Help your horse relax and slow down in the canter

[@konieami]

Hello Amelia! Imagine me sitting in a car, in traffic jam, just open my KZbin App on my mobile and I see myslef! I think people in cars near me could have heared my scream! I didn't expect that you will make video with me, I am so happy now, you can't even imagine. I watched it about 3 times now and still feel like a superstar :-) I loved your comments from an email, the first ride was quite fast with my legs on her, I didn't give up and then the things changed dramatically. When I started to work on leg aid acceptance I noticed that she doesn't respond, especially on outside leg. Just like you said in a movie. You are right in everyting. Her haunches were everywhere, on the right, on the left, but not where I wanted them to be. Now we are working on this, and it's like we broke into another stage after your tips. In moments when she is really bending between my legs, not running, listening to me - I feel like I'm riding a very nice horse, not my (night)mare. I want to thank you once again, it's amazing I could get a comment from such a RIDER like YOU!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yay! I'm so happy to hear! You will have to send another video! I would love to see the progress. Good job and way to stick with it!

[@phburdett]

Thank you for sharing your video!

[@lorrainethompson7285]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage has there been an updated video. I would love to see if she has been able to make any improvements. This was very good and she is very brave and for that I am very grateful!

[@barbvernon9454]

Thanks Amelia. This video on hot horses is perfect for me and my fellow right now. I’m sure I have been guilty of pulling on both twins in canter - he fights me and wants to go fast and unbalanced. You make it so clear how drifting the haunches avoids all of that. Thanks as ever. 😊

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gracebishopthetwizzler354]

Hi, I am Grace and I am also in the car 🚗! I actually learned how to canter today at my horse back riding lesson!

[@do3aalghamdi228]

You are amazing thanks ,, I’m your follower from KSA

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thanks so much for following and watching.

[@savannahromannp907]

This was so helpful for me! My Gypsy pushes inward- always trying to lean in and tighten his circles instead of staying straight in his body and maintaining a wide circle. Then, his canter is very fast and he bulldozes through my half halts. I’m very much a novice, as is he, so it’s a long process. This video had some great reminders. It’s hard to stay with him as he moves with a lot of force, heavy in the forehand, and quite determined.

[@karimkarim-wc2cx]

Thank you Amelia , from morocco

[@robynmcnutt9838]

I have this same problem in the canter. Thank you for sharing!

[@lindav3747]

I loved hearing you comment throughout the ride. What stood out to me [and I will apply it tomorrow morning] is to keep the outside leg back. even on the trot circles. I see my horse and I doing these same things so this was very helpful. So glad the rider sent you a video and that you are instructing us through it!

[@annaeriksson8185]

Thank you Amelia for all that you do. You are such a tallent and I'm so happy I found you on here. I've learned more from you these past few months than the last years. Thank you!

[@reaganmartin4480]

Thank you!! I am learning the basics of jumping and I have trouble with keeping my hands down on the canter THANK YOU!!!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

So glad it helped!

[@hollyderudderrushinka6073]

Watching from Alberta, Canada. Really love all of your videos!! Loved the scrambled egg analogy! So simple which is why it's brilliant. Thank you for your teaching and tips!

[@justinepasquier9259]

From swiss 🇨🇭🙂 thanks for you all video !!

[@조양희-e3o]

I am watching happily from Korea. Thanks

[@eyesea123]

So clear, I understood you as a total beginner! So much goes over my head still. That's so funny, the rider called her horse her night "mare" lol

[@crystalclear8358]

Watching from Western Australia

[@SusannMarieDye]

Very nice of you Amelia to help this young lady. She is doing a beautiful job with her horse. I have the same problem with my horse, so this video was really helpful to me as well. I am going to try lunging and see if it gets him slowed down. I am from Montrose, MN.

