Terms for Performance Reasons

Gait	Positive Terms	Negative Terms
Walk (English & Western)	Brisk, Free moving, Ground-covering, balanced, relaxed, cadenced, collected, regular	Slow, stiff, unbalanced, peggy, short, unbalanced, nervous, irregular, uncollected, tense
Jog-trot (Western)	Smooth, easy, free moving, balanced, relaxed, cadenced, collected, regular	Stiff, rough, irregular, nervous, unbalanced, peggy, trappy, uncollected, strung out, tense
Normal trot (English/Pleasure Driving)	Free moving, relaxed, smooth, balanced, regular, cadenced, collected, even	short, trappy, irregular, nervous, unbalanced, peggy, uncollected, strung out, rough, stiff, tense
Strong trot (English/Pleasure Driving	Free moving, relaxed, smooth, balanced, regular, cadenced, collected, reaching, powerful, impulsion from behind, drive from the hocks	strung out, exaggerated, hurried, short, trappy, irregular, nervous, tense, unbalanced, uncollected, rough, stiff
Lope/Canter (Western/English)	3-beat, smooth, unhurried, collected, balanced, straight, relaxed, regular, cadenced	4-beat, rough, strung out, choppy, hurried, irregular, unbalanced, crooked, nervous, stiff, heavy
Hand Gallop (Western/English)	long, free, ground covering, under control, collected, balanced, straight, relaxed, cadenced, unhurried	hurried, stiff, short-strided, out of control, uncollected, unbalanced, crooked, nervous, tense, irregular, charging
Transitions Western/English	smooth, relaxed, obedient, willing, easy, quiet	rough, abrupt, unwilling, nervous, slow, tight
General	on the bit, willing, more supple at the poll, more flexed, softer on the bit	above the bit, behind the bit, fighting the bit, unwilling, switching tail, sour ears, heavy on the bit, wringing tail