Helen has already warmed up this talented 8 year old just beginning his GP training. She asks for him to carry his weight on his hind legs in the canter using her weight aids. She adds the canter half pass with transitions within in the gait as she goes across the diagonal. After riding the half pass in both directions she does a zig zag down centerline. The flying changes on the diagonal are next, always asking for sitting, collection, control, and then the flying change. The fours, threes and twos are uphill, straight and show equal quality from change to change. He is just learning his ones, so she begins with two ones, and stops when she feels he won't be successful. She continues with the canter pirouettes.
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When asking for a trot canter“transition on the long rein, the horse kicks out, But they work through this resistance and make this a relaxed transition.
