The term
'True Balance'
refers to
the balance of a horse's movement. A horse is in
True Balance
when his
gait, speed, tempo, stride,
and
energy
are in the correct ratio to one another.
A horse can move in True Balance when he has more weight on his forelegs
than rear (
on his forehand
) when his weight
is evenly distributed (
working gaits
)
or when he has more weight on his rear legs than forelegs (
collected gaits
).