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My wife is trying out a missouri fox trotter.
What characteristics should we be looking for/at?

Thanks

we have raised some, let me know what blood line it is. One I raised is entered in the 3yr old futurity this year
I can't tell you as much as my friends can but I can find out for you.

Hunk of meat and two potata's, hunk of meat and two potata's:)
If you are planning on showing, you do NOT want a horse that tends to a running walk, BUT if you are just interested in trail riding then (for me anyway) that is a very desirable gait.
Iirc, the horse's with the longer overreach tended more to the running walk, and the horses that tended to "cap their track's" generally did not.

Zane grey is the only part of the blood line I remember. 30 day trial - flat or running walk on the left lead, but wants to pace on the right lead. Not sure what we are doing wrong

Wife and I are interested in doing some endurance rides and her horse is getting old and decrepid

I thought that was to replace that big-eared horse of yours?


BTW, rode Spirit with the girls today. 11.5 miles.

Congrats on the kid getting home!

Dan, Been a while since I personally rode foxtrotters (My wife still has one) but I don't seem to remember anyone ever worrying about the leads at any kind of walk. Pacing should not be a problem until you are trying to move the horse up into the fox trot. Riding them over poles or in long grass or in a plowed field usually seemed to help with that.
If you haven't already done so, you might want to check out the MFTHBA website. It is a good source of information for anything you might to know.