I try to walk trot and canter without stirrups everytime I ride and its helped me find alot more balance, i can jump 2.5 ft bareback now and feel alot more comfortable in the saddle because of this 🤩
I just wanted to comment the same 😊 also, I was a riding on the horse with my whip under my armpit, so that my arms stayed next to my body. It was hard at firts, but it fixed my posture and that helped a lot to keep my balance.
As you said tight muscles bounce. I also figured that out one day when I just mentally decided relax, and immediately the sitting trot felt comfortable. Love your videos.
As a male rider I would like to suggest every single rider one thing - pilates, pilates, pilates :) I tried pilates as more riders at higher levels mentioned they do pilates and I must say it really is the best exercise to improve your riding. When you are doing pilates you are training your abs, which are responsible for you stabilization and counter movement during sitting trot and during canter. At the same time you have to have supple lower back and at the same time you have to sit tall without rounding your shoulders. Sometimes we are also doing exercises on fitballs imitating sitting trot. Best thing I discovered because you are aware of every muscle you have to turn on and also which should stay supple. And my trainer says I improved my sitting trot and canter :)
Which pilates exercises are good? And can you recommend somewhere to find out how to do it and what helps riders? I've been thinking about trying, but i've been too lazy. Now i'm on a pony with a super bouncy trot, so i need the benefits from it, as it seems i'm going to ride him for some time.
@@miapetersen55 especially those on fitball, or those when you have a small ball between your knees while you are sitting and doing crunches. It is not that few of those exercises are good because the whole concept of pilates is to make your body stronger and more supple and to monitor your muscles. So basically pilates as whole is really beneficial, hope that helps :)
@@miapetersen55 Hi Mia Sally Swift wrote 2 vols called "Centred Riding. " Published vol 1 in 1985 by St Martin's Press NY USA. Vol 2 published 2002 by J.A. Allen London. Covers riding in a few styles with pleasure riders, western, dressage and eventing to Olympic level. Pilates based book by Lisa Champion called "Riding from the Inside Out" with two contributors Anna Louise Bouvier and riding insights by Larissa Chadwick Published J. A. Allen London 2003. Contemporary bio mechanics with horse and rider photos with posture effects on way of going. Very good! Anything by Alois Podhajsky Master teacher trainer and writer "The Riding Teacher" Published 1971 by Harrap London. "Complete Training of Horse and Rider" Published 1974 by Wilshire Book Company California USA Place shock absorption saddle pad on your school horses for protection. Love the video small steps. I remember short side few steps sit trot rise lobg side. Easier than circle. Sit for 4 rise for 4 etc Enjoy the books. Some may be in print. Love to you and your lovely horses. Cheers Alice's 👍😎🌹 Sydney Australia 🐎🌠☺
Ride a very long way with a trail group. Sheepskin over your saddle. Pantyhose under your riding pants. Lets your horses head bob and just sit there ..for 30miles a day for 4-5 days and your seat will be relaxed centred and not interfere with the horses movement. A stockman guided me on a Snowy Mountain 100mile ride. Breathe relax soft buttom thigh calves and relaxed ankles. Enjoy!!!☺
Years ago my instructor told me to bring my chin towards my chest and let my head bob, it works amazingly! It is physically impossible for our heads to bob if we’re holding tension in our bodies. She told me to just focus on breathing and letting my head gently bob with the horses movement. I still use it to this day😁
Yes, any elaboration would be great, this sounds helpful! I am about to start on the trot next week, and if my past attempts are any indication, I need all the help I can get!
I saw an excellent visual one time that helped me tremendously, the trainer using her hands to mimic the motion of your hips while in a canter versus while in a trot. With her hands positioned as though holding a ball, the canter is more of a rolling motion with one side of your hips initiating the wheel-like roll and the other one following. The trot is simply one side up the other side down, then the other side up, the one side down. That helped me a lot! I have found riding with a bareback pad very beneficial too. Less easy for me because I have a higher center of gravity. Wonderful videos!
I ride in a western wade saddle. My current horse is thoroughbred that is very tight and fearful. The sitting trot is very useful for her because it allows me to stay planted in the saddle. On really good days she frees up a little bit. I can post. When things are going really really well, she'll move out and her movement posts for me. On tougher days I know it's important to be lose but stable in the saddle. At the same time the sitting trot has been a struggle for me. Getting smoother has a rider will be the best thing I can do for my horses. She deserves nothing less. Thank you for the video. I saw a couple of things I can work on.
