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RE: [RC] Asking for canter leads... oops - Alison FarrinNope, Lucy had it right. Going right, Bend to the inside, use the right leg at the girth to maintain the bend, hold the left shoulder with the outside rein, allow the inside hind to step under and leave the outside HIND leg poised to initiate the canter transition, which you cue with the outside leg back.. Remember, impulsion always comes from behind. YOu don't want to fall into anything. while you may want the "bulge" over the inside front leg, you want a balanced bulge, on the curve, so that outside hind can step forward and begin the transition to canter. One of the natural horsemanship trainers uses the method of having the rider reach back and tap the outside hip with a crop. Its not really a cue to the horse, what it does is puts the rider's inside hip and seatbone forward, allows the horse's balance to be centered over the inside hind and let's them pick up the canter in a method where they maintain their balance. Otherwide, most of us tend to drop our inside shoulder, which puts weight in the outside hip and throws the horse off and he picks up the wrong lead. Pulling the horse's nose to the outside can accomplish putting the rider's weight on the inside, but its counterbending the horse and if you want to teach him counter canter farther down the road, you have just really confused him. Alison -----Original Message----- From: Lucy Chaplin Trumbull [mailto:elsietee@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:37 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Asking for canter leads... oops I *knew* I'd get in trouble if I tried to explain how to ask for a specific canter lead. <roll eyes> Like *I* know what I'm doing... Someone pointed out to me: ...are you sure you tilt his head to the "inside"?? I tip the head very slightly to the outside (toward the rail)....basically throws the inside shoulder forward and they almost have to take the right lead. she's quite right. You're kind of trying to make the horse "bulge" over towards that inside front leg, so by tilting the head to the outside and pushing with your outside leg behind the girth, you're squeezing the horse like a tube of toothpaste to almost fall into the canter on that inside front leg. Sorry for any confusion... (like Ray isn't even more confused now.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Lucy Chaplin Trumbull elsietee AT foothill DOT net Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, California * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ============================================================ REAL endurance is taking your non-horsey family to a ridecamp with you! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ===========================================================If you treat an Arab like a Thoroughbred, it will behave like a Quarter horse. ~ Libby Llop ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ===========================================================
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