I pay hundreds a month in lessons and the only instructions are yelled at a group of us from the center to walk, to trot to post etc. with zero instructions on how to so any of it other than smack him in the shoulder harder so he’ll go and keep him on the rail. Every week I come home and google things she says like when she kept telling another girl to find the diagonal. I figured it out and now she’s always commenting on great job with that transition. Thanks I learned from RUclips videos 😂 Thought it was just me until another student said she felt stupid and terrified trying to figure out riding on her own. Could I go somewhere else? Yes, but I honestly love the horses I’m with. I tried to leave and missed my horse. lol So thank you, this helps. My only instruction is to tell the horse to canter and continuously shoulder smack him hard enough to keep him going. Nothing about how to not bounce or sit or .anything.
I love all of your videos Amelia! This pony I’m riding never picks up the correct lead on the right rein so I went on a few websites and watched your videos and hopefully today my ride is better ❤
this is helpful, I need to get the horse trotting without constant reminder from leg aid so I can collect myself to give the half halt and canter transition aids.
Perfect for helping my hunter friends learn the aids to ask my Dressage horse how to canter. They love my horse but always say I am figuring out how to get him to canter. I ride both ways so I guess I take it for granted that It’s really not all that different and I Don really think about it. This is great and non intrusive coming from you rather than me.
I find my canter transitions completely random. There are rides where I just nail them (last week), and there are rides where my arms, seat and legs are totally disconnected and not at all cooperating (yesterday). There are rides where I am sitting straight, relaxed and breathing and there are these where I tip forward, grip with my knees and pull back on the reins. I cannot figure this out!
I hope your back is feeling better. I think about you all the time when I watch your videos sending you big healing. Prayers for your back. Thank you for always such awesome information. The way you teach over the airwaves is very very helpful. Thank you thank you 😊
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Just to let you know I focused on the 3 steps over the weekend. And it worked. I really enjoyed having a plan so-to-speak. It needs Continuous refinement and practice which I intend to do. Thanks again, Amelia.
This is the perfect video for me, as I recently had a fall trying to get a canter going (still relearning after a long hiatus). How'd you know I needed this?
How about a video on downward transition, canter to trot? My horse has a big trot and that first step out of canter to trot really tosses me all over the place.
I’m pretty sure this is not a technical issue on my end but if you listen to the audio of the video with non-mono sound headphones, there’s only audio in the right ear because my music is otherwise fine. Just wanted to let you know :)
Kindly explain”Inside leg to outside rein” when get more forward motion in trot pre-canter. Does that mean bend around inside leg and slightly open/release outside rein to release resistance to bending his neck inside where rein still has relatively more contact with bit/his mouth? You refer to “bend” for canter but are you describing bend to the inside for pre-canter trot? Terminology match to concepts are tricky for me. Thank you!
My horse is an OTTB who is 14 years old. She can be very fast at the canter at times but the worst is to the right. She often puts her head down and does small hops and takes me across the arena. I can lunge first and she is very quiet but as soon as I ask on her back she becomes different. She is wonderful at the trot and with walk trot transitions. The canter trot transitions are very hard and bringing her back, especially to the right becomes very hard. I try to use my seat and legs but don't seem to get any results. Even circling doesn't work well. Not sure where else to go with her.
We have many students with OTTB's. Have a look at this video amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/the-key-to-smooth-canter-transitions/?RUclips&General
Hi, can you please help me out a bit? I have an ottb who has been retrained by myself, we started a few months ago. Lately, in the past month, she won’t go forward at all. I am now too scared to mount her as she kicks out when trying to mount and when I get on. She has the best personality, very loving and never does anything like this on the ground. I’ve tried getting on bareback and even without the bridle and she does the same. I’ve tried so many things, like take her out of the arena, make sure no other horses are around, get someone to lead her and had someone behind her moving stuff around to try and get her to go forward. I love her so much and I feel like all this time spent on her has just gone to waste.
