How to ask your horse to canter

[@hunsilverwolf9770]

Thank you! ❤️ My instructor didn't ever show me how to ask the horse to canter, he just said to squeeze my thights and start cantering. I couldn't.... I felt so embarrassed. This helped soooo much ❤️❤️

[@adelinalise]

Hunny thats not a good trainer

[@briarrr__]

Don't feel embarrassed for something you can't do. Just ask and if they say "just do it," say you can't figure out how to do it and you won't do it unless you're told how. Sure it's bossy, but you need to know how to do it or you really can't. I know exactly how you feel.

[@sunflowerequestrian3116]

Natasha Ahlawat bad trainer

[@wintershock]

Natasha Ahlawat my trainer told me to sit trot squeeze and if she doesn’t canter I kick. She also lets me reorganize myself if my horse won’t canter when I want to canter.

[@_Verz]

Mine says the same stuff said in the video just not clearly so it was easy for me to misunderstand and take like forever to go from trot to canter

[@sylviaandrade7863]

I'd like to thank you!!! I'm a begginer and I wasn't able to ask for canter. You were the one who really helped me understand how to ask for it. No one could explain it to me but you!!!! ❤

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Love hearing this! Thank you so much for being here!

[@RaniTanny]

Just male sure you don't ride your horse zbztV and don't keep hitting your horse with the spurs

[@redponygrrl]

Your specific technical instructions appeal to all of the dressage riders out here - that’s why we ride dressage! It’s amazing how many trainers don’t understand the need for specifics such as “sit on your inside seatbone” and “ask for the transition when the horse’s outside foreleg hits the ground”. I appreciate your videos and thank you so much for doing them!

[@nicoleevans128]

I second this Amelia!

[@miak5607]

I’ve been training on and off for a 1.5 and no trainer told me to sit on my inside seatbone and wait for the horse to be in correct position! So helpful

[@pomegranitepal6231]

Besides being an excellent rider and trainer, you are kind....Making an instructive canter video like this for a "green" rider. You are really quite thoughtful, too.

[@wintershock]

My trainer described the motion of a canter when I was first learning as “a rocking chair that has wheels on it.”

[@syedmisbah7165]

😂😂 for me it was more like river rafting

[@carlastuart9512]

i learnt it as a swing and you have to push the swing

[@leahgladeleaf2056]

My trainer didn’t care 😂 he was like- just canter

[@justsimplyliviehere1307]

Than they should canter. Remind yourself sit up straight the whole canter

[@yolouiyatac5187]

My trainer put me on the gallops and after a few laps i was able to sit it lol

[@fab2225]

My dad told me to ask my horse to canter and I literally asked the horse “can you canter?”

[@sofialoveshorses6364]

BAHAHA

[@michelletrombley9960]

Hahahehehiherha

[@hazelw.7439]

lol

[@Leonscritters]

funny

[@zequestrian1502]

@@Leonscritters lol

[@rillywinkle3346]

Great verbal explanation and visual explanation of trot to canter! Sometimes dressage individuals speak to beginners as if you should understand the lingo and shrug their shoulders as if it's quite simple. You are the first individual I"ve watched with both a very easy to understand instruction, showing that instruction and explaining why! Thank you!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the kind words

[@danny8637]

once my horse started canter and i didn’t even notice. i thought he was doing a fast trot. afterwards my trainers congratulated me and i was confused until my sister told me i went canter lok

[@_Verz]

Heyyy that happened to me too although I think the reason I didn’t notice was because I was so terrified by the speed at the time.

[@GritnGrace98]

That happened to me! I was trotting and I was like, “this trot feels really odd” and my trainer laughed and said “Annnnd you’re cantering! Go with it!” I laughed afterward because my outside leg went back and I didn’t notice it do it, lol

[@vanilachat8709]

Bold EquineGirl do you now still canter

[@GritnGrace98]

Nathalia Fernandes I have not in a while since I have been off riding for two months now because of hot weather...I hope to be back up and cantering (with confidence!) very soon though!! 🤞 😁

[@kayceadair]

Ngl this is hard to believe for me since the canters I have are very very distinguished. In now way would you be able to think it’s a trot. But you ride different horses soo 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Christmas-gv4hv]

After watching many videos I’m happy I found this one which showed me (not just told me, or showed in a way whereby I couldn’t actually see what was being done) exactly how I needed to position my outside leg and also to use the opposite seat bone first. Thank you ❤

[@yolandasegurotome9898]

This is great Amelia! So clear and simple. Sometimes I just need a recap of the basics 😄

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Oh good!!

