SPEED RACKING STANDARDREDS

Standardbreds are bred for speed, so if you have a fast horse I bet if you look in those blood lines there will be Standardbred blood in there some where. The record speed in a pace for a Standardbred is 33.89 mph, and that is pulling a sulky.

Most Standardbreds are gaited, and can reach speed up to 30 mph. Sorry those outlandish speed some people post about their horses just are not true. No gaited horse with a rider on it's back can reach over a racing speed, if so those horses would be on the track
making millions.

Next time your buddy says my horse hit over 25 in a Rack/Singlefoot tell him to recheck that stop watch. That old chasing the horse with the truck just don't work. Try putting him or her on the track where the real speed is and see how long that racking/singlefoot horse can keep up. If you have a gaited horse that will hit up to 20 mph that is moving and nothing to be a shame of. I have found GPS's and Radar Guns not to give a true reading on a horse. The GPS works good if it will not bounce around on a riders are. A Radar Gun was made for large moving metal cars & trucks, not small moving horses.

Most all Standardbreds are gaited, you just have to know what to look for in a gaited Standardbred. Some people claim the standardbred is only a pacing horse they are not gaited. Some claim to add a heavy shoe and it makes the horse gait. THAT IS NOT TRUE! You can not make the gait. If you could make a gait with a heavy shoes we would see really nice gaited Quarter horses & Tb's. They have to have the gait in them it is not man made with a heavy shoe like some people think. If the gait is there you can help bring the gait out, with the proper training. Not all Standardbreds will Rack/Singlefoot, but most will.

At E & S Stable we searched until we found the right blood lines of standardbreds to make a TRUE SPEED RACKING SINGLE-FOOTING CHAMPION HORSES. We are very proud to say our HORSES are 100 % STANDARDBRED! They have proven they have the right stuff in & out of the show ring!

Our stallion's foals are all natural gaited at birth, gentle, easy handled, super smart, perfect conformation, built for speed & smoothness. Color is only a added plus coming from a stabino stallion. Check out Stroker's page and his babies page.

Watch STROKER ride Bareback

This site was last updated 02/10/09