Personally, the way I improved my sitting trot was by trotting with nothing at all. I went bareback and only rode bareback multiple times until I was sitting the trot well. Without the saddle you really have to focus on your hips and how to constantly match them to the movement of your horse. To take it up another step, I would completely drop the reins (some may not be able to do that on their horses) and set my hands to the side. This also taught me not to ever use my reins as a way to balance myself. At that point, it was all up to me to make the trot as comfortable and as easy for me and my horse. Once I used the saddle again, I found that in addition to the seat and stirrups, sitting the trot became 10x easier with those extra aids. If you can't ride bareback and trot that way, I would at least recommend riding stirrupless to teach yourself to depend on your balance, hips, and core instead of the stirrups or such.
Agree with the Pilates comment - also yoga is great. As an older rider (62) who has ridden my entire life, it is imperative that you take time to stretch and strengthen BEFORE you get on your horse. Also, a horse that is on its forehand, not collected, is much harder to sit.
I have my third lesson on the 28th, and your video lessons really help between lessons. I’ll try relaxing my glutes and strengthening my lower back. Thank you.
hi ckr training my old riding teacher used to protect her school horses backs using protective home made saddle pad for shock absorption. She also used a similar sit trot process; as we improved extend to a long side length of the school. circles can be a different experience to straight lines. Relaxation of glutes with breathing. Some times we try to hard and hold our breath. love the video. Thank you x
God bless this channel, the remark about jumping with the trot improved my sitting trot overnight. Yesterday, for the very first time I actually felt good, balanced and in control while practicing sitting trot.
Thinking of my ankles as shock absorbers. Thinking tall - like being pulled by a string at the top of my head and stretching down into my ankles and letting them pass the movement through.
Roopal Khokhani I do the same. Keep my legs long and loose (no gripping) and stretched down into the stirrups. Sit tall and suck my navel into my spine -allows my pelvis to move with my horse’s movement.
I was very happy to find this video! I am teaching myself to ride in an English saddle and the challenge has been the bouncing! Your video gave me a little insight to the anatomy of movement while riding. I have been squeezing my gluteal muscles ( I get exhausted) trying to keep--out-of-the-bounce. Stabilizing my back and going with movement has helped put the weight in my thighs--much better than trying to grip with my legs. TY!
Without stirrups. It helped with my balance and it was much easier to maintain my riding position. I am tall, so it has been tricky to find my balance.
Personally, something that has helped me so so so much with my riding (sitting trot ) is a thing called jelly body. Imagine ur lower legs were jelly, because if u keep them to tight it will make u tense up, hence almost curling your legs up and that leads to leaning forward which just makes your riding look novice. Instead imagine your butt and legs were like jelly, easily sinking into your seat. I hope I've explained well enough and that u understand I don't actually mean like your whole body lol. Another thing that helped me is that once I've gotten sitting trot to ride without stirrups, it's painful but it really helps haha
All I did to improve my sitting trot was to ride once a week in a western saddle. Now I need to practice posting because I am so used to sitting. You should do a video on helpful tips for posting because I'm terrible at it.
Can you do a in depth video on the most common and problematic balance and position issues seen or taught in hunter/ jumpers and dressage?? Also a video on most common incorrect, inefficient, or not the kindest techniques, methods and other things that are taught by under educated instructors. We have all been there when we were younger or just starting out and I still see so many kids and beginners being taught techniques and fundamentals or basics poorly and one big thing is “ framing “ the horse’s head by sawing the bit in the mouth and gripping with the knees and turning the toes out whiles gripping with the heels and another big one is teaching beginners to kick kick kick instead of teaching the rider what light aids are and how to instruct the rider to teach or ask the horse to go forward from light aids and how to properly correct and re-ask to respond to light pressure or light aids. Another one is teaching the half halt by just pulling on the reins straight back. I think this would be a great video series because so many riders don’t even know that they are doing these things incorrectly or that they are being taught incorrectly.
I take lessons. So sometimes I have really lazy horses. I try to use pressure and release to get my horse from walk into trot. Bsometimes , the horse will just not listen. So I will have to kick in order to get the horse moving into the trot. And if the horse still doesn’t listen, my instructor tells me to “kick kick kick” like u mentioned in ur comment.. so is that wrong?