Hi there! I always recommend groundwork for trouble shooting - check out this video: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/3-groundwork-exercises-for-a-relaxed-and-focused-horse/. It may also be helpful to have a vet asses to make sure she isn't in any pain or ensure your saddle is fitting correctly.
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage hi yes, I’ve just found out the reason why she is like this😁! The saddle didn’t fit her properly and was too long for her back, she now has a roached back but a relative is helping me fix this. We also found out that she has ulcers.
Hi Amelia i need help on all three steps 😮. Again i have been giving mixed signals to my beautiful coming up 6 year old mare LuLu. She must be soo confused. But looking on the positive, you have helped me identify that it is my fault we dont have much success at canter and now you have shown me how to better communicate with Lulu we can work through this slowly Thank you Julie❤
All 3 😬 some lesson horses jump in to it so easily I’m not sure if I am giving the correct aids or if they are just anticipating it, as others I struggle w and end up w my knees & legs scrunched up & fwd as I keep trying to give the aids. Do you keep your outside leg back the whole time you want to remain in canter? You mention returning to reg position, but then he stopped & I’ve had that happen as well (you may have asked him to stop but I usually haven’t)
My horse struggles in the canter. She is ok out hacking but still puts in a few small bucks when transitioning and a few strides in. She refuses to canter in the school tho! When i sit quietly with the aids on, she gets angry, hollows, runs into an unbalanced trot and starts to fling her legs about. I take aids off, rebalance and ask again, same thing happens. Shes 6 and has had 9 months off schooling due to her having a meltdown from doing too much so gave her a good break. I'm thinking of lunging her with voice commands to get her confident in her own canter before trying to ride the transition so i can have an established voice aid to back up the leg aids until she accepts them. Any thoughts on this issue? shes a friesian x standardbred so i knew canter transitions may be more difficult for her
Great idea to try some canter work on the lunge line. Always a good idea to ensure your saddle fit is good and no vet issues either. Otherwise, it may take some time to get her strength back! Keep up the great work.
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Thank you! We will try the lunge work. Saddle is checked and fine, no vet issues that have been picked up. Shes a bit sassy and easily frustrated. She can canter in the school when she wants to, shes done some lovely transitions previously on her terms when shes in the mood to cooperate. Its just when i ask for it and shes not up for working that we get the refusals and tantrums. Could be a confidence thing?
Because of Mikey’s issues: 22, wonkey right rear leg, walks like a human model crossing legs with every step ( kind of) and falling, i have been told that until i get him to trot perfectly balanced (LOL), i am supposed to oly canter from a walk. He LOVES to canter and he leaps into it. Trainer says he leaps to avoid pain. But we are both happy. I am trying not to lean back in chair seat and not to grip with my calves.
Check out my FREE PDF mini-course all about the Canter! amelianewcombdressage.com/canter-with-confidence-o/
I pay hundreds a month in lessons and the only instructions are yelled at a group of us from the center to walk, to trot to post etc. with zero instructions on how to so any of it other than smack him in the shoulder harder so he’ll go and keep him on the rail.
Every week I come home and google things she says like when she kept telling another girl to find the diagonal. I figured it out and now she’s always commenting on great job with that transition.
Thanks I learned from RUclips videos 😂
Thought it was just me until another student said she felt stupid and terrified trying to figure out riding on her own.
Could I go somewhere else? Yes, but I honestly love the horses I’m with. I tried to leave and missed my horse. lol
So thank you, this helps.
My only instruction is to tell the horse to canter and continuously shoulder smack him hard enough to keep him going. Nothing about how to not bounce or sit or .anything.
We definitely need the most help with the half halt before the canter aid.😊
Half halts can be tricky! Check out my half-halt workshop if you want to dive in more: dressage-training-progress.teachable.com/p/all-about-half-halts
I love all of your videos Amelia! This pony I’m riding never picks up the correct lead on the right rein so I went on a few websites and watched your videos and hopefully today my ride is better ❤
this is helpful, I need to get the horse trotting without constant reminder from leg aid so I can collect myself to give the half halt and canter transition aids.