[@konieami]

Lunging helped us a lot! She is better on lunge than under saddle ( would prefer the opposite but well... ) But the main problem is with my legs, when I touch her she usually gets like dinoanimals.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Rozdymkowate_8.jpg Now after Amelia's comments it's a lot better, but still not ideal, but I get her more like: dinoanimals.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Rozdymkowate_12.jpg

[@michellevdmerwe6124]

Love your videos they are so helpful! I am watching you from Johannesburg South Africa

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

[@mirandaford8693]

My perspective as a fellow ammy and absolutely feel free to disregard, just my humble observations. It almost seems as though the horse is over-bitted and is avoiding contact by being really gumby in the neck and avoiding the aids, perhaps experimenting with a different noseband as well which I am going to try on my OTTB. And for my OTTB I think horses get fast in the canter because they are not strong enough through the topline to maintain balance and so their only release of pressure is to go faster. Obviously this is resolved with your same suggestions of lots of transitions, etc. It also appears in the video that the mare could be built more downhill which poses its own conformational challenges, but of course videos are deceiving! My gelding is really assisted in his canter when we do plenty of half-halts, he's gotten really responsive to them and he can really lift his front end and come back to me with little rein involvement and I Was really proud of him our last lesson.

[@missleung7166]

Love all your videos. Thank you for sharing and much appreciated. I'm watching from the UK. Learn a lot from you as your instructions are always clear and beneficial. Thanks a lot. 🙏

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thank you so much and you're so welcome! By the way, I'm giving a free webinar on the Dressage Training Scale, you will find it really helpful with your journey! You can sign up at the link below! I would love to see you there! But if you can't make it, sign up anyway as we can send you the recording! www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/trainingscalewebinar

[@MaryOuwinga]

Hi Amelia, thanks for all your help. I love the way you teach. Thank you for that, from Michigan.

[@lilleliisu1422]

Hello from Estonia!

[@katiecopeland2350]

I'm watching from Australia, I absolutely love your videos! So helpful, I am 15 and have 'restarted' my own off the track thoroughbred! She raced in October 2018 and she was my first ever 'big horse's I got her two weeks after she raced!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

wow! Good for you! That's a big challenge!

[@teresawort9124]

Thank you for submitting vid. What a great rider ! Beautiful horse ! My horse is a little hot too. Amelia comments were a big help to me.

[@rosalindpaterson2043]

'inside leg & outside leg' communicates powerfully (compared to 'left/right'):)

[@mjgardiner825]

Thank you Amelia so much!! Your instruction is awesome

[@lindawalker3373]

Got bored during Covid so decided to start riding again after 30yrs :0 Learning so much from watching your videos! I'm watching from Victoria, BC, Canada :)

[@silvamom3]

Great advice! I am having the same exact problem. Love your videos!!

[@traceymiller2038]

Hello I watch from Zimbabwe Africa have a THb 17h gelding off the track very good movement and great temperament just sadly raced many years. Always had very good THb s but early this year got a warmblood colt and so very blessed and look forward to starting from scratch no previous habits etc. I do like watching your videos thank you.

[@tigezfire3011]

Hello Amelia! Watching and finding your videos helpful over here in Germany too ♡

[@julias543]

I’m so excited to use the advice from this video! I’m working with a little mare who is built completely different than the horse in the video but I’m having a lot of the same issues with loosing the haunches and rushing in the canter. At the moment I’m mostly trying to build muscle on her especially in her butt because it is very weak. I also have a gelding that I work with that I really need to get accepting my leg because it takes a whole working ride to get him to relax and slow down in just his trot. I loved this video and will definitely reference it again throughout my training adventures!

[@michelekanefsky7511]

Hello from NJ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@nevergiveupever1069]

Just started riding recently. Watching from the UK

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Welcome! Excited to have you here!

[@Conny226]

Hi Amelia I am watching from Missouri I am at the Foxtrotter event 😄

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thanks for watching Cornelia! Don’t forget to subscribe to get notified of my new weekly content! Also, if you’d like to really focus on getting your position in the strongest shape to execute your dressage aids, you can sign up to my masterclass on Rider Position here! Enrollment for 2022 ends this Saturday! bit.ly/3zqBlwR

[@bocolewish]

Need this! Thanks! My turbo charged boy has a great canter, but can over power the front end I think and it's challenging for me to keep him balanced and keep from swinging outward on the circle. I placed "blocs" at the point of the circle where he falls out and it helped on the lunge, so will see how it works under saddle today. Hip replacement for me in 3 weeks should help. Interesting how they placed cushioning on the arena supports. I only have railroad ties for a "barrier".