Hi Callie, Do you by chance have any gaited horses that you could ride for some of these tutorials? I own a TWH and seeing some things applied to a gaited horse would become helpful. TIA
I have been riding MANY yr.s at least 20 of those yrs. have been under the tutelage of instructors. I'm here to tell you I truly dislike the sitting trot! I have never felt I have perfected it nor has it EVER felt relaxed & comfortable. My most recent trainer says I AM doing the sitting trot correctly & well, but I can tell you at 65 yrs. old & on countless different horses it has NEVER felt good. I can also tell you that I have never been able to "FEEL" the horses legs/feet so that I can pick up the correct diagonal when begining a posting trot from a sitting position. I'm just wondering should I just give it up? Less than a yr. ago I had minor back surgery, I have recovered well, but am even more tense about sitting the trot than before. My 15hh "rescue grade" mare is the JOY of my life. One of the Sweetest, kindest animals in the world. Never gives anything but her best & tries to do all I ask. She however does not have the best conformation and is NOT in shape making all her gaits somewhat difficult to ride. Any other suggestions besides trotting a few strides while sitting then walking? I have used some of your other training tips in previous videos that have worked well.
With age and surgeries, you may want to consider a gaited horse. In addition to a TWH, there are Missouri Foxtrotters, Pasos, and others. Comfort, safety, and fun are more important than trying to master the sitting trot.
I have a bad habit of using my lower back to absorb the motion of the sitting trot, any ideas on how to visualize following with my hips instead? I don’t think I quite understand how that should feel
Thank you for this video! I'm a new rider, and thought I was doing well with the sitting trot, but realized I was just gripping the hell out of the horse to stay in the saddle! Looking forward to applying your tips at my next lesson. :)
My trainer used to tell me to relax and sway with the horse. So basically go side to side! But make sure you are going with the horse at their pace instead of just doing it… I’m not good at explaining, but kinda like how when are posting and use the wrong diagonal it doesn’t feel right, but instead you are sitting, it won’t feel as comfortable if you aren’t going along with your horse.
whenever i do my sitting trot no stirrups, i end up falling lmao. any tips? i feel very tense in the saddle and i move around a lot, not sure what to do about that
I have been riding for over 15 years I have always had different trainers because I have epilepsy so the trainers would keep passing me at the same barn from trainer to trainer but I really did not care because I believe thats how I became such a great rider in the 15 years of riding also each trainer taught me how to do sitting trot different then the other trainer I remember one lesson I went in to the barn and they told me to just grab the bare back saddle pad and a bridle and bring the horse in to the indoor so I did and got on was kind of confused but my trainer knew I was good enough to do 1/2 of my lesson on a horse that was already exercised and bring him right in to a slow working sitting trot thats how I learned to do sitting trot and now I love it I would rather do sitting trot then posting :)
@@andyendy529 Thanks Andy. Some questions only require one word to answer them, but oddly, sometimes it is necessary to wait for a year before the right word comes along, so once again, Thanks.
@@passerby9123I usually squeeze or kick to get into trot. With BOTH legs. And for trot-walk, I squeeze the reins, make sure my shoulders are back and if the horse doesn’t stop, I pulll allittle
what helped me with the sitting trot (or working trot as we call it) was riding without stirrups. It improved my balance and loosening more
Yes me too. It made my legs feel longer, more relaxed, better seat.
I try to walk trot and canter without stirrups everytime I ride and its helped me find alot more balance, i can jump 2.5 ft bareback now and feel alot more comfortable in the saddle because of this 🤩
Same here
I just wanted to comment the same 😊 also, I was a riding on the horse with my whip under my armpit, so that my arms stayed next to my body. It was hard at firts, but it fixed my posture and that helped a lot to keep my balance.
I did so much no stirrups siting trot that my siting trot is so good without stirrups and when I get my stirrups back I bounce. And it so bad
As you said tight muscles bounce. I also figured that out one day when I just mentally decided relax, and immediately the sitting trot felt comfortable. Love your videos.
As a male rider I would like to suggest every single rider one thing - pilates, pilates, pilates :)
I tried pilates as more riders at higher levels mentioned they do pilates and I must say it really is the best exercise to improve your riding.
When you are doing pilates you are training your abs, which are responsible for you stabilization and counter movement during sitting trot and during canter. At the same time you have to have supple lower back and at the same time you have to sit tall without rounding your shoulders. Sometimes we are also doing exercises on fitballs imitating sitting trot.