[@emilylipsitz]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage how many horses do you own

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

2!!

[@emilylipsitz]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage will you get anymore horses or a horse

[@wolfgirl4486]

"that really wasn't a good transition" Oh honey, you should see mine😂😂

[@adelahajska8092]

Same :/

[@oliverjustvibing3173]

Ikr, sometimes my girl won’t even go into the canter from a trot. She just trots faster lmao

[@evelynnlignowski7137]

OMG ME TOO ITS HORRIBLE XD

[@addisonhenry7150]

That is why i looked up this vid hahah

[@westsalmina2186]

Thank you so very much for this. I am blessed to ha e a large, grey warmblood. We have started dressage lessons. So very "green " He is very stiff on the right and swings his qtrs out. He was always taking the left lead until I listened to THIS !Yesterday he went correctly first time!!!! I am truly grateful Amelia - I loved your title of it " takes a village"... this is so true in all aspects of life. Im certain you have helped SO many horse riders/lovers become BETTER and continue improving for their horse/s sake. God Bless you! Michelle West. S.A.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thank you so much for this lovely message Michelle. I'm so glad this helped you! And thanks for watching!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Also, if you want to really get clarity, understanding, and progress on your dressage journey, sign up to my FREE webinar on the Dressage Training Scale on March 13th. I’d love to see you there! www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/trainingscalewebinar I’m also on FB and IG (you might already know all this but I'm being super thorough today!) facebook.com/amelianewcombdressage & instagram.com/amelianewcombdressage/ Also, and this is super helpful too, join Amelia’s Dressage Club on Facebook, it’s a really active and engaged community of riders and no question goes unanswered! facebook.com/groups/ameliasdressageclub/ And finally, there’s my website! www.amelianewcombdressage.com/ And you can also sign up here for weekly dressage tips sent to your inbox www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/subscribe/ Ok that’s the lot I promise. Have an awesome day! 🐴

[@barbelliott8289]

I have stagnated at my canter training - i cannot TELL you how helpful all your canter info gas been to get 'organized' in the saddle to attempt this...it is SO difficult when training by ones self (no fenced area, no arena etc...lol ...non-traditional dressage breed - many strikes against me...🤣😂) Having to teach my better half what the correct lead LOOKS like. .😳 so i could have some instantaneous feed back.... Wish i could afford a higher level of membership, but the Patreon is still helping me TONS at my basic level of riding. THANK you so much for your efforts in this❣ it gives a person without access to training centers hope and much needed direction....Dressage has a lot if 'backyard' fans - people that seriously just want better 'dialogue' with our equine partners... Sincerest thanks Lady...... Upstate NY backyard rider

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

❤️❤️❤️

[@mileswalters2381]

Thank you, I didn't watch but the title reminded me of my horse who died last year and made me smile. I would hear my coach say when you get to (C for example) ask for canter. Then she would say, lovely transition but a bit early. My reply would be that I hadn't asked for it and he heard you say canter and just popped in. The amount of times he did that.

[@marylamb56]

Amelia, ! 🤔👌😎⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ must be doing something correct.Because it’s working! Thank you, for caring enough to teach us who truly want to learn and grow in horsemanship! 💕🐴⭐️😎 We who are serious about learning, are grateful for the time you put into teaching us! 💕💕💕

[@cutem3645]

Thanks for the videos, it's very helpful. I'm from China and learning riding now. I always had difficulty in starting canter. However, I found some horses in the riding school can understand Chinese. Sometimes when my coach said "get ready for canter", the horse just begin to canter itself.

[@TheDoggyTrio3]

I love this explanation. Watched this because my green-Broke horse is going to start cantering undersaddle with me. My trainer also tells me to move as the horse would, and kind of tuck/ scoop my seat while asking ❤

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

That's awesome. Here's a video on canter transitions amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/the-key-to-smooth-canter-transitions/?KZbin&General

[@TheDoggyTrio3]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage thank you!

[@wewewewewewewew2076]

my trainer taught me to have my leg all the way back to call for canter which is totally wrong because it makes it easier for me to fall off. after seeing this video i truly understand how to do the canter properly. thank you .

[@spoozy]

Thank you for posting this…I was struggling to maintain a canter, my horse kept falling back into a trot. This helped me so much and I was able to finally maintain a canter today!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad it helped! If you would like more check out this free canter course amelianewcombdressage.com/canter-with-confidence-oa/?KZbin&Weekly+Videos

[@susanalk9483]

Wow, it’s such a delicate relationship between you and your horse. Such small movements or changes and they respond so well. It’s magical❤❤ I am just learning to ride English. Thank you for your instruction❤❤

[@Tamcoulll]

Such a beautiful horse! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 thanks for the video, I’m training a green ex-racer so all he knows is from standing to gallop. He was never taught how to do this and it really helped so thanks!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thank you! So glad it helped! Your horse is beautiful too! Also, if you want to further your dressage education, I'm having a sale until Saturday on my masterclass on the Dressage Training Scale if you'd like to sign up the link is here! Would love to see you on the course and it will help your journey so much ! www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/trainingscalemasterclass/?fbclid=IwAR0VbN0HaZqzSqu5nvCJfeITvoiovRkYxqtPFOrtUKrli3Y1YvRI0R_8_rQ

[@TAWSNM]

I took a riding lesson in Budapest, Hungary last spring and the trainer there said you don't cue your horse to canter with your legs per se, but instead you squeeze your horse together like an accordion and then just release the horse to spring into the canter. I couldn't get it. It was very confusing and a bit frustrating. This is soooo much easier for me! Thank you!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Everyone has a slightly different way to describe it! Glad you enjoyed it

[@qaundaledingledairy5880]

What really helped me was thinking there was no other way. While it is important to stay connected to the horse, and know you’re on a living thing, it is also important to let them know what they are going to do. Don’t try to do it, when you ask for a canter have the intention to canter, don’t wonder if you will, know you are going to canter and be determined. Just be confident is what I mean.

[@happygolucky5855]

Im watching this, not to learn to canter, but to learn what im doing that causes the horse i train on to canter when im just trying to trot. This actually helped! I definitely accidentally go too far on my out side leg and make him canter.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thank you so much for watching! Have a search round the youtube channel as I've got a video for almost any problem and I upload a new one every Wednesday! Also, if you want to further your dressage education, I'm having a sale until Saturday on my masterclass on the Dressage Training Scale if you'd like to sign up the link is here! Would love to see you on the course and it will help your journey so much ! www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/trainingscalemasterclass/?fbclid=IwAR0VbN0HaZqzSqu5nvCJfeITvoiovRkYxqtPFOrtUKrli3Y1YvRI0R_8_rQ

[@marylamb56]

Whoops, meant 5 Stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Thank you for your non selfish desires to teach those that appreciate your hard work in horsemanship! 💕🐴✝️

[@tinky2914]

When I canter ( I’m a beginner) I lean way to far back , I really want to improve my riding but I only get to ride once a week maximum! Anyone got any advice ?

[@mary_angee]

Heels down, have good posture.

[@syedmisbah7165]

Learn to trust the horse to a certain extent. And be comfortable. Maintain some fluidity.

[@soph6527]

Oh my god I'm exactly the say. I lean way to back and I can only ride once a week

[@bilsangel9496]

Keep your upper body straight! (shoulders,back) Make sure your clear of what you want your horse to do! if you mess up ask to do it again! or he’ll/she will get confused what your trying to ask. (i realize you commented that 5 months ago but if you still need advice)

[@tinky2914]

Bils Angel thanks so much, I found out it was a confidence thing 🙂🙂

[@gaylehuntmaxfield9500]

Clearly explained and well ridden, thank you!

[@robinurbaniak8503]

Thanks you so much. I got my horse to canter for the first time on my own today. This helped so much and I am so happy. Thank you!