[@bocolewish]

Calif. native, stuck in mid-TN, BUT I finally have my own little farm!

[@gabrijelabuljan7290]

watching from Croatia 💙

[@celinamarie1034]

Aloha from Maui!! Great videos. Only my second year learning dressage basics. Very helpful!! I struggle with collection and using my leg aids stronger. I never use a crop, whip, spurs or other useful back up aid. Please come to Maui or Honolulu to do a clinic!! 🐎

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yes!! I would love to!! I have never been there and really want to go!

[@sabinelloyd8532]

Nice video, exactly the issues I am having with my mare's canter at the moment.

[@hanneliebremer7692]

Hello Amelia, thank you for your informative videos. Watching from South Africa.

[@martelliandrea6882]

Thank you for helping us every day ! watching you from France actually

[@joelynnewcomb7390]

Watching in Westcliffe CO. On my way to teach. Super helpful!

[@vilmamosier9618]

Thank you Amelia from Texas!

[@debbieherbeck9779]

Watching from Bristol, Wisconsin. Your videos are helpful. Thank you for posting.

[@neenekinskins6241]

Great video. Love the slomo too. Watching from NSW, Australia.

[@mathildemaimon8420]

Watching from France 🇨🇵

[@lori-annegordon8149]

Hi! I am getting so much out of your videos! Thank you from Arizona!

[@minderellafox7906]

Love this Amelia. I’m from west Australia 😊. I have a 4 year old mare that’s very green, and she rushes a lot in the Canter. So I will go back tot he trot and get her to bend more. Also have a riding 6 year old, that’s ready for changes. I actually got a change the other night...but would love more videos on flying changes 😊🎊🤞🏽

[@kathrynshaw9820]

hi ,im watching from outback australia.at this time im slowly breaking my 2andhalf year old.. just gelded t.b. ita so remote here. plenty of cowboys no dressage. i am approaching 70 and find your vidios very encouraging. i have broken nearly all my own horses and will keep going. please keep up your xcellent work. k

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

wow Australia! Cool!

[@wonderful_bareback_journey]

Watching from South - Africa 😊

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

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[@wonderful_bareback_journey]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Thanks! But I don't do Dressage my horse is a farm pony🙂Her canter is a little bit rushed! 😊But this vidio relly halped me!

[@judysorensen465]

Very helpful. Grateful for this advice. Thank you. My mare starts to rush in the canter and I get nervous, but I am trying to breathe and relax in the canter. Would you suggest a neck strap?

[@emmanash760]

I personally would xx I’m not the expert though!

[@finwah3201]

Hey Judy, I have the same problem with my ex race horse, he’s so fast but I’m trying to slow him down a lot. My trainer says I get tense and hold the reins a lot and I just feel like I was doing that. I guess I just need to figure out how to feel holding the reins without pulling. Or maybe if that’s not the case to slow down a fast horse, what did you do to finally get your mare to slow down???

[@allegra2116]

Greetings from Canada

[@karthikbalasubramaniyam9391]

Watching from Coimbatore, India. Your videos are very informative and to the point. Good job!!

[@tiajewels2820]

Watching from Barrie, Ontario

[@anabelagasparinho6408]

Hi Amelia, I'm watching from Portugal. Thank you so much for your videos I like them very much !!

[@JusmeandmrD]

Great video!!! Maine here! 🇺🇸

[@АндрейБелянкин-э2ы]

Watching from Russia, Moscow region. Thanks for all your videos!

[@19michellet]

Hi Amelia, love your videos! Watching from Alberta, Canada:))

[@oliwiawolak5825]

Greetings from Poland:)

[@lauriebriggs2973]

I'm watching from the uk, your videos are so helpful 💕

[@natasjalarsen61]

Watching from Denmark

[@saoirsehealy6601]

Watching from county cork ,ireland

[@pinkbuildz1170]

Same!!

[@jennibowring7348]

Watching from Minnesota! Not very cosmopolitan, but I love your videos!

