Canter question?

[NicoleS_007]

Friend was riding her horse the other day and said he wasnt tracking up! Is the canter meant to track up? I watched my sister ride ours and he over tracks in canter, he would have a more collected rounded canter than my friends horse so does it just depend on how the horse moves in general or is he not stepping under with his hinds enough?

 

[NicoleS_007]

*Bump* ?? anyone know?

 

[Weezy]

Cannot say I have ever worried about canter tracking up - so long as there is an active, stepping under hind leg, and the canter is *up* that is good enough for me!

 

[katemiddleton]

Not track up as such - but when impulsion goes or slows too much canter can sometimes go four time as opposed to three.

Does canter track up?

 

[galaxy]

There really isn't such a thing as tracking up in canter....

You should be looking for a 3 time rhythm with a good step through with an inside hind leg, straightness etc for "quality" in canter.

 

[TallyHo123]

Ditto everything Weezy said!
I would concentrate more on the 'way of going' in the canter and making sure it is active and engaged.