Walk to canter.

[Parisexxx]

Hiya can anyone tell me the aids for walk to canter. Also back to canter-walk.

Thanks in advance

Parisexx

[No_Angel]

The canter aids are the same. You just need to get your horse responsive si he does it straight away when asked. Lots of transitions help.
Hope this helps
Tasha

[Parisexxx]

but how will he know, when i am in walk, that i am asking him to canter not trot.

Parisexx

[No_Angel]

becasue teh aid for canter id different for the aid to trot.
To trot you squeeze, for canter your outside leg goes back.
To come back to walk from canter you sit tall and deep, half halt and think walk.

[Cheeky]

Heya ...

Would this be on a schooled horse or are you interested in teaching these aids to your own horse?

From walk to canter, you really need to practise :P Yes, the aids are different to trot ... u dun jst kick n hope something happends (lol which I am sure u dont ) ... yes it does mean leg back, sitting up bla bla bla ... but!! It means practise.

I have been watching my friend who has been practising her halt to canter (which I am still mastering). She is only 7 yrs (I think) old and she ride extremely well ... but she uses a cue. "Up". Easy aye? So when in walk, moving to trot how ever u do (nudging or clicking of toung ...) and when you go into canter, say 'up'. I do that with my horse for jumping ... except i said it too early and she made a huge leap with my sis on ... but it proves she is listening to u. Once you have mastered this, you can move on to walk-to-canter. Use a lot of encouragement, say "up" and REALLY help your horse ... it will take a while to learn, but if u do it right, ull never regret

Otherwise if your on a schooled horse, just use your canter aids (which u wuld also use in training) ... gud luck

[cvb]

Originally Posted by Parisexxx

but how will he know, when i am in walk, that i am asking him to canter not trot.

Parisexx

Can you ask for a specific lead in canter ? e.g. if you trot down the centre line (so no "hints" from the fence), can you ask for right lead and GET right lead ?

Basically you need to be clear with your aids. I would work on the "building blocks" first. e.g. can you get a nice crisp walk-trot, and trot-canter ? Ok, now do walk-trot-canter, and aim for a specific number of trot strides.

e.g. you might start with 10 trot strides, then shorten to 6, 4 and so on.

Now you should be doing walk-trot-canter quite sharply, so just "think" canter from the walk and miss the trot

In the downward transition you can do something similar. Basically instead of asking "down to trot" you are saying "down to trot, down to walk" very quickly !

So start by saying it slowly. Do canter-trot, trot (say) 10 strides and then trot-walk. Now do it in less trot strides ... you'll get the feeling.

It sounds silly, but it can also help to think of doing the pace yourself. This works because in each pace your hips have to mirror the horse's movement - which is the same kind of motion as if you were trotting or cantering yourself.

So - if you were "trotting", your hips would alternate back and forwards. In canter one hip would "lead". You'll find that this helps "cue" the horse as to what you are after

[Parisexxx]

Ok thanks everyone for the advice. Will try it out!!

Parisexx

[notpoodle]

phew we had to do that in a lesson the other day. i had never attempted it on angel before (i was convinced it was impossible in the school, as its difficult enough to get her from trot into canter in the school at times!), BUT after numerous attempts she got the idea and actually did it! the trick seemed to be to start off with a non-sloppy walk!

julia
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[Parisexxx]

lol thanks notpoodle

[tb_rider]

use leg by rail and sit tall, dont lean forward. bring leg back or give a little kick. walking, sit deep down relax and use hands to stop.