Best thing I discovered because you are aware of every muscle you have to turn on and also which should stay supple. And my trainer says I improved my sitting trot and canter :)
tai chi, swiming, alexander technique and pilates
plus breathing and relaxation! enjoy☺
Which pilates exercises are good? And can you recommend somewhere to find out how to do it and what helps riders? I've been thinking about trying, but i've been too lazy. Now i'm on a pony with a super bouncy trot, so i need the benefits from it, as it seems i'm going to ride him for some time.
@@miapetersen55 especially those on fitball, or those when you have a small ball between your knees while you are sitting and doing crunches. It is not that few of those exercises are good because the whole concept of pilates is to make your body stronger and more supple and to monitor your muscles. So basically pilates as whole is really beneficial, hope that helps :)
@@miapetersen55
Hi Mia
Sally Swift wrote 2 vols called
"Centred Riding. "
Published vol 1 in 1985 by St Martin's Press NY USA.
Vol 2 published 2002 by J.A. Allen London.
Covers riding in a few styles with pleasure riders, western, dressage and eventing to Olympic level.
Pilates based book by Lisa Champion called
"Riding from the Inside Out" with two contributors Anna Louise Bouvier and riding insights by Larissa Chadwick
Published J. A. Allen
London 2003.
Contemporary bio mechanics with horse and rider photos with posture effects on way of going. Very good!
Anything by Alois Podhajsky
Master teacher trainer and writer
"The Riding Teacher"
Published 1971 by Harrap London.
"Complete Training of Horse and Rider"
Published 1974 by Wilshire Book Company
California USA
Place shock absorption saddle pad on your school horses for protection. Love the video small steps.
I remember short side few steps sit trot rise lobg side. Easier than circle.
Sit for 4 rise for 4 etc
Enjoy the books.
Some may be in print.
Love to you and your lovely horses. Cheers
Alice's 👍😎🌹 Sydney Australia 🐎🌠☺
Ride a very long way with a trail group.
Sheepskin over your saddle. Pantyhose under your riding pants. Lets your horses head bob and just sit there ..for 30miles a day for 4-5 days and your seat will be relaxed centred and not interfere with the horses movement. A stockman guided me on a Snowy Mountain 100mile ride. Breathe relax soft buttom thigh calves and relaxed ankles. Enjoy!!!☺
Years ago my instructor told me to bring my chin towards my chest and let my head bob, it works amazingly! It is physically impossible for our heads to bob if we’re holding tension in our bodies. She told me to just focus on breathing and letting my head gently bob with the horses movement. I still use it to this day😁
@Amy Bardgett, could you please describe it more? Do you bring a chin completely to your chest? Does it stay there for the whole time?
Yes, any elaboration would be great, this sounds helpful!
I am about to start on the trot next week, and if my past attempts are any indication, I need all the help I can get!
@@pariahmouse7794 hahaha I am still not great at trotting, years are passing by... :D
Oh thank you!!!!
thats great for teaching relaxation, but definitely do not ride with you're head bobbing.
I saw an excellent visual one time that helped me tremendously, the trainer using her hands to mimic the motion of your hips while in a canter versus while in a trot. With her hands positioned as though holding a ball, the canter is more of a rolling motion with one side of your hips initiating the wheel-like roll and the other one following. The trot is simply one side up the other side down, then the other side up, the one side down. That helped me a lot! I have found riding with a bareback pad very beneficial too. Less easy for me because I have a higher center of gravity. Wonderful videos!
That makes so much sense! I will have to try and feel that next time I ride. Thanks for the commen
I ride in a western wade saddle. My current horse is thoroughbred that is very tight and fearful. The sitting trot is very useful for her because it allows me to stay planted in the saddle. On really good days she frees up a little bit. I can post. When things are going really really well, she'll move out and her movement posts for me. On tougher days I know it's important to be lose but stable in the saddle. At the same time the sitting trot has been a struggle for me. Getting smoother has a rider will be the best thing I can do for my horses. She deserves nothing less. Thank you for the video. I saw a couple of things I can work on.
I can't wait to try this at tomorrow's ride. Thank You!
Personally, the way I improved my sitting trot was by trotting with nothing at all. I went bareback and only rode bareback multiple times until I was sitting the trot well. Without the saddle you really have to focus on your hips and how to constantly match them to the movement of your horse. To take it up another step, I would completely drop the reins (some may not be able to do that on their horses) and set my hands to the side. This also taught me not to ever use my reins as a way to balance myself. At that point, it was all up to me to make the trot as comfortable and as easy for me and my horse. Once I used the saddle again, I found that in addition to the seat and stirrups, sitting the trot became 10x easier with those extra aids. If you can't ride bareback and trot that way, I would at least recommend riding stirrupless to teach yourself to depend on your balance, hips, and core instead of the stirrups or such.
