NOVICE 21: how do i stop horse changing legs on canter half circle!?!?

[MizElz]

help! true to her showjumping training, the minute my horse is turned across a diagonal in canter, she changes legs beautifully. and when i try to stop her, it gets v v v v v messy. Help! im competing tomoro!!!

 

[WFL]

I like N21 (have won at it last month). If you turn off the track as late as possible, you reduce the angle back to the corner, so she is less likely to change. Also, keep giving the aids and maintain a slight bend for the counter leg, not the "correct" leg.

 

[TURBOBERT]

Use the arena - keep him forward and retain the bend to the leading leg and his 'roundness'. Not sure where the 15 mtres starts in N21 but if you can use the end of the arena to help you 'contain' the half circle and to give you less of an angle to the track.

 

[Gonetofrance]

Ride it as if you are staying on the circle, keep your inside leg against her side and don't change your weight distribution. You can slightly release the inside rein to allow her to straighten once on the diagonal, but be very gradual, very soft and quiet so she doesn't interpret any movements as a signal to change.
An exercise to try and desensitise her to doing it, although it's possibly a bit late in the day and better for the future, is to ride a half circle and remain straight down the arena, gradually reducing the circle size to 10m, and then introduce the change in the angle gradually, until she stops doing it automatically.
If that makes sense........