[@martailles6537]

thank you for the video - i am learning on a green horse and i cant get the canter (had it on lesson horse though) - with this video i realized i am putting my one leg too far back then losing balance and gripping at knee so he is stays trotting -fastest trot i ever rode too! lol will try a more subtle leg movement now

[@danielthomas3333]

The timing is important. The ask should be given as the outside front foot is grounded and moving back in relation to the horse. This is the correct timing from walk and trot. One way to encourage the transition is to tap the horse on the inside shoulder with the whip. This can be dispensed with as he gets more sensitive to your seat, only a slight nudge is required.

[@lunamagicath1658]

I'm here for the hell of it and it's so relaxing to just listen to her. Good tips!

[@fferrigno9409]

I love the way you explain and film things.

[@alanabrown2453]

Loved this! Helped me visualize how my body were to cue as if I was on the horse

[@Marlee195]

This is a great video thank you. My mare I have been riding for 9 years is so over reactive that I now have a lot of bad habits riding. She has back issues which I have always suspected but just been confirmed. This has made it very hard to learn how to do a proper transition, if my legs moves at all she goes into canter and once we have cantered she will go down to a fast hollow trot and then straight back to canter. Anyway, after all this I have just bought a TB who is very green and unbalanced. He has a lovely canter but the transition up is not too good, one side I can't get the right lead but the canter is lovely. The other side his shoulder heads out and he gets over bent. I have a lot to work on and didn't know about putting my weight on the inside seatbone. I'm going to try this tomorrow. I like seeing you on a greener horse as it shows you what to do when things aren't perfect. Of course my horse isn't used to sitting trot yet either and a bit hollow sometimes.

[@zypher_xx8851]

This is very useful for me as I’m only just getting comfortable with trotting so now I know what to do next

[@NeedToKnow1947]

Moved to Houston I promise we will fill your barn and lesson classes ❤️🙏🏼🐎

[@jordanwhite5470]

Orrrrr, she could move to Murfreesboro, TN!!

[@Bleukeet]

Wow no wonder I was so off balance when going into canter, my leg was too far back asking. Thank you!

[@patricialeighty1614]

Absolutely excellent detail and explanation..Absolutely love your teaching style . Thank you so much..

[@amandafrench8047]

Thanks lady... I'm doing a "virtual test" Jul 13th . Intro C 2019 and there's canter. am a working on my depart into canter and into trot. so this is good coz they're a work in progress. Ta.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yay! Good luck!!

[@amandafrench8047]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Ta. :)

[@anhoffmannf]

My first trainer told me (when I was 7 y.o.) that to change from trot to canter we should just beat the horse (with wip and spurs). He told me I should do the same before a jump and when the horse didn't want to walk faster (he just knew fast and slow, he didn't even knew about collected canter and etc). Some months later I started training with another person and... wow... The evolution we go through when we have a really nice and technical trainer is on another level. My tip: if you have a trainer that relies only on whips and beating the horse, just go train with someone else.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad that you got the help you needed!

[@soomin913]

This is really really helpful, both in starting canter from trot and in transitioning from canter to trot. Thank you❤️

[@naderafshari3456]

Thank you for the very nice video. I am trying to theorize how the inside seat promotes the correct lead. I would have thought the opposite. Putting more weight on the outside would take some weight off the inside shoulder. Is there something I’m not seeing?

[@limwolsan]

With the horses and people I ride with, we ask for canter with mind, body and heart (and an occasional slight squeeze or tap with a foot) and that does the trick. I only recently realized how different dressage is.

[@ahmad7582]

Dearly thanks. My instructor either wanted me to keep paying, or dint teach me. Tried for months before giving up. Will try again!

[@jordanwhite5470]

Time for a new instructor!

[@grahamscott1547]

That was beautifully done and explained actually! Thank you so much . I really love your videos. Brilliant horse”wo”manship hehe. 💖💖

[@heyaitskiar]

These videos are so helpful thank you so much !!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You're so welcome!

[@sandradrew8695]

I love your videos! I have learned so much from you! I can’t wait to apply what I have learned!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

😊that makes me so happy to hear

[@emilieguillon-equitation421]

Very clear and instructive. Lovely video

[@audrafuller5581]

Love the instruction....easy terms ! why, at the trot, does it look like you are constantly kicking the horse with both heels ?