Agree with the Pilates comment - also yoga is great. As an older rider (62) who has ridden my entire life, it is imperative that you take time to stretch and strengthen BEFORE you get on your horse. Also, a horse that is on its forehand, not collected, is much harder to sit.
focusing on staying relaxed and not tensing up. Everytime I started to bounce I would focus on my breathing and would relax into the ride.
I have my third lesson on the 28th, and your video lessons really help between lessons. I’ll try relaxing my glutes and strengthening my lower back. Thank you.
Ellie looks like a huge Shetland 😭 so cuteeee
She look just like Amber Marshall’s mini named Monty but just bigger
hi ckr training
my old riding teacher used to protect her school horses backs using protective home made saddle pad for shock absorption. She also used a similar sit trot process; as we improved extend to a long side length of the school. circles can be a different experience to straight lines. Relaxation of glutes with breathing. Some times we try to hard and hold our breath.
love the video.
Thank you x
God bless this channel, the remark about jumping with the trot improved my sitting trot overnight. Yesterday, for the very first time I actually felt good, balanced and in control while practicing sitting trot.
Thinking of my ankles as shock absorbers. Thinking tall - like being pulled by a string at the top of my head and stretching down into my ankles and letting them pass the movement through.
Roopal Khokhani I do the same. Keep my legs long and loose (no gripping) and stretched down into the stirrups. Sit tall and suck my navel into my spine -allows my pelvis to move with my horse’s movement.
Love these videos! Practical, understandable instruction with great demonstrations. Thank you!
I was very happy to find this video! I am teaching myself to ride in an English saddle and the challenge has been the bouncing! Your video gave me a little insight to the anatomy of movement while riding. I have been squeezing my gluteal muscles ( I get exhausted) trying to keep--out-of-the-bounce. Stabilizing my back and going with movement has helped put the weight in my thighs--much better than trying to grip with my legs. TY!
Without stirrups. It helped with my balance and it was much easier to maintain my riding position. I am tall, so it has been tricky to find my balance.
I am still learning but shifting weight onto my thighs has given me the most stability. What I struggle with is relaxing my hips.
I am afraid I will have that issue as well, I have a problem with tension in my whole body... Any tips you have come across, haha?
Well its been two years...hoped you solved that problem
I really enjoy the sitting trot. Always found it far easier and more comfortable than rising
Personally, something that has helped me so so so much with my riding (sitting trot ) is a thing called jelly body. Imagine ur lower legs were jelly, because if u keep them to tight it will make u tense up, hence almost curling your legs up and that leads to leaning forward which just makes your riding look novice. Instead imagine your butt and legs were like jelly, easily sinking into your seat. I hope I've explained well enough and that u understand I don't actually mean like your whole body lol. Another thing that helped me is that once I've gotten sitting trot to ride without stirrups, it's painful but it really helps haha
this has been a problem area for me so I can't wait to try this - makes so much sense! Thank-you Callie!
I learned so much better by doing sitting trot with no stirrups. I did it perfectly! When I go back to stirrups, it is harder!
All I did to improve my sitting trot was to ride once a week in a western saddle. Now I need to practice posting because I am so used to sitting. You should do a video on helpful tips for posting because I'm terrible at it.
Thank you for this helpful video! 😊
I found that pushing my heel down as a shock absorber was definitely helpful
Can you do a in depth video on the most common and problematic balance and position issues seen or taught in hunter/ jumpers and dressage?? Also a video on most common incorrect, inefficient, or not the kindest techniques, methods and other things that are taught by under educated instructors. We have all been there when we were younger or just starting out and I still see so many kids and beginners being taught techniques and fundamentals or basics poorly and one big thing is “ framing “ the horse’s head by sawing the bit in the mouth and gripping with the knees and turning the toes out whiles gripping with the heels and another big one is teaching beginners to kick kick kick instead of teaching the rider what light aids are and how to instruct the rider to teach or ask the horse to go forward from light aids and how to properly correct and re-ask to respond to light pressure or light aids. Another one is teaching the half halt by just pulling on the reins straight back. I think this would be a great video series because so many riders don’t even know that they are doing these things incorrectly or that they are being taught incorrectly.
