How to Transition a Horse from Walk to Canter English Style

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Summary: Watch a seasoned horseback rider explain how to transition a horse from a walk to a canter while riding English style in this free online video.

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Kelli LaBar Kelli LaBar is a practicing aesthetician and makeup artist in Wilmington, N.C. She graduated from Miller-Motte Technical College as a certified aesthetician, ... read more

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How to Transition a Horse from Walk to Canter English Style

Hi, I'm Kelli on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you some tips and techniques that you could use when performing transitions in the English style of riding. The next transitions we would do is go to our walk to our canter. So I'm going to move her up to her walk. You make sure I'm sitting nice and square. I'm going to apply outside leg pressure and I'm going to ask her to go into a lope. So again we are going sit, we are going to apply outside leg pressure and I'm going to have her go into her canter. As you notice too as she cantering, she is on her left lead which means her left leg is going first in front of her right leg. She is going to the right so I would switch around her really quick. You would notice her right leg is the leg leading up front. So that is another thing that you really want to work on when you are working with your horse just making sure that they are in the right lead. So it is just getting your horse balanced, getting your horse to have some lift and making sure that you are using the proper cues meaning that you are cuing with your outside leg and not your inside leg would get your horse to pick up the proper lead. So that is how you want to move from your walk into your canter.