[@marylamb56]

Dear Amelia, video on older horses and exercise at the walk. Amazing! Thank you! Little different story with my Registered Morab. Knock on wood. 26 years young, this week Long story short. He still is very athletic in his older age. As you have recommended, I do long walk/ exercises! But still include small sessions of the jog and small sessions of the lope. He willingly offers this. My question is , could he be an exception to the rule,? When I groom him, he has such good muscular mass. Tight,. Not flab so to speak. Thank you for your input on different horse situations ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💕🐴

[@susanwager943]

Amelia, thank you for this. You mentioned half-halt? Do you have a video explaining this?

[@HorsesAreMyLife-birds2]

Before I never had a problem at cantering but suddenly after 2 days of rest, I forgot everything and my canter transition wasn't working at all had to use my whip (which I hate to use). BTW, I'm a beginner and I don't do drassage,I just what ur videos bc u really explain well and drassage is so elegant I tried my best to follow😅

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Good for you. Just keep trying. I have a free course on cantering, check it out. amelianewcombdressage.com/canter-with-confidence-o/

[@backcountrybluegrass4770]

awesome, im a green rider and learn so much from your videos. thamk you...

[@miak5607]

Great video! I’m not a native speaker so maybe that’s the reason I didn’t understand the reign position in canter. Do you loosen the outside reign and tighten the inside one?

[@siritariya152]

Thank you very much for all your great videos. They are always super helpful! Would you be adding slow motion on some of your video please? It would be very useful 😊🐎

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Ok. Yes. Will do more of this!

[@lauryg.4951]

Thank you very much for your explanations. As I am french, I searched in the dictionary the translation for canter : we say : "petit galop". So, there no specific word for it. We just say : it's like "gallopping", but slow... As for me, I am 72 years old, and I am still trying to improve my ride (I am not a very good rider, but I progress, even at my age, "grâce à vous" also... 🙂

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

glad you liked the video! And yes, it is all a journey. The most important part is that we're having fun and staying safe. :)

[@the_sky_is_blue1239]

You're videos are amazing and so helpful thank you

[@epona9166]

Thanks Amelia. Several questions. One, it seems like at times (not all the time) you are tapping your horse with your spurs repeatedly, in time with his steps at the trot. Is that to establish the speed or rhythm you want? Or is that not really happening, it just looks like it? Two, like someone else here, I'm wondering why the inside seat bone, not the outside? Third, do you teach your horses to come back down when you squeeze your thighs? Doesn't seem like that would be intuitive to the horse. As an unsophisticated rider, to me squeeze means go haha. Lastly, you don't mention timing your cue with the horse's footfall at the trot. That's something I'm not skilled at, but I should at least know what to aim for. Thanks so much for your videos :)

[@TheJumpingGymnast]

You sit on the inside seat bone so more of your weight is on the inside. When cantering, the leading leg is the outside hind so to let that leg start the canter you don’t want to be leaning your weight outside as this will not allow the hip to open and allow the change in speed

[@hziller7]

@@TheJumpingGymnast confused about this response because you mentioned the leading leg is the outside, which is incorrect the leading leg is the inside. Which makes your weight on the inside theory not make sense at all

[@maryannmccarthy1824]

Amelia - can you break down “inside leg to outside rein” and package it in that awesome way you do?

[@stellachandler4719]

Lovely clear explanation and demonstration Amelia, thankyou.

[@jennajenna1238]

I have a Tennessee walking horse, he does not trot at all, only gaits(running walk/saddle gait), he is occasionally a pacey horse. Do I ask him to canter from the walk, flat walk or gait or either? He can canter, I have seen him do it in the field but I don't know how to ask him to do this under saddle. When I try to get him to go faster, he just speeds up his gaiting.

[@nancyweaver209]

As a beginning rider it is difficult to do sitting trot to ask for canter. Is there a technique to ask from a rising trot?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Hi yes, you can as for the canter from the rising trot. You just have to be ready to sit in the canter and follow the motion of the horse without getting left behind!

[@gwen493]

i did my first canter today !!

