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Film or upload a trot video

For a clean screening, aim for:

  • Straight side-on view — camera perpendicular to the direction of travel
  • Horse trotting in a straight line on flat, even ground
  • Full body in frame, including all four legs
  • Good, even lighting — avoid strong backlight or deep shadow
  • Phone held steady at roughly shoulder height
  • 5–15 seconds of continuous, steady trotting
  • A brightly lit clip (or your phone's slo-mo mode) — sharper frames track the poll and hip more reliably than motion-blurred ones

Our tip: use vet wrap for color markers

We recommend brightly colored vet wrap (self-adhesive bandage) for your tracking markers. It holds on its own and won't leave residue on your boots or helmet. On the horse, wrap it around the long pastern bone — between the fetlock and the hoof — so boots or polo wraps won't get in the way.

Person filming a trotting horse from the side with a smartphone held at shoulder height

Real examples from RideAlign clips

Stills from real GaitTrace screenings, filmed on a phone. The yellow dot tracks the front leg and the blue dot tracks the hind leg in every frame — those paths become the stride length and rhythm scores.

Bay horse trotting side-on in a sand arena, with a yellow tracking dot on the front hoof and a blue tracking dot on the hind hoof
Trot, side-on — stride being trackedThe front and hind legs are tracked at full reach. Teal bands on the front legs and pink on the hind give each leg its own color, so the points don't swap when the legs cross. Tap the band on the near front leg, then the near hind.
Bay horse cantering past a white fence, with yellow and blue tracking dots following the front and hind legs
Canter — following the strideThe dots follow the front and hind legs as they reach and swing through the canter stride. Keep the horse filling a good part of the frame — from further away, pale bands can wash out in bright sun.
Camera access wasn't available — you can upload a video instead.