There are many different types of events at horse shows. The two main types are rodeo and pleasure. An example of rodeo is barrels, you are fighting for the fasted time in this. An example of pleasure is western pleasure, when showing western pleasure you are looking for the prettiest stride in a walk, jog, and lope.
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A western canter is often referred to as a lope. It is a three-beat gait that is commonly used in Western-style riding disciplines.
Nothing really, western riders usually refer to "lope" as a canter, and English riders refer to it as a "canter." But, I'm a western rider and I use canter, not lope, but it doesn't really matter.
In western it is, in English it is known as canter
Western Riding terms for Canter is "lope"!
Yes, a lope is a western term for a canter. It is slower and has 4 beats
A Western horse is used for Western events, such as roping, barrel racing, reining, cutting, pole bending, and others. These events usually evolved from ranch work. Almost any horse can be used for Western, but the most common tend to be Quarter Horses, Paints, and Appaloosas, the "stock" breeds. You can also show western pleasure which is a slow but a comfortable ride but are called different gaits. canter=lope trot=jog
collected canter, or in western terms, a lope Andalusiangirl
The current rules for western pleasure is a western saddle with a horn and sturrups in a U shape not the other shape a completley different religion to the englidh saddle.
There is western riding (gaming, western pleasure) and English riding (dressage, jumpers, hunter jumper, Polo, and English pleasure).
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