Art Nouveau
Well-Known Member
I've recently been very fortunate in being offered the opportunity to ride an Elementary schooled dressage horse a few times a week.
I've always been taught that the canter aid is inside leg on the girth, outside leg just behind the girth. The horse I'm riding now canters from just using the inside leg, so I don't do anything with my outside leg. I'm intrigued to know whether this is a common way to ask for canter?
As a second question, would you train a horse to canter from an inside leg aid right from the start of it's training? Or would you start with inside leg on the girth and outside leg back, then progress to not using your outside leg as much until it is no longer needed?
I've always been taught that the canter aid is inside leg on the girth, outside leg just behind the girth. The horse I'm riding now canters from just using the inside leg, so I don't do anything with my outside leg. I'm intrigued to know whether this is a common way to ask for canter?
As a second question, would you train a horse to canter from an inside leg aid right from the start of it's training? Or would you start with inside leg on the girth and outside leg back, then progress to not using your outside leg as much until it is no longer needed?