Schooling a Prix St. Georges Horse – Part 2
Steffen Peters
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In the canter work, Steffen suggests spiraling down into a canter pirouette, but he doesn’t want the inside hind leg to come in too far. When the canter gets too short, there should be less haunches in and slightly enlarge the circle to improve the activity. Then he likes to let the horse stretch for a moment in canter to help the horse relax.
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