Hello
Just getting back into riding after ten years out of the saddle. Have had a couple of lessons at a couple of different riding schools. In my lessons I have not been able to get the pony into canter. The technique I am using is go into sitting trot, in the corner of the school ask for canter by inside leg on the girth and putting outside leg behind the girth and squeezing/ kicking. Am I doing this right? It has not worked on the last two lessons (different ponies). In my last lesson the instructor got behind my pony with a schooling whip to spur him on and he did go into canter but with his head right down and arched his back and I nearly fell off but managed to stop him.
When I was riding ten years ago I never had any problems getting canter, but back then I was having lessons on privately owned livery horses and used to ride some good quality dressage horses and I could do walk to canter transitions easily :o
Is it me or is it that some riding school ponies just won't canter?! Any tips greatly appreciated.
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Problem getting canter - please pass on some wisdom!
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Cherryontop99 · 26/11/2012 09:24
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