Horse Gaits in Motion

These animations show a horse in motion at various gaits. They also served as an exercise for me in creating an original AND useful animation using Java. You must have Netscape 2.0+, Explorer 2.0+, or some other Java-capable browser to view the animations.

You may click on the horse to 'freeze' it at any specific frame to view each beat in greater detail. Click again to continue animation.

All of these Java animations are based on original sketches by Susan E. Harris in her excellent book which you can (which you can order from Amazon Books great site) called Horse Gaits, Balance, and Movement: