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RE: [RC] Standing Canter - Christina McCarthy

As with troting, it is important to change leads frequently (great Flying Lead practice)..I two point, or sit back depending on the terraine.  I always grab mane and ride low over the withers.  I varry the speed and tempo depending on terraine also.


Christina McCarthy

> From: drnikisahak@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] Standing Canter
> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 01:09:54 +0800
>
> Someone last week posted a question on whether at the trot majority sit
> ,post etc etc .As an extrapolation of the question ,what do majority do when
> cantering ? I know that Donna Snyder Smith in her much celebrated
> 'endurance bible' recommended that one sit and 'flow' with the horse
> momentum when cantering but at the present speed at which international
> endurance rides are lost and won where cantering seem to be the predominant
> gait ,that would be a lot of pressure on the riders and the horses spines
> .Any comment on these ?
> In the last Asian Games 120 km ride the subsequent winner [ was it Sheikh
> Hamdan ?] literally 'stand' all the way on the stirrups .The average speed
> was beyond 21 kph if I am not mistaken .
>
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