Four Gait Classes

All four gait classes start with the letter V followed by a number. Some classes are ridden with other competitors on the track at the same time known as a group class (test), and others are ridden with a single competitor on the track known as a individual class (test)

V1

 

Riders compete individually and show:

• half a round of walk

• one round of slow to medium trot

• one round of slow tölt

• one round of fast tölt

• one round of slow to medium canter

 

V2 - 2025 Class

 

Riders compete in groups of up to three riders and show:

  • Slow tölt
  • Slow to medium speed trot
  • Medium walk
  • Slow to medium speed canter
  • Fast tölt

 

V3

 

Riders compete in groups of up to three riders and show:

• Slow to medium speed tölt

• Slow to medium speed trot

• Medium walk

• Slow to medium speed canter

• Medium to fast tölt

 

V4

 

Riders compete in groups of up to five riders and show:

  • Medium walk
  • Any speed tölt
  • Transition of walk/tölt and tölt to walk, separately ridden as instructed by the speaker
  • Change rein.
  • Slow to medium speed trot
  • Slow to medium speed canter; the start into canter and the stop after canter into walk is shown separately by each rider as instructed by the speaker

 

V5 - 2025 Class

 

Riders compete in groups of up to five riders and show:

  • Any speed tölt
  • Slow to medium trot
  • Medium walk
  • Slow to medium canter

 

V6 - 2025 Class

 

Riders compete in groups of up to five riders and show:

  • Any speed tölt
  • Slow to medium speed trot
  • Medium walk
  • Slow to medium speed canter, the start into canter and the stop after canter into walk is shown separately by each rider as instructed by the speaker

 

Further descriptions of classes can be found on the FEIF website: www.feif.org/sport-dept/tests