Three Tips to Improving Canter Transitions
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2016
- One of the most difficult transitions for horses and riders is often the transition from trot to canter. If you are new to riding the canter is faster and has a completely different feel and rhythm than the walk or trot. Some horses are much easier but many will either speed up and race into the canter or take a big jump into it that can unsettle the rider. Other times it may feel like a struggle to even get into the canter at all.
There are a number of elements to consider when looking to improve the canter transition, from improving our seat and ability to apply the canter cue to making sure the horse understands what the canter cue means and then improving the balance of the horse so the canter becomes slower and more comfortable.
I am going to talk a bit about each of these in today’s video, but I know for myself I am often guilty of simply doing too much. Often the more we think about each little movement we should be making, our internal dialogue takes off and the less we really feel the horse. We focus too much on mechanics such as move my outside leg back, lift the inside rein, wait, I need to sit back more….
What I find and am often reminded of by my own teachers is that once we have a good alignment and basic position, the best we can do for the horse is to soften in our position and focus on the feel of the horse. Often this simple mental shift results in a huge improvement through all of the transitions, including the canter.
In today’s video I am going to give you three tips to improve your canter. Hit play below to watch the video and then leave me a comment with your thoughts!
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When I was little and started riding I always tensed up in center and it made me bounce out of the saddle. Then one time I went to the beach with my parents and while playing in the waves I realized that getting picked up by the wave is a bit like riding the canter! The movement kind of lifts you up and then down. With that realization and then visualization my canter improved. I also noticed that the wave would not carry me gently if I tensed up, it would be pleasant and smooth only when I relaxed. I hope this can help someone visualize the canter movement 😊👍
I started learning to ride around 6 months ago at the age of 78, after a lifetime fear of horses. I've been doing well, but made a complete mess of my first try yesterday at going from trot to canter. I can't seem to get the hang of knowing exactly when I should stop going up and down in the trot, and settling into the saddle for the canter. I'd like to mention that I find Callie's explanation's sooo helpful. Just wish that CRK Training wasn't so far from where I live in Spain!
Counting out loud like this has helped me: (trot) 1 and 2 and 1 and 2 and (canter) Lift, two, three, lift, two three.....
Fun fact: That transition from 2/4 beats to a 3 beat rhythm (duple meter to triple meter, and vice versa), in music, is called a 'hemiola.' :)
After reading the comments Its great to know so many riders have the same challenge. Sometimes my confidence drops because I feel I'm the only one who struggles with this. Just don't give up!
I came across your blog when researching the canter. I have a very large (18.2) horse that has learned disrespectful behavior at the canter - he bucks, bolts, rushes left or right when asked to canter, speeds up, shakes his head, kicks back etc. It's quite unnerving and it gets us both very unbalanced. I really appreciate your explanation in this video. It really made me think about what I was doing which was tightening in the legs, butt and arms. I was apprehensive of him bolting or bucking me off and was also knocked off balance with his movements.
Anyway I took him in the ring today and after some walk, trot work I asked for the canter down one line being very careful to stay loose in my legs, butt and arms. He kicked back, hitting the fence, shook his head, moved toward the center etc. I kept him in the trot with a voice command and did another circle in the ring. At the same point as before I asked for the canter again. Similar behavior without the kick occurred. So I continued to trot around again. After about 5 times of this, he figured out I wasn't gonna let him stop until he gave me what I was asking, and vua la, he gave me a nice canter down that side. We stopped, I praised him, rested and asked going the other way and he gave it to me right away!! Big break through!!! Thanks for your help :)) I really love listening to your teaching videos. You are an excellent teacher. SRT
Suzanne Ten what does your horse do on the longe line when you ask for canter?
Look up Warwick Schiller. He has free RUclips videos on horse training, especially difficult horses like yours. His lessons were a godsend for me, hope they can help you too!
I had what is said as untespeccull bebaviour cantering left but sith any horse...they just didnt un derstand my cues...as my torrso is slightly rotated to the right and my left shoulder blocked and elevated...after phisiopractioner on that....it just improves a everithing lot.
Yesterday in my lesson I rode an OTTB named Kahn who does have a slow trot but when he speeds up to canter, it is very hard to sit to. I swear it was also impossible to ask him yesterday. I have been thinking a lot about it and I found this video and it has made me feel so much more determined and has actually helped me to thinking about what I'm doing when I'm getting Kahn to canter. Thanks you so much for making this. ❤️
I started my riding lessons last week. These blogs are really helping me inbetween lessons. Next lesson is tomorrow. I'm having private lessons one to one in an arena which is great. Thank you🐴🐎
Back riding after a 25 year gap and struggling with this transition. I get it sometimes but not all the time. This tutorial was really helpful. Thanks.
