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Hi
How would you go about teaching a horse to canter behind in a group without pulling or overtaking others?
How would you go about teaching a horse to canter behind in a group without pulling or overtaking others?
Teaching horse to canter behind in a group
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hobgoblin
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I don't know but would love to find out!
Elsbells
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Jesstickle
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Is it a young horse that has never done this before or one which has developed a bad habit of running to the front?
Pauli
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Hey,
we always taught horses who did not want to canter behind, first to canter next to another horse. You can start doing this in a school, get them used to ride to each other while you do your dressage. It is fun and can be tricky as the horses have to learn to go at the same speed
once they know this fromm the school we did the same while hacking. And then you can slowly start slowing one horse a tiny bit down so that the other is in front with its head for example. We did this always slowly step by step and it worked fine with all horses
hope that helps
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we always taught horses who did not want to canter behind, first to canter next to another horse. You can start doing this in a school, get them used to ride to each other while you do your dressage. It is fun and can be tricky as the horses have to learn to go at the same speed
once they know this fromm the school we did the same while hacking. And then you can slowly start slowing one horse a tiny bit down so that the other is in front with its head for example. We did this always slowly step by step and it worked fine with all horses hope that helps
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Thanks that's a really good tip! He's a young horse that has never been taught.
Pauli
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If he is young you can start doing it in walk and trot and then canter. If you practice walk and trot canter normally should not be a problem. But if you train its important to have an experienced horse which does not have a problem being in front, side by side or behind.
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He's fine in walk and trot. It's just canter. I am lucky enough to have a horse to practise with that really doesn't mind what happens!
Crazydancer
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When I was teaching Khan we went out with a steady older horse. On a narrow track to start, we would have a little trot, with the other horse in front. If all was fine and under control, we had a few strides of canter, then back to trot. If anything untoward had happened, the horse in front would have 'blocked' the track. Once we had that going nicely, we increased the canter. Then we moved to side by side in a more open area, gradually moving in front, and also behind, so he was used to all variations!