Chippers1
Well-Known Member
I posted this video of our second 80cm course on Sunday but I just wondered about the disuniting in canter around the course.
If you look closely there's three separate occasions where he goes disunited and I'm not sure what to do to fix it! Is it a balance issue? Is it because I'm more nervous when it gets to 80? It mainly seems to be him changing his front legs either when I've brought him back to trot to change his canter lead or if I try to...maybe it's because I don't completely bring him back to trot?
He can do flying changes going from right to left but he doesn't get them spot on every time.
I also think with the bigger course that I'm concentrating on keeping him going over the jumps so just keep him going forward and he's actually quite balanced still but obviously I don't want to keep it up! Another point is that sometimes he's difficult to pull up as he's going forward so I don't like to mess with him too much. He does react to my seat so that could be me also..I'm not sure.
After all that rambling, does anyone have any idea about what I can do to help this? I am looking for an instructor so that will help and I can do some pole work at home (long story why I can't get jumps out atm...) And I go out pretty much every weekend to jump. I will also add that the two practice 80 courses I've done previously he's disunited for maybe 2/3 strides too but not as much as when at a comp.
Thanks! Vid below:
If you look closely there's three separate occasions where he goes disunited and I'm not sure what to do to fix it! Is it a balance issue? Is it because I'm more nervous when it gets to 80? It mainly seems to be him changing his front legs either when I've brought him back to trot to change his canter lead or if I try to...maybe it's because I don't completely bring him back to trot?
He can do flying changes going from right to left but he doesn't get them spot on every time.
I also think with the bigger course that I'm concentrating on keeping him going over the jumps so just keep him going forward and he's actually quite balanced still but obviously I don't want to keep it up! Another point is that sometimes he's difficult to pull up as he's going forward so I don't like to mess with him too much. He does react to my seat so that could be me also..I'm not sure.
After all that rambling, does anyone have any idea about what I can do to help this? I am looking for an instructor so that will help and I can do some pole work at home (long story why I can't get jumps out atm...) And I go out pretty much every weekend to jump. I will also add that the two practice 80 courses I've done previously he's disunited for maybe 2/3 strides too but not as much as when at a comp.
Thanks! Vid below: