The Gaited Horse is a defunct international magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 catering to gaited horse

Gaited horse

Gaited horses are horse breeds that have natural gaited tendencies, that is, the ability to perform one of the smooth to ride, intermediate speed four-beat horse gaits, collectively referred to as ambling gaits....

s, based in Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

. The magazine was co-founded by Rhonda Hart (formerly Rhonda Hart Poe), an author of multiple horse, garden, and how-to books, Alison Stockham, a Paso Fino

Paso Fino

The Paso Fino is a naturally gaited light horse breed dating back to horses imported to the Caribbean from Spain. Pasos are prized for their smooth, natural, four beat, lateral ambling gait and are used in many disciplines, but are especially popular for trail riding...

 horse breeder, and Becky Turner, a freelance artist

Artist

An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

, who left in the early days of the magazine to pursue her artistry.

Issues

Issues were published quarterly. Issues of the magazine offered guest-written articles by well known experts in the field such as the late Lee Zeigler (author of Easy Gaited Horses), and Liz Graves, an expert horse trainer who specializes in gaited horses.

Controversy

The Gaited Horse covered several controversial issues in the horse world, such as soring.
and racing.

Bankruptcy

After a decade in the business, the magazine folded due mostly to continual financial loss in spite of being popular mostly in the Southern United States and Europe. The magazine published a "Sunset issue", their way of saying goodbye. The Sunset issue was the most successful to date.
Rhonda Hart is still involved in the publishing industry, contributing to other horse publications as well as still writing. Alison Stockham still breeds Paso Finos, and Becky Turner still practices her art.
and people are broke.