I take lessons. So sometimes I have really lazy horses. I try to use pressure and release to get my horse from walk into trot. Bsometimes , the horse will just not listen. So I will have to kick in order to get the horse moving into the trot. And if the horse still doesn’t listen, my instructor tells me to “kick kick kick” like u mentioned in ur comment.. so is that wrong?
Hi Callie, Do you by chance have any gaited horses that you could ride for some of these tutorials? I own a TWH and seeing some things applied to a gaited horse would become helpful. TIA
*At first scene it looks like there's a microphone for horse*
I have been riding MANY yr.s at least 20 of those yrs. have been under the tutelage of instructors. I'm here to tell you I truly dislike the sitting trot! I have never felt I have perfected it nor has it EVER felt relaxed & comfortable. My most recent trainer says I AM doing the sitting trot correctly & well, but I can tell you at 65 yrs. old & on countless different horses it has NEVER felt good. I can also tell you that I have never been able to "FEEL" the horses legs/feet so that I can pick up the correct diagonal when begining a posting trot from a sitting position. I'm just wondering should I just give it up? Less than a yr. ago I had minor back surgery, I have recovered well, but am even more tense about sitting the trot than before. My 15hh "rescue grade" mare is the JOY of my life. One of the Sweetest, kindest animals in the world. Never gives anything but her best & tries to do all I ask. She however does not have the best conformation and is NOT in shape making all her gaits somewhat difficult to ride.
Any other suggestions besides trotting a few strides while sitting then walking?
I have used some of your other training tips in previous videos that have worked well.
With age and surgeries, you may want to consider a gaited horse. In addition to a TWH, there are Missouri Foxtrotters, Pasos, and others. Comfort, safety, and fun are more important than trying to master the sitting trot.
I have a bad habit of using my lower back to absorb the motion of the sitting trot, any ideas on how to visualize following with my hips instead? I don’t think I quite understand how that should feel
i think about it as isolating your hips and moving your hips with the horse.
Thank you for this video! I'm a new rider, and thought I was doing well with the sitting trot, but realized I was just gripping the hell out of the horse to stay in the saddle! Looking forward to applying your tips at my next lesson. :)
haha lovely "gripping the hell" I know what u mean ufff
I am gonna use this tonight!!
My trainer used to tell me to relax and sway with the horse. So basically go side to side! But make sure you are going with the horse at their pace instead of just doing it… I’m not good at explaining, but kinda like how when are posting and use the wrong diagonal it doesn’t feel right, but instead you are sitting, it won’t feel as comfortable if you aren’t going along with your horse.
thank youu
whenever i do my sitting trot no stirrups, i end up falling lmao. any tips? i feel very tense in the saddle and i move around a lot, not sure what to do about that
Breathe, don't tense up, don't look down.
I was taught to take a breathe and sink down in the saddle
Can anyone help me? I’ve been riding for about 7-8 years but when I sit the trot my pelvis moves sososososo much. Why? Please help, I want to fix that
I have been riding for over 15 years I have always had different trainers because I have epilepsy so the trainers would keep passing me at the same barn from trainer to trainer but I really did not care because I believe thats how I became such a great rider in the 15 years of riding also each trainer taught me how to do sitting trot different then the other trainer I remember one lesson I went in to the barn and they told me to just grab the bare back saddle pad and a bridle and bring the horse in to the indoor so I did and got on was kind of confused but my trainer knew I was good enough to do 1/2 of my lesson on a horse that was already exercised and bring him right in to a slow working sitting trot thats how I learned to do sitting trot and now I love it I would rather do sitting trot then posting :)
wonderful you have not quit despite the behaviour of the instructors due to epilepsy...well done
I’m pretty good at the sitting trot but I am horrible at sitting the canter
The thing that really helped me was my diagonals.
A beginners question. When you ask your horse to trot and/or walk, how do you communicate this to the horse?
Shins..
@@andyendy529 Thanks Andy. Some questions only require one word to answer them, but oddly, sometimes it is necessary to wait for a year before the right word comes along, so once again, Thanks.
@@passerby9123I usually squeeze or kick to get into trot. With BOTH legs. And for trot-walk, I squeeze the reins, make sure my shoulders are back and if the horse doesn’t stop, I pulll allittle
Riding with sheep skin helps
The best tip is to get a gaited horse. 🙂