Insights into DAP (Diagonal Advanced Placement) The "rushed" hind leg

Koch describes it as the rushed hind leg” whereby ”the hind legs contact the ground unbent and in a dragging fashion and the hind leg is put down before the diagonal foreleg.”

”This type is often seen in carriage horses who have been fixed too high in front in order to create the high and dazzling front leg action which impresses lay people.”

”This gait is induced through false tension. - says Seunig. Stabbing, hovering steps, braced back and a restricted neck, which ought to be stretched better forward. Due to the false posture and the forced trot, the latter becomes impure (the left hind leg pushes off before the diagonal right foreleg) which means an impure rhythm behind. The braced, non-yielding back does not swing. The collaboration of the forehand and the hind end has been disrupted. Schenkelgänger!"