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A woman in riding gear practices dressage at the canter on a black horse in an outdoor arena, while an instructor walks beside them. Text reads Don't Grip! with arrows highlighting posture and riding tips about not gripping with your legs.

How Not to Grip with your Legs in Canter

Gripping with the legs at the canter is a very common mistake and it makes it impossible for the rider to be effective and for the horse to move correctly! It’s tempting to grip…
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A smiling woman in a helmet rides a gray OTTB inside an arena. Text on the left reads: Cantering your OTTB for the very FIRST TIME, with FIRST TIME highlighted in green letters.

Cantering her OTTB for the FIRST TIME!

Today’s video is for all the new partnerships out there! And for anyone who feels a little nervous about cantering! In this video I help a student at a clinic to get her cantering…
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A rider in black gear is cantering a chestnut horse in an outdoor arena. Text on the image reads, Canter Transitions with an OTTB!!!! Trees are visible in the background, highlighting thoroughbred training and canter transitions.

Canter Transitions on an Off The Track Thoroughbred!

The transition from trot to canter can be a tricky thing to get right, (particularly the right lead canter!). We’re moving up from the two-beat trot that’s reliably symmetrical, to the three beat canter,…
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A rider on a gray horse moves in an arena, captured with drone footage, as text reads How to ride the Snowman and a diagram of intersecting circles resembling a snowman shape appears on the right side.

The Best Dressage Exercise- with DRONE Footage!

Last updated: 20th May 2026 The Best Dressage Exercise: The Snowman It’s getting to that wintery time of year, so it’s time to start building some snowmen in the sand school! This week’s video…
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Split image: Left shows a person in riding gear on a gray horse from behind; right shows a rider cantering on a chestnut horse. Text in the center reads How to Canter!! Learn about key horse riding muscles for mastering the canter.

Which muscles do you use for canter?

Cantering can be a daunting gait, and overwhelming when it’s going wrong. Figuring out exactly how to follow the motion of the canter can be tricky! But when you get it right, cantering can…
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A person wearing a helmet enjoys horse riding as they pick up the correct canter lead on a dark horse in an outdoor arena. White text on the left reads, Right Lead Canter? The horse lifts its front right leg; trees and fencing fill the background.

How do you pick up the correct canter lead?

How do you pick up the correct canter lead? Isn’t the canter such a joyful gait!? The rocking motion and three-time rhythm are both elating and soothing! It just feels RIGHT, am I right?😝…
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A rider in a blue shirt canters on a chestnut horse in a dressage arena. Text reads Fix Crooked Canter?! with a green arrow pointing upward and to the right, highlighting the horse's diagonal movement.

How do you fix a crooked canter?

All horses (and all riders for that matter) are crooked. Horses’ hips are wider than their shoulders so when they are traveling down the rail it will give the appearance that they are in…
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A rider on a chestnut horse in a dressage arena. Colored arrows and circles highlight leg, hand, and seat positions, illustrating equestrian aids for effective horse communication. Text reads The Aids!! at the bottom right.

The Aids – How to “Talk to your Horse”

About the canter: The canter is a 3 beat gait. Beat one is the outside hind leg, beat two is the inside hind leg and outside front leg, and beat three is the inside…
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A person in a blue shirt and helmet rides a chestnut horse in an arena. Four green dots highlight a vertical line along the rider’s body. The word “Canter!” appears in bold on the right.

Canter! What to do with your seat, legs, shoulders, elbows, and more!

How do you move your body in the canter? A LOT of riders struggle with the canter. In the canter, your seat, legs, shoulders, and elbows all have to be doing something different! Here…
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