Christoph Hess Discusses Developing the Canter and Working Towards Collected and Extended Trot
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Fourth Chat (765) – Christoph Hess 4 – “Riding and Training Quality Gaits and Paces, Halt, Rein Back and Walk Pirouettes”
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Sixth Chat (798) – Christoph Hess 6 – “Developing an Excellent Walk, Halt, Rein-Back and Pirouette”
Seventh Chat (810) – Christoph Hess 7 – “Ten Areas Where You Can Improve Your Dressage Competition Results”
Eighth Chat (822) – Christoph Hess 8 – “The Importance of the Inside Hind Leg in Pirouettes with Christoph Hess”
Ninth Chat (834) – Christoph Hess 9 – “What is Straightness with Christoph Hess”
Tenth Chat – (843) – Christoph Hess 10 – “The Scale of Training Explained with Christoph Hess”
Eleventh Chat (852) – Christoph Hess 11 – “Collection Explained with Christoph Hess”
Twelfth Chat (867) – Christoph Hess 12 – Christoph Hess, Dressage Training, On Air Dressage, Online Horse Lessons, Equine Rhythm and Suppleness
Thirteenth Chat (888) – Christoph Hess 13 – Why Not Have Rising Trot in Dressage Tests if Horse Welfare is Our Highest Priority with Christoph Hess
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Christoph Hess Discusses Developing the Canter and Working Towards Collected and Extended Trot
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Christoph Hess Discusses Developing the Canter and Working Towards Collected and Extended Trot
- What are the qualities that we are looking for in the canter?
– Clear 3 beat rhythm (4 beat in canter pirouette)
– Period of suspension
- In a young horse, how can we tell if their canter will be exceptional?
– Walk and canter cannot be developed the same way as the trot
– To get the best canter, ride a lot of transitions (trot – canter – trot (Quality transitions))
– Lengthen (big strides) on curved line
- Does an exceptional canter indicate a talented jumping horse?
– All horse need to be balanced
– The canter should be well balanced and the horses should be straight
- At what stage should we have more focus on the straightness in the canter? Or is it like the rainbow?
– All horses are crooked