Glad you enjoyed!
Perfect for helping my hunter friends learn the aids to ask my Dressage horse how to canter. They love my horse but always say I am figuring out how to get him to canter. I ride both ways so I guess I take it for granted that It’s really not all that different and I Don really think about it. This is great and non intrusive coming from you rather than me.
I find my canter transitions completely random. There are rides where I just nail them (last week), and there are rides where my arms, seat and legs are totally disconnected and not at all cooperating (yesterday). There are rides where I am sitting straight, relaxed and breathing and there are these where I tip forward, grip with my knees and pull back on the reins. I cannot figure this out!
We all have off days! Focus on going through this checklist for each transition. It will help!
#1 at the moment. Will be doing lots of transitions.
I hope your back is feeling better. I think about you all the time when I watch your videos sending you big healing. Prayers for your back. Thank you for always such awesome information. The way you teach over the airwaves is very very helpful. Thank you thank you 😊
Yes it is better! Thank you so much!
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Oh, good :)
Keeping my upper body upright and my hands down is definitely my challenge for now
Both so important! Check out my free rider position mini course to help: amelianewcombdressage.com/free-rider-fitness-mini-course-o/
This is excellent, thank you very much. I will focusing on these three steps next time I'm out on my horse.
Glad it was helpful! Let me know how it goes!
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Just to let you know I focused on the 3 steps over the weekend. And it worked. I really enjoyed having a plan so-to-speak. It needs Continuous refinement and practice which I intend to do. Thanks again, Amelia.
This is the perfect video for me, as I recently had a fall trying to get a canter going (still relearning after a long hiatus). How'd you know I needed this?
Great video! I will be rewatching this one. ThanksQ!Q!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m so looking forward to this.
Great video! I definitely struggle keep the top half of my body still! I do tend to lean forward. I'm going to give all these tips a go. Thank-you
You got this!
How about a video on downward transition, canter to trot? My horse has a big trot and that first step out of canter to trot really tosses me all over the place.
Check this out! amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/the-trot-canter-transition-2/
Any walk to canter tips?
I have a great video that might help! These three tips can also be applied to canter-walk as well!
ruclips.net/video/ZH3YS_tW0uc/видео.html
I’m pretty sure this is not a technical issue on my end but if you listen to the audio of the video with non-mono sound headphones, there’s only audio in the right ear because my music is otherwise fine. Just wanted to let you know :)
Thank you for letting me know!
thanks you for this great video! I would need more details about half-halt , what do I have to do exactly with leg seat hand?
Here is a video that might help you: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/how-to-ride-a-half-halt/
Kindly explain”Inside leg to outside rein” when get more forward motion in trot pre-canter. Does that mean bend around inside leg and slightly open/release outside rein to release resistance to bending his neck inside where rein still has relatively more contact with bit/his mouth? You refer to “bend” for canter but are you describing bend to the inside for pre-canter trot? Terminology match to concepts are tricky for me. Thank you!
Great question! Check out this video for more help: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/2960/
My horse is an OTTB who is 14 years old. She can be very fast at the canter at times but the worst is to the right. She often puts her head down and does small hops and takes me across the arena. I can lunge first and she is very quiet but as soon as I ask on her back she becomes different. She is wonderful at the trot and with walk trot transitions. The canter trot transitions are very hard and bringing her back, especially to the right becomes very hard. I try to use my seat and legs but don't seem to get any results. Even circling doesn't work well. Not sure where else to go with her.
We have many students with OTTB's. Have a look at this video amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/the-key-to-smooth-canter-transitions/?RUclips&General
Hi, can you please help me out a bit? I have an ottb who has been retrained by myself, we started a few months ago. Lately, in the past month, she won’t go forward at all. I am now too scared to mount her as she kicks out when trying to mount and when I get on. She has the best personality, very loving and never does anything like this on the ground. I’ve tried getting on bareback and even without the bridle and she does the same. I’ve tried so many things, like take her out of the arena, make sure no other horses are around, get someone to lead her and had someone behind her moving stuff around to try and get her to go forward. I love her so much and I feel like all this time spent on her has just gone to waste.
Hi there! I always recommend groundwork for trouble shooting - check out this video: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/3-groundwork-exercises-for-a-relaxed-and-focused-horse/. It may also be helpful to have a vet asses to make sure she isn't in any pain or ensure your saddle is fitting correctly.
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage hi yes, I’ve just found out the reason why she is like this😁! The saddle didn’t fit her properly and was too long for her back, she now has a roached back but a relative is helping me fix this. We also found out that she has ulcers.
Hi Amelia i need help on all three steps 😮. Again i have been giving mixed signals to my beautiful coming up 6 year old mare LuLu. She must be soo confused. But looking on the positive, you have helped me identify that it is my fault we dont have much success at canter and now you have shown me how to better communicate with Lulu we can work through this slowly Thank you Julie❤
You and Lulu have got this!
All 3 😬 some lesson horses jump in to it so easily I’m not sure if I am giving the correct aids or if they are just anticipating it, as others I struggle w and end up w my knees & legs scrunched up & fwd as I keep trying to give the aids.
Do you keep your outside leg back the whole time you want to remain in canter? You mention returning to reg position, but then he stopped & I’ve had that happen as well (you may have asked him to stop but I usually haven’t)
Keep your outside leg back. You don’t want to scrunch your outside leg to his side, but it still should be there to signal a canter
This video will help you even more: ruclips.net/video/4n8RE5Ybqv0/видео.html
I am not sure how to keep balance when taking step 3. I worry if I will lean forward and fall of the horse.
Have a look at my free course on Canter: amelianewcombdressage.com/canter-with-confidence-o/
My horse struggles in the canter. She is ok out hacking but still puts in a few small bucks when transitioning and a few strides in. She refuses to canter in the school tho! When i sit quietly with the aids on, she gets angry, hollows, runs into an unbalanced trot and starts to fling her legs about. I take aids off, rebalance and ask again, same thing happens. Shes 6 and has had 9 months off schooling due to her having a meltdown from doing too much so gave her a good break. I'm thinking of lunging her with voice commands to get her confident in her own canter before trying to ride the transition so i can have an established voice aid to back up the leg aids until she accepts them. Any thoughts on this issue? shes a friesian x standardbred so i knew canter transitions may be more difficult for her
Great idea to try some canter work on the lunge line. Always a good idea to ensure your saddle fit is good and no vet issues either. Otherwise, it may take some time to get her strength back! Keep up the great work.
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Thank you! We will try the lunge work. Saddle is checked and fine, no vet issues that have been picked up. Shes a bit sassy and easily frustrated. She can canter in the school when she wants to, shes done some lovely transitions previously on her terms when shes in the mood to cooperate. Its just when i ask for it and shes not up for working that we get the refusals and tantrums. Could be a confidence thing?
I do a good job of keeping my hips moving with the horse during the canter, but my hands don't follow as well as they should
This video might help! amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/hands-elbows-and-arms-in-canter/
Because of Mikey’s issues: 22, wonkey right rear leg, walks like a human model crossing legs with every step ( kind of) and falling, i have been told that until i get him to trot perfectly balanced (LOL), i am supposed to oly canter from a walk. He LOVES to canter and he leaps into it. Trainer says he leaps to avoid pain. But we are both happy. I am trying not to lean back in chair seat and not to grip with my calves.
Great work Mikey and Barb!
Step #3
Should i keep my outer leg in short position?
Slightly behind the girth
What does "in front of the leg" mean?
It means that when you put on a leg aid, he responds right away. :) great question
How is that horse so shiny??
It's the quality feed from Purina! @purinamillsTV
Shoulders back
This video aint for beginners
Let me know if you have a question I can help with!
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