With patience this horse is capable of a very good running walk. This is the type that must be started in training by flat walking. Then you begin to extend that flat walk up into the range of the running walk. As soon as the horse drifts you correct it. Eventually you will have a good quality walking horse but never one that -can compete at speed.
Speed is the acid test of the genetics of gait.
Actually type three and type nine are trained the same way if lite shod. In my opinion this is the ideal Tennessee Walking Horse. As a foal this horse will either trot or pace and even as an adult will continue to do so when in the pasture. May experience some difficulty in sorting the gaits out when first put into training but soon becomes a horse that can easily hold an even gait at speed. Because of this it is easy to push the horse into an extended running walk to develop length of stride and overstride while still maintaining head nod without heavy shoes.