I like the of the "lift" into the canter... subtle, but important. Also, it makes me think of an amazing method I learned from a very good polebender, which uses the same concept to get through the poles while basically asking for a repeated flying lead change. A simple gentle lift on the rein on the same side and at the same moment the hand/shoulder passes the pole gently turns the nose to the target for the next pole and subtly lifts the horse into the slalom lead change. Dramatically effective, freeing to the horses head and forward movement, helps the setup to the end turns, and improved overall times. Completely eliminated head shaking typical of neck reining in poles.
Wish i had you as an instructor. So far as a beginner my whole experience has just been messy and uncomfortable.
lorry geewhizzbang hii is there any update ?? Did you get better at riding??
Thanks so much for your clear instructions. You describe the points we need to take heed of in a way that is easily understood.
Thank you. Your video reminded me to check where my tension is when I ask for the canter.
These videos are awesome. Started lessons again after not riding in 15 years. Lesson yesterday was starting position walk (not trot) to canter. Exhilarating! It helps when you’re lesson is on a good horse! I was crazy nervous but I watched your videos in the morning before I went and your advice prepared me. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this. I have a history of bad canter transitions (including one nasty fall) and I've developed a fear of it...gonna try these suggestions next time I get on a horse.
As always your videos are 100% and provide useful/straightforward info. Thanks.
I remember my first canter as schock to my senses😖. In a very busy school for riders the lady just asked me if I want to try canter. I said yes. No clues . Might have done good impression on my riding🤣. I have done few not big circles ! ... and held onto the horse😮😓...somehow. Unforgetavble and little bit traumatic experience but I loved it😜
great tips, very sensitive and sensible. I haven't been riding in a while and these helped me remember the way to think about cantering transitions.
I just learned to canter! This helps me sooo much🥰
Your videos are so helpful, interesting and inspiring!
So pleased I found this segment. Your tips are very helpful, particularly the rhythm and relaxing the glutes. All the pointers that you offered have made a difference. Thank you!
Tip #2 was the best one for me to work on. Thanks!
Well presented !
Putting these tips in to motion today - thank you!
very helpful and made me think again about how I do trot canter transitions. Thank you so much for that.
I have to say thank you Cally. I’m a new rider who did her first Canter today 😍 and I find your videos invaluable! Have a great Christmas. X
Wonderful explanation,thanks
your insights are very helpful and very much appreciated!
Excellent video, thankyou. Getting my canter is the problem I'm most stuck on at the moment. Can't wait to be able to get out of trotting constantly!
Really interesting, especially 1-2 to 1-2-3 transition. Like moving from the two-step to the waltz in dancing! The notion of "lifting" helps keep things light and less tense. Great videos - thank you!
I’m an experienced rider but I have never been able to actually practice my canter.
I started out riding a horse that wasn’t trained properly and had a hard time doing basic things. So my riding instructor didn’t want me to start cantering on her.
Right now I’m riding a horse named Clover. She is very friendly and just a nice horse in general but she is almost impossible to get to canter. My riding instructor have never seen her canter and I doubt anyone at my stable have.
But I’m improving! This weekend I got her to take some steps and canter and she did great. The transition was horrible tough so I’m hoping to improve that.
One two, one two, one two three, one two three sounds like music and helped me. Thanks!!
Great tips. Well done!
thank you so much for these tips! i’ll make sure to try them next time i ride!
So helpful and useful-Thank you!
Hi Callie, canter transitions have been a problem for me and my horse, for all of the reasons you have explained! I've been giving him mixed messages and as a result his confusion results in a buck and I get even more tense about the whole thing! Had a lesson the other day and did cantering and small jumps without any bucks, so happier horse and rider! My horse's happiness is paramount to,us getting on together and you area great help. Thank you, Rae
Hi Cally, I am terrified of the canter but am doing a few steps each week and increasing it each week. I will definitely apply these tips. Thank you
Thanks. . your tips are of great help
really helpful tips thanks !!!!
This Video is very well explained, I'll try tomorrow!
Great Tips thank you so much it really has helped!
Superb tips that I wish I had had as a new rider!
