rushing counter canter

[lilyymor]

my 6yo has a lovely, fluent counter canter usually but as it’s getting colder (and majority of my schooling sessions are in the dark so she is quite flighty), she has began rushing off my leg!! I always start off with a balanced and collected canter around the corner but as she gets to X she will rush off like there is no tomorrow?‍ Any ideas to help calm her down? As I said she is quite flighty in the dark but has been doing this in the middle of the day too.

 

[J&S]

She may be anticipating the harder work involved in going to the corner in counter canter. Go back a step, do loops off the track.