[@jordanwhite5470]

Love this! So, I've recently changed from one style of riding (saddleseat) to another (hunter). The Canter signals are different, along with the saddle, balance, etc. This has caused me to start leaning forward in the canter (something I never did before). How on earth do I get back to sitting straight??

[@horselover5914]

Thank you for this! Also your horse is beautiful ❤❤❤❤

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You are so kind.

[@horselover5914]

thank you! ❤❤

[@SusannMarieDye]

Love this! Really great instructions! Very helpful that you explain that the inside leg is not just at the girth. You say that it “closes”. It supports the horse, so they don’t fall in. I still have a lot of trouble executing the aid. It is a lot to coordinate. My horse is obedient, I just get over anxious. Once your sure of the parts of the aid or steps it needs to become intuitive or second nature, so that you just think canter and it happens. However that does not leave out the setting up of your horse before hand, so they organized and ready. I think practice will take the anxiety away. What are some good schooling exercises for maximizing your time practicing the canter depart aids? It is too easy once your cantering to just keep going and then if you haven’t thought of how or where your doing your downward transition to trot, you can easily collapse into a mess.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Try the snowman exercise! It's the BEST!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

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[@SusannMarieDye]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage Thanks! I will

[@sepideh4581]

Amelia, how do you keep the horse cantering and not breaking into a trot?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Here's a great video for canter!! But I'm going to take that question and put it on the list form my live Q&A chats on Thursday evening.

[@Stellarr.22]

Tysm, this actually really helped!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

I'm so glad to hear that!

[@Stellarr.22]

Yeah! Even my trainer said my transitions were better! I think this will continue to help many others😄

[@vanilachat8709]

thank you I’m learning to canter soon :)

[@dkfasdh1024]

I hope more equestrians find your Chanel 💜 10/10 👌🏻

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Awe! Thank you!!

[@dkfasdh1024]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage ❤️💜

[@nikijareo1129]

That was very helpful. Thanks!

[@SL33PYLUNA]

My trainer always says to kick with my feet but I have to be in sitting trot but it's different from this way,Is it correct??

[@hellsgirvan7654]

Will this work with riding school horses or only a horse that has had dressage training? I’m really struggling with bumpy unsuccessful transitions 😢

[@hellsgirvan7654]

Thanks so much for the love ❤️

[@edenbrown3470]

Loved this video!! Beautiful horse too stunning paces x

[@vidikat]

Just what I needed. Thank you!

[@screwyou5595]

I was always told to ask for a canter in the walk, is there a difference or do you get the same result in a canter ?

[@llrayan9558]

SAME

[@timpex885]

Me too!

[@yangliu6433]

Hi Amelia, I hope all is well. When you move your outter leg backward, would you kick the horse use this leg? after you move your outter leg backward, would you move your pelvic upward? thanks

[@yangliu6433]

the horse that I work with trot at a very fast speed, which makes me nervous, but he still does not change to canter, is there anything I can do to change the situation? thanks

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yes you would squeeze with that calf! Think of scooping your seat forward and up in the transition

[@Dylan-ez5qx]

For greenies is it ok to exaggerate my outside leg back aid so they pick it up easier??

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yes! If it helps. Then gradually get to where it doesn't take you putting your leg so far back.

[@rashahusham4501]

How I will ask to collect the canter ? What the aid ( I am a beginner) ?

[@hassankhanjadoon7762]

This is very informative and helpful video. Thank you so much.

[@LoilaX]

Thank you for sharing! I have huge problems with one horse. Apparently i put my leg too behind from the girth. ”Wrong canter”

[@kathlynterry8196]

This may be a silly question but do you have to teach the horse to canter with these leg movements and is this how you teach or ask for lead changes?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Hi! Good question! You don't HAVE to teach the horse to canter off these leg movements, I guess you could teach them the opposite but the outside leg back is the universal cue for the canter lead. Any yes, later on this is the aide for the flying change!