Thank you. I do tighten my glutes, I didn't realise that until I watched this. That's why going from trot to canter I bounce all over the place. My lesson horse is big, 17 hands and has a big trot. That's something for me to think about now also the lift, I can try this with my outside leg when I ask.
Thanks that video has given me a lot of help
ill try this tomorrow, I've been working on the canter today and he's just not getting it, he is only four but i feel maybe i was to tence in my body . you made perfect sense thak you x
very useful , thank you!
wil try both tomorrow to see
I hope i will work with horses like you your so smart about horses
Wow this is really helpful thank you so much xx
Hi there , Could you perhaps nake a video on " first time jumping"? , and maybe tips and tricks? ( I started jumping!!!!)😊
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thats great! jumping is a lot of fun. one of the trainers i had told me that to have a good jump you need a strong good flat work. hope this helps a little
+Kitty Katty Thanks a bunch! Even though we do jump on flat ground, I will definitely use and keep in mind this advice😊 talk soon. Bye!
+Zahra Suleman Flat work isn't about the condition of the ground your riding on. Flat work is the technical term for horse riding and training that is not over jumps. It's also not on a trail ride, it's usually in an arena or a paddock.
Blithe Dream Hi there , thanks .
I will remember that!😊
this video is quit comforting
thank you this video is so helpful. perhaps can you do a video on how to sit a rough trot
Would you consider making a video for struggles with cantering? I’m very new to cantering and every time I go to canter I feel like I’m flying out of the saddle and I come up so high out of the saddle and almost fall off and loose a stirrup. I love your videos!
yhea me too but tx guys will try it tomorrow
1st time on the canter today...scared the hell out of me...hope I get it right tomorrowm.
Thank you! Very helpfull :3
I am still trying to improve my transition into canter. I can canter just fine and love going fast but the pony I ride can be so stubborn especially if he is made to ride on his own or in front as we go on hacks. It is so difficult but I think I am getting better at it.
Ikr. Riding a stressed or stubborn horse is so painful! I would suggest trying your best to get him to relax, but I realise that's easier than it sounds lol.
Whenever I canter I can barely stay in the saddle, and sometimes even have to hold onto the bucking strap, but when I move into a gallop it’s so easy, I don’t understand lol.
Hi, thank you for the great tips. Is it easier to transition to canter from a sitting trot and do you please have a video on the transition from canter to trot?
I struggle on going from canter to trot and trying to post and make it look smooth. I can trot fine and canter fine but if I slow down to trot or walk I turn into a sloppy mess. I would love tips on this!
CRKtraining can you please help me with my canter with some tips. What you said in the video as common errors is absolutely true for me. I have fallen twice off the horse as I make a transition to canter. I am a beginner and am comfortable with trot.
Hi, I really like your videos and find your tips very helpful. I'm working on my trot to canter transitions and am struggling with that. When I give the signal for canter, the horse occasionally listens, but usually breaks into a fast trot that I am unable to sit. Even the whip doesn't help, it only send her into even faster and bouncier trot. Could you offer any advice how to fix it?
oooh yes and Equine Quxxn I also have a full TB his name is Reign ,he is 5 now , he is almost 5 months off the track but when I ride him he literary trips over is own feet do u think boots or something wil help ?
thanks equine quxxn🐴
thanks( Lulu taul)will try tomorrow he buked me off 3 times today
These videos are great! I'm definitely going to try to use the visualization activities. I ride western, but this all made a lot of sense to me. Would you say these tips apply to western riding too?
As someone who has only learned English and has only just started getting into the "western" world, I would tend to say yes. To most horses, riding style is riding style. They don't care if you're in western tack, english tack, bareback, a lawn chair strapped to their back..... as long as you're giving them the aids they were trained to understand, that's really all that matters. If you're riding using neck-reining instead of 2 reins like in english, the contact part might be a little different, but as for seat and cues, yep- all the same!
Please make a training routine video.
thanks equine quxxn I took your advice and she stopped bucking for once 😆
Hi Callie thank you for the tips on transitions to the canter. I have an ex trotter and I am finding it quite difficult to get her to transition to the canter. Her extended trot is something to die for however, I feel that she needs to be taught to canter. Do you have any tips for me to introduce into our groundwork?
I’ve been struggling a bit with my transitions with the guy in my profile. I’ve had lessons but it just isn’t working a ton. He did it well the first few weeks I was riding him but now it’s just frustrating.
i ride a 20 y.o connemara pony at my riding school (and a younger pony around 12) and they all take a lot to get into the canter, and when im actually in it, the only one who can keep a canter (barely) is the younger one, i've only really had a nice trot with the connie on a few occasions when i was the first on her, or just you know. how do i help this
Could you do a video on making your canter smooth? I was recently riding a horse and I liked his canter, but then he went lame and I'm now riding a different horse, so I don't know how to approach the canter.
