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Re: [RC] ...Canter Leads/from Trot - Don Huston

Truman,
Thanks for sharing your methods. Just out of desperation and dumb luck I have tried several times to "stay up in the post a half beat longer" while trotting to see if anything changes and all I get is a double time butt whacking from the saddle as "lumox" continues doing whatever the hell he's doing. I also try tipping his nose a little left or right but I need a wide trail unless I want to be ripping thru the pucker bushes. I like the idea of dressage lessons with new scenery but in the meantime is there a ring exercise like trotting figure 8's using some new leg aid or a magical cuss word?
Don Huston


At 06:39 AM 1/2/2006 Monday, you wrote:
It all depends on the experience level of the horse. For my experienced horses, all I need to do is drop a seat bone to get a lead change. With those horses my legs automatically go to the correct positions. The experienced horses will also "read the trail" and switch leads according to the twist and turns in the trail. For a less experienced horse, I will use both me seat bones and legs - one leg slightly behind he girth, the other at the girth and a little more weight on that seat bone. If the horse doesn't have the experience to understand this or strength and balance to execute it he needs some work on the trail and in the ring.

To switch diagonals I normally stay up in the post a half beat longer. After awhile the "being on the correct diagonal to ask for a canter" will become second nature for you and your horse.

Truman

Beverley H. Kane, MD wrote:

The canter lead I ask for is independent of which trot diagonal I am on, especially as the path changes curves.
Rather, I have a diagonal-neutral split second interlude when I ask for canter.
I will either ask from having sat or stood the trot for an extra beat or from 2-point.
What aids/signals are you using for the canter transition?


And yes, I have worked w/ vets at many rides when they tell riders w/ borderline-pull sore-backed horses to switch diagonals.

On 1/1/06 8:05 PM, "ekiddco" <ekiddco@xxxxxxx> wrote:


I have been riding a very short time compared to many of you, but I have been watching you ride. I have a couple questions and hopefully this will start a great discussion. How can you give your horse the correct cue to go into a right lead if you're not on the left diagonal, and vice versa? I see so many riders ride mile after mile on the right diagonal, and I can see the horse fatiguing. It's all about footwork, isn't it?

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Re: [RC] ...Canter Leads/from Trot, Beverley H. Kane, MD
Re: [RC] ...Canter Leads/from Trot, Truman Prevatt