Schooling an Upper-Level Pony – Canter Pirouettes
Steffen Peters
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20m
They work on schooling pirouettes. Steffen says to try to keep the movement and the aids simple. When schooling the movement, keep it large and only do as many strides as the horse can do with quality and then go forward out of the movement. He stresses to set the horse up correctly and then allow the horse to do the pirouette without pushing for every stride.
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