My horse will speed up quickly in a trot. I try not to slow him down with reins. I need more body tips
My horse starts a canter going very fast because I had stiff elbows before and hurt his mouth. He is also slightly imbalanced in the canter,psrticularly going left. Nr falls.ow that I try to keep my elbows relaxed he just takes off and shakes his head when I try to slow him down. He actually nearly bolts after a higher jump which is new to him and I have had some memorable falls. Help!
I had pulled a back muscle a couple of years ago and find the motion of the canter aggravates my injury, if I’m in the 2-point I can tolerate canter more. My gelding has big strong gaits and I can’t sit at canter at all, my mare is much smoother so can sit longer. I suspect I hold a lot of tension, especially at the canter, as I have fear of pain (sometimes goes into very painful spasms, I did have physical therapy and much better now than a year ago). I noticed that I tend to lean to the right which is the side of my injury. I don’t really have a question, but if you know of any solution to staying centred or how to get flexibility back after injury I would be happy to hear what you have to say. I’m 49 years old and refuse to stop riding. 😀
actually the faster you trot the harder it is for the horse to then get into the correct rhythm for canter
thanks guys I will try it tomorrow he buked me off 3 times today
i hope youll soon find seomething that will help you.
I am having a lot of trouble with my horse "cross cantering" so, he will pick up the lead in the front (which in itself can be troublesome for him) but then his hind end remains in an opposite lead. How can I fix this or what can I do to work on attaining an appropriate and responsive three beat canter?
I tense my legs but I tense them down into the stirrups too much and it's like I'm standing, for one horse I ride he doesn't center when I ask, and I think it's because I'm tensing, but the other one doesn't mind and he canters anyways, but he's a really strong horse so it's extra bouncy
My trainer has been trying to get me to get into canter for weeks now, and I'm mentally ready for it but my lesson horse keeps breaking into it very early (usually going into a curve) without my asking and it makes me lose my balance and get nervous. After a couple of premature launches and practically falling off him, I have to recompose and do something else.
Anything I can do about a horse that's *too* eager to jump into canter when I start thinking about it?
The rein, transition
Thanks so much!!! My horse tends to throw his head up, get really fast and fall in on the inside shoulder...=( Any tips for these issues?
Sharon Lamb mine too ! Sometimes if I'm not ready enough I would literally fly off the saddle 😂
Buy a Martingale....today
my horse that i learned to canter on, i go from walk and in my head I count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, and then she canters when i dont even ask her to. can u do a vid about that?
thanks equine quxxn
Any suggestions for making canter to trot transitions smoother?
improperusername- my trainer always says "slow your trot to have a better, more controlled canter"
Hi there. Originally I was trained to return to sitting trot when making the downward transition from canter. More recently I have been taught to go back into rising trot as this contains the leftover impulsion better. So as you prepare to trot, ensure your body is "soft", squeeze with the reins and breathe out slowly. You should feel the horse wind down to the change into trot, at which point you can go rising. A voice command of "whoa" as you breathe out can help a lot as well.
My horse takes forever to get into canter, he ignores all my signs to get into the canter. All he does is get faster, I want him to get into the canter nicely not charge around till I get a canter. I think it's the way he was trained, he came from a child show pony home so I'm guessing he was taught that kicking was the way to get a canter. And when I'm in the canter, he only canters for a stride and then goes back to trot, so I add A LOT of leg pressure that it looks so messy, any tips to get a longer canter?
That's exactly what happens with the horse that I'm riding at the school ! he gets into a faster trot instead of a canter
Horse Talk omg that happened with my horse with ages. I highly recommend ground work!! The parelli method worked best for my horse because it teaches them with pressure and voice !! Try it out
Ryli_Fisher Thanks, I don't ride the same horse anymore but i will definitely do it with my new horse, thanks! Xx
You put your right heel in back of the girth...and apply pressure...that is how they are all trained.
@@philweissburg2194 Technically outside heel, whatever one is closest to the rail.
I got my horse from a auction about 6 months ago. Any time I ask for a canter he will pin his ears back and hold his tail high and swish it around then he won't stop until we slow back down to a trot which he is really good at. It sometimes gets to the point where all I do is click at him while he's trotting to ask for a canter and he'll go off into a full bucking spree until I slow him back down to a trot. Any advice? I would love to know, thank you for your time!
candy panda thanks so much for your response!!
