(Phys.org) —Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have used stop-motion technology to capture gait primitives of real animals—the data captured was then used to allow a small ...

Whether your horse takes several short, quick trot steps into the canter or jumps right into that rocking-horse gait, the moment when his legs change sequence probably seems fleeting. To a group of ...

DNA discovery Swedish scientists have identified a genetic variant that influences gait in vertebrates, a potential boon for breeders of trotting horses. The discovery may also lead to a greater ...

If you’re used to ‘normal’ horse gaits, you might find it hard to distinguish tölt from trot and to understand how the horse’s legs move. Tölt is a genetically natural gait in Icelandic horses. The ...