Page 4 - Training sport horses

Notes and Goals Sport Training, Riding Veterinarian notes

Canter-Gallop

Canter average tempo of the

working gaits for warmblood

horses in canter 85-120 tempo

strides per minute in the canter
.7-,.85 second per stride with

stride length from 2.2-4 mts and

7-13 ft

For horses moving at the same speed as 7ms and then back to 5 MS , the
slower tempo is indicative of a better back dorsal ventral displacement

(DVD) also know as scope expansion of rib cage in XYZ axis which is a
desirable feature