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For those of you who canter their endurance horses on long straight aways at 
endurance rides (or in training), how often do you change leads, if you do?

Me?? While I change diagonals at the trot on every 10 strides (actually 10 1/2 
to be completely accurate), if I am cantering a long distance (which I don't 
that often because the trail conditions rarely ever allow it), I will usually 
change about every 100 srides, but it depends upon how long I think the canter 
is going to be.? And I don't do flying changes, I do simple changes.

I don't do this THAT much because there just aren't that many trails around 
here where some feature of the terrain doesn't require some kind of a change 
(either a sharpish turn or the footing or slope changes such that I want to 
stop cantering anyway, after which, if it is another straight away, I just pick 
up the other lead).

As an example, for those of you who have or are going to canter substantial 
portions of a ride like Git R Done where there is no slope to speak of, few 
turns, and consistent footing, I am interested to know how often and how you 
change leads.

kat
Orange County, Calif.

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