[@clairepeace5783]

In canter she looked very over bent ! And she was not sat back with hips open and just using the lower leg ! Maybe just me but as the canter transition started the rider changed her relaxation !

[@lilleke013]

Watching and learning, from Estonia.

[@abdulazizalhamar_]

I love your channel ❤️ .. from Kingdom of Bahrain 🇧🇭

[@ghostrider-eh1si]

Jeej❤ Polska łączmy się 🐎💪

[@hossammosbah5295]

Very nice horse. and wonderful rider too, By the way, iam from Egypt, and I follow your wonderful videos scenic a while...you are a great trainer. Thanks dear Amelia. 🎩

[@mphifer8404]

Hey y'all! Watching from Nashville, TN. Love, love, love your videos Amelia!

[@danielepayen-jaekel8104]

Your videos are great, my trainer too loves them! We are in Maryland.

[@mariepelton]

Conshohocken, PA. Great video. Thanks!

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[@monikamaloney9517]

Hi Amelia .I watch from Germany and you Videos help me allot. Thank you so mutch.M.

[@Magicdreamarabians]

Hello from Crete Greece!

[@Lisanisky]

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[@marikamauring3702]

Greetings from Estonia! ;)

[@janicegalloway5636]

Watching from Scotland. Really enjoy your videos!! I watch Joseph also :)

[@miadmanton825]

Janice Galloway love Scotland! Definitely want to go one day!!! watching from hot as Australia 😂🇦🇺🇦🇺🔥

[@annakosinska7297]

wow.... I have the same problem... my canter to the left is good, however, when I canter to the right (or trot) , I feel like the horse is pushing me to the outside. How do I change this?

[@DARKhorses73]

I wish I could keep my tack that nice lol ! Love your videos -Indiana, 🇺🇸 !

[@alexstone5225]

Hi, Amelia, I am Nassar from Alexandria Egypt I am really enjoying your videos thank you

[@passionate0eyes]

If you have a tip for endurance race horses like if u are in a race and the horse pulls with head down with lots of tension, appreciate your help

[@hannahmadsen4380]

Watching from Connecticut! Great job Amelia! Love your videos :-)

[@mutazsultan2215]

Watching from Ukraine 🇺🇦. Thanks a lot! I like all your videos.

[@melpappin5211]

Watching from Australia

[@KR-qn5oi]

Watching you every night from Hawaii

[@bobbristow8273]

I am 65. Riden all my life. Lost my heart horse last November. I have since gotten an 11 year old who has not had much riding. We’ve come along way but still doesn’t know anything about cantering. All he does when I cue him is to raise his head, stiffen his neck and trot faster. He moves away from my legs wonderfully and trusts me. Please advise

[@matildatrickett16]

I'm watching from UK, yorkshire

[@Hugospencerdavies]

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[@AmyLouiseYT]

Watching from just north of Toronto, Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@kandaharka]

Greetings from Poland :) Thank you very much for your movies!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

😁😁😁

[@mnranch8585]

Watching from Maine USA!!

[@infernafirestein]

This is so me! Watching from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 Really enjoy all of your videos!

[@miadmanton825]

Michelle Lambert watching from Victoria, Australia 😂🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@-_jr_-903]

Hi! Watching from France here ! Very useful video, thanks :)

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thanks for watching!

[@amberquinn5334]

Watching from New Zealand!!

[@korneliamhl]

Watching from Hungary🥰

[@Coyotecreekranch406]

I'm from Corvallis Montana.

[@victoriademoss4535]

Hi Amelia, I love your videos. I’m watching from Northern California.

[@veronikajankovicova9567]

Hello from Slovakia!

[@mariabrome4870]

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[@beajannis9928]

Hello Amelia, I’m watching you from Belgium. 👋👋👋

[@jo-annrossouw8226]

Hi I'm from South Africa

[@sandrawheeler1521]

Great vid's Amelia. From the UK. I was watching your brother. But now changed to you .😂🤣

[@leahscroeder9934]

Watching from Wisconsin! Just bought an andalusian gelding who has worked with a professional trainer but previous owner sold him due to inexperience and fear of his hot personality. Excited to begin riding my new not and hoping to ride him to his potential.