I need advice from pro animators

#1

I have experience in modeling but animation is new to me.I am a Maya user and I have couple of questions regarding cycle animations.
-I made a horse gallop cycle and I want to animate it running forward instead of looping in place.How can I do that? I was thinking of translating global control for the character but how can I know exactly how long is one gallop\stride?
-If I want to create a horse that is running,than it stops for a moment and than it continues to run.Should I use animation layers or trax editor.

#2

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