impulso ) y tres aéreos ( o de recuperación
).
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- Considerando el desplazamiento del caballo, cada casco
avanza por el aire en tres de estos ocho tiempos, en el
sentido del movimiento del ejemplar. En cambio, en la fase
terrestre, una vez apoyado el casco, éste se queda
sembrado en el piso sin corregir su apoyo y es el cuerpo
el que se desplaza, dando la impresión de que el casco se
mueve en sentido contrario; esto sucede en cinco de los
ocho movimientos.
Los ocho movimientos en los cuales están de acuerdo los
autores consultados se reducen a cuatro repetidos
alternativamente por el lado derecho y el izquierdo y son, con
su orden de ejecución sus apoyos en el piso y la posición
relativa que deben guardar los cascos entre sí :
Click here for a
Graphical Depiction
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