Canter Control - Figure-Eight Pattern on the Flat | Andrew Welles | PART 01
Jumping
•
37m
Show jumper Andrew Welles explains how to use a figure-eight pattern to create a good base canter on the flat. His student comes forward through a turn, onto the diagonal and then collects so the horse coils like a spring and can rock back on his hind end. This is the same feeling a rider wants when going to a jump.
Up Next in Jumping
-
Canter Control - Warm Up Before Jumpi...
Show jumper Andrew Welles is in the irons warming up a young horse, making sure he is straight and forward in front of his leg. Andrew uses transitions—at the trot and canter—to ask the horse to step underneath himself and engage his hind end. This helps establish a base canter that he will use w...
-
Canter Control - Rideability Over Gro...
Show jumper Andrew Welles rides over a straight line of three ground poles, collecting and lengthening the horse’s stride. He demonstrates adjusting the stride by riding the line in five strides, four strides and combinations of the two to help develop impulsion and he returns to the base canter ...
-
Day 1 Session 1 - Leg/Hand Feel | Ann...
Anne briefly talks riders through the importance of establishing and maintaining a leg to hand connection with the horse that does not come from the hand, but rather the seat and leg. Doing so creates a more consistent and true connection with the horse.
