Table 3.
Observed activities with the proportion and absolute number of samples and the subjects performing the activity. The asterisk (*) denotes movements that are performed in a different gait than the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s (FEI) definition [25].
| Equestrian Discipline | Activities | Horses | Proportion (%) | Samples | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressage | Halt | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 | 7.56% | 16,175 | |||
| Walk | Walk paces | Walk paces | Collected walk | 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 3.70% | 7912 | |
| Working walk | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 22.70% | 48,565 | ||||
| Extended walk | 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 4.69% | 10,035 | ||||
| Walk movements | Shoulder-in walk * | 5 | 0.63% | 1343 | |||
| Lateral walk movements | Haunches-in walk * | 3, 5 | 0.29% | 623 | |||
| Half pass walk * | 3, 5 | 0.75% | 1606 | ||||
| Pirouette walk | Pirouette walk | 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 | 1.24% | 2652 | |||
| Collected trot | 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 2.78% | 5947 | ||||
| Trot paces | Trot paces | Working trot | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 15.56% | 33,281 | ||
| Extended trot | 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 1.43% | 3059 | ||||
| Trot movements and variations | Variations on the trot gait | Passage | 2, 11 | 2.30% | 4927 | ||
| Trot | Piaffe | 11 | 0.56% | 1197 | |||
| Lateral trot movements | Shoulder-in trot | 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 | 2.96% | 6325 | |||
| Haunches-in trot | 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 | 2.46% | 5269 | ||||
| Leg yield trot | 3, 4 | 1.32% | 2814 | ||||
| Half-pass-trot | 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 | 2.72% | 5829 | ||||
| Canter | Collected canter | 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 3.19% | 6818 | |||
| Canter paces | Canter paces | Working canter | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 14.22% | 30,421 | ||
| Extended canter | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | 1.88% | 4012 | ||||
| Flying change | Flying change | 1, 2, 3, 5, 11 | 2.06% | 4404 | |||
| Shoulder-in canter * | 2, 3 | 0.63% | 1337 | ||||
| Canter movements and variations | Lateral canter movements | Haunches-in canter | 2, 3, 4, 5 | 0.68% | 1447 | ||
| Half pass canter | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 | 1.25% | 2666 | ||||
| Pirouette canter | Pirouette canter | 1, 2, 3, 5 | 2.46% | 5254 | |||
| Jumping | Gaits | Walk | 12, 13, 14 | 29.56% | 46,835 | ||
| Trot | 12, 13, 14 | 24.98% | 39,581 | ||||
| Left canter | 12, 13, 14 | 20.07% | 31,800 | ||||
| Right canter | 12, 13, 14 | 18.36% | 29,091 | ||||
| Jumping movements | Flying change | 13,14 | 0.32% | 503 | |||
| Jump | 12, 13, 14 | 6.70% | 10,611 | ||||