[@jordanwhite5470]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage If you ride SaddleSeat style, Saddlebred horses are taught to canter from a stop. Put horse at 45 degree angle to the wall/rail, pull outside rein back just enough to bend the horse's head and press/kick with inside leg behind the girth. Sit up Straight and deep, as it's usually a big takeoff, and you don't want to fall off :)

[@addison.roeder]

Question for anyone to answer: I learned to pull my outside rein back and squeeze with my outside leg to pick up my canter. Is this correct? I have not seen many people do it like this!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

That's a good question! I think this way helps to activate and engage more your glute med with is super important in riding.

[@samequestrian4376]

Whenever I ask, we end up trotting really fast for a good while and then jump into a canter. Any advice?

[@ElizabethsLizard]

Perhaps move your outside leg back a bit more? I used to have the same problem, but moving my leg back a bit more did help. Also make sure not to let your horse get too fast - you’ll just end up confusing your horse and you’ll become disorganized. It’s ok to slow down and take the time to organize yourself and to get yourself up to a canter. The last thing is just to make sure that they already have an active trot/walk, sometimes I don’t get my horse to an active trot/walk, and so when I ask for the canter, they speed up so they can more easily switch to it.

[@mellafourie2897]

I'm gonna learn to canter tomorrow and tho I know my instructor will show me, I wanna know what she means when she says something and I'm gonna csnter on Thunder he is super lazy and I'm gonna struggle. A while ago while I was trotting Jimmy randomly started cantering he's my fav horse but yeah anyway thanks so much for this video

[@tataniou]

My 6 years old mare refuse to keep the galop. She doesn't have any health problems. She only does 3 strides and get back in trot. My trainer use the whip and the spurs a lot to keep her going. But is there any other way than constantly kicking her? She canter well when we lunge her. But when riding it's terrible. I don't know what to do

[@dawnmcmenamin6192]

Very very helpful

[@barbaraxx981]

When I canter I bend my back with it, would you have any tips as I find it hard to sit my loan horses canter

[@LisaPanton]

My horse will often rush forward in the transition almost like he is going to bolt off. Any suggestions to help with this? Or just keep practising until we get it? He’s a x forward hunter / show hunter hunter we are reschooling for dressage.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Make sure to ask for the canter when you are coming into a corner or towards the wall. Sometimes they rush off because they don't want to use their hind legs. Make sure that he is round and over the back before you ask him and sometimes it helps not to be in a hurry to get into the canter but rather to give him all the time he needs to find the canter without speeding up in the trot.

[@LisaPanton]

Amelia Newcomb Dressage thank you. Right twin has been really good this week :) left still rushing a little - I not wanting to use the hind make a lot of sense based on his history - thank you!!

[@LisaPanton]

Right lead*

[@annmartin1207]

Is there anything you have come across to help with a disunited left canter? Teeth, saddle, physio etc all checked out ok. Suggestions, videos would be fab guidance

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Does your horse always canter disunited or only some of the time?

[@taylahisabelle132]

In my second riding lesson, I was trotting and the horse started cantering. I don’t know if it was me accidentally doing like, a sign or an indication to go faster or if she just got a little exited but my instructor said I did really well and most of her other students my age would’ve let go and fallen off but I (tried) to stay calm and keep ahold of her and control her and I didn’t die! So I call that a success haha

[@poppyreid32]

Her horse is beautiful

[@susannahchristie2811]

I'm always late when I am told to ask the horse to canter I can never figure it out lol

[@ava1872]

I’ve heard the term “inside leg outside rein” for the trot in a circle, can you explain that?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

They’re wanting you to make the horse bend in the body from your inside leg, so you can catch the energy/shoulder with your outside rein to turn the horse. Does that help explain it? (Hehe very simple answer to a bigger theory question!)

[@ava1872]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage yes, yes it does! Thank you :)

[@patricialeighty1614]

Excellent explanation thank you

[@timpex885]

Excuse me! Can someone give me an advise that how I ask my horse to canter? I start to canter from walking and not from trot, so it’s a bit different. Pls help!! And also, how I keep him cantering? Pls answer fast!!!

[@TheAhmedWay]

Your horse is beautiful

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thank you!!

[@erinboyes1946]

Great Video. Beautiful Horse too!

[@Moonrise361]

It seems strange that the horse keeps his head bent down while he trots or while he canters.

[@JenniferJCouch]

Needed this. Excellent. Ty.💙🐎😎