Comments on The Posting Trot: Cantering, the last frontier

Oh yea, I found a website yester day www.dressagec...

2008-10-26T14:02:00.000-04:00

Oh yea, I found a website yester day www.dressageclinic.com
its around 40.00 per month and you can watch videos on line any time you want as much as you want. Might be worth trying for a month and then you can see what "big name" trainer works for you and then build your personal library fromt here. You might also check out the Jane Savoie lessons on You Tube. I am not sure I am a convert yet- but I did sign up for her monthly newsletter and you get some free reading material. Email me and I can shoot you her PDF of riding through fear if you want
dq4abu@gmail.com

Oh yea, I found a website yester day www.dressagec...

2008-10-26T14:01:00.000-04:00

Hey thanks for coming by 20 meter!! Funny you shou...

2008-10-26T13:41:00.000-04:00

Hey thanks for coming by 20 meter!! Funny you should ask about Videos..I have just decided that I will be purchasing the Kyra set from Dressage Extensions.. There are 6 total, they are around 200.00 for all of them. It looks like they break all of it down pretty simply ( I need that) and I have her book that I refer to all the time. The other Video I recommend is the USDF on the levels. It had riders riding the test and a judge gives commentary- very helpful for showing.
Good job on the canter- it just takes time in the saddle and you will get more confident on every ride. I would say do tons of trot transistions with your seat- like going in a slower trot on the closed side of the circle and puching for a bigger trot on the open side. Once you feel the difference and horse and rider are tuned in to the seat you can do the same thing thing with the canter. I was amazed the first time I just sat still and Booster slowed to a collected canter from an extended canter, it felt like shifting a car to a lower gear. Just keep riding and in now time you will galloping with the best of them.

Lucky you if you had it in your genes!!! And I do ...

2008-10-25T16:58:00.000-04:00

Lucky you if you had it in your genes!!! And I do hope you are right, but now, as soon as we pick up speed, I freak out. My horse has some Percheron blood too, she's very tall and she needs a lot of leg support both for starting the gallop and to maintain it (otherwise, she leans on the bit and feels as heavy as a potato sack). Maybe when I feel more confident in my ability to STOP her... I'll start to enjoy myself a little more!

Congrats on your canter work!Ever since I was a li...

2008-10-25T14:11:00.000-04:00

Congrats on your canter work!
Ever since I was a little kid I've always just been one of those people that wanted to gallop and jump everything in sight. I think I'm born to be a fox hunter LOL.
I've galloped my Perch up to 28mph :)
I think it's all about feeling comfortable and gaining that confidence to feel comfortable. Once you start cantering more you'll feel just fine! It will be second nature!