Sarah smith q
I struggle kicking my horse into the canter because when I kick doing sitting trot I come out of the saddle and can't get the rhythm back so how can I kick on into canter without bouncing around?
Vicky Hubble unless you're a small child you're not supposed to be kicking your horse at all
Kirsten Sanford That's not helpful at all. Why bother, if you just want to criticize. Goodness.
Vicky Hubble hi, get into a nice trot rhythm, then just go into sitting trot, move the outside leg just behind the girth and tap, keep inside leg on the girth. Remember not to block the movement with your hands. It obviously depends on the Flatwork training of your horse. Now, western riding may have different aids. Hope this helps in some way. Hard to explain. I'd maybe try this on a schoolmaster horse just to get the best feeling.
I'm a beginner. What's the best way to learn to canter..
I am having a terrible time getting my girl to pick up the correct lead. I am a very tense rider & when I try to sit from a posting trot I'm bouncing hard and then I do not know what to do to get her to strike off on the inside lead, She nearly always picks up the canter just on the outside lead.
Ondrea Culp try doing some
no-stirrup work.
The part where you said don’t be tense made me confused. I was taught to sit the canter and she’s very very fast and doesn’t quite know how to slow down bc of how unbalanced she is. My trainer told me to help her canter slower, to flex my abs and to basically rock back and forth (sitting the canter)
A Bit of Bay more of a swing with the seat and upper thigh with the seat and less tense if your get what I’m saying
Hey there, I tend to lose my stirrups a lot in canter, also my seat isn't as good as it could be. Could you please do a video on that?
Charlotte Perry same
Charlotte Perry you need to learn how to relax into the canter. Going on the lunge line really helps feel the movement and rythem of the horse. Ive been riding 11 years and it still helps.
Omg same
I want to suggest that your stirrups may be adjusted a bit too long, and you probably need to relax your leg more; as your leg muscles tighten, it will have a tendency to pull your foot up.
Charlotte Perry Your problem might be that your heels aren’t down enough, or your leg is getting tight. I used to lose my stirrups a lot! In the sitting trot and in the canter. Then I figured out that was my problem. I like to stretch my leg muscles at home before I go to lessons, so then when I go to put my heels down when I get on, it doesn’t hurt
How exactly do you ask for a trot, then a cantor?
connie waczkowski you kick and push forward with your hips,and do the same for a canter x
i mean would help ?
My horse is green and it finding it hard teaching him the gait maybe I’m not being clear but he seems to get frustrated when I ask
Hi, my horse is very springy and when I ask for the canter he leaps forward and drops his head throwing me off balance
I'm confused, just learned to slow down the Trot so it will be easer for the horse to make the transition to canter???
Your trainer is correct, to have a more collected trot to canter transition. Mainly, you want your horse to be balanced from trot canter, on the bit with good connection between you and your horse. i.e. my horse can get too fast in trot to where he will not pick up canter transitions, or if he does it is so very sloppy and out of balance and connection with me. So I have to have a nice rhythmic trot in order to canter balanced. This video is speaking about the rider getting used to going forward more in trot to get used to the forward motion of how a canter would be like before you and your horse? I think.
Huh? I ride a very lazy horse and its hard to get him to canter.. But any how, his trot was really slow so my trainer told me to canter so that would make him trot faster .-.
My lesson horse won’t wait for me to cue the canter and if I try to hold her in trot she throws her head wants to speed up and gets a bit unbalanced. I’m sure I’m making mistakes but not sure what to do.
Make sure you are keeping your hands low and quiet but firm when you hold her at the trot. You can maybe even hold them a little lower and wider than you might normally- by your knees is a good place to wind up if you can get them there. Imagine your hands have become poles that are tied to the ground that keep the same tightness but still are flexible with the trot movement (not the tossing movement) of her head. Ignore the head tossing and instead ask her to do something else- make a circle, leg yield, turn a little left or right, just something else- while maintaining contact (NOT pulling/stopping yanking or sawing) on her head at the trot to distract her from tossing her head. The WORST thing to do is punish the head tossing at this point by yanking or pulling or shouting/yelling. It just means she's frustrated and trying to figure out what to do because she wasn't listening to you. Something else to do is make sure you're not posting erratically or with her crazy unbalanced pace or bouncing in the seat. Use your hips and leg muscles to control your post back to a reasonable pace- even to a quiet sitting trot for a lap or two. You can even talk to her and tell her what you want her to do.
Do not ask her to canter or go any faster or slower (just maintain a steady trot) until she is quietly moving (even rhythm, no head tossing, steady pace). Once she is moving quietly, swiftly and subtly ask her to canter for a couple strides and praise her if she goes into it nicely. If she rushes or gets unbalanced, she's not ready. SLOW her IMMEDIATELY (even if it means pulling a little bit initially and then giving your hands/easing your contact when she slows) and ride the trot a couple more laps til she feels even more quiet than before. Then try the transition again and again until she stops rushing and she gets it quietly. She is anticipating the canter (probably because you asked for it ONCE and since she's a lesson horse, that's her job to anticipate what you're going to ask) and you have to teach her that she will canter but only after you ask her to, not before. She has to WAIT. Just be patient!
Had a horse that just recently started presenting this issue (especially the head tossing) and I believe we've almost worked through it using the above method. She still tosses her head and sometimes anticipates, but at least now she's starting to get better at listening and waiting. She needs a little more work though, but we'll get there!! It's been maybe 2 or 3 days of work so far, with a few days off in between (we work on it on the weekends since that's when she's ridden) and she's doing pretty well.
Of course, all this is assuming you get to ride your lesson horse "however you want to" and are not being directed/instructed as to when, where, and how to ride during a lesson. If you are being directed to ride the canter even though this horse is anticipating and throwing itself off balance, either push through it the best you can, riding with quiet hands and delaying your canter departure until you feel comfortable asking for it, even if it means facing the wrath of your instructor (which...... is a bad thing if your instructor gets upset at you not jumping when they say jump....) OR try this method and talk to your instructor about it as you're trying it. See if they can offer anything else to try for this horse. Its major problem sounds like anticipation and lack of paying attention. You both need to work on bringing this horse back to listening to the rider and not just "guessing" what you want it to do. Hopefully your instructor will be on the same page as you and want to help you solve the problem. If not, it might be time to have a heart to heart with them and find someone who can help you AND their horses.
Nimeariel Thanks for your response, I will try to incorporate your suggested methods in the future. At this point Iv actually regressed to walk trot walk halt transitions. Apparently this horse hasn’t been ridden in a meaningful way in quite some time. She is not overtly head strong but at the same time not really accepting my leadership at every moment. She’s usually willing enough though and each small success seems to breed new small successes. I really am just a beginner and should be working on my riding form instead of debugging this horse which I’m not qualified to do but it’s a laid back barn and I admit I rather enjoy it. Thanks again!
@@JH-lz4ky Yeah, sometimes you HAVE to go backwards in order to go forwards with a horse or with your own skills. Don't feel discouraged or think you've "regressed", feel honored! Every time a lesson horse gets ridden, and I mean EVERY time, even by children who yank and tug on their mouth and don't have a sense of balance at all and just go in circles non stop for an hour, that horse is being trained. And for you to be able to work with this horse, you are able to help train it properly and teach it to do things that it SHOULD be doing in the first place. I always tell my beginners, especially if they are young children, "Did you know that you're helping train the horse? Did you know that you're a professional horse trainer right now?? Whenever you do something, the horse is getting trained to know what to do- and you want to train it the right way, right??" It always encourages them to want to listen and do the right thing when I ask them to do something. So that way, when I, as an instructor, or someone like you, as a "beginner but who knows what they are/should be doing" gets on the horse, there isn't so much extra work to do to "undo" what the others have done. So, feel honored that you're one of the "chosen" to help do right by and "debug" this horse! Your form and your seat will come with working on this horse- don't you worry! Everything sort of mashes into one sometimes when you ride- there really is no separating the parts from the whole. It's a bunch of multitasking at its finest. I'm glad you enjoy it, though, and if you keep at it, you and your horse will work through it and go far!!! :-) It sounds like your trainer knows what they are doing (by having you both slow down) and are working with you to make everything better. Keep it up! You got this!!
I have a question
My horse when i am in an arena and when i go into canter my horse always puts her bum into the arena so its like there is two railways next to each other and her bum is on one and her head is on the other
How do i teach her not to do this
Your post is not clear...does your horse throw you & put your butt on the ground????
Phil Weissburg no she leans in on her shoulder and because of this it makes her head lean more into the arena then a straight line
Sorry I wrote this a while ago so I myself didn’t understand but now I do
i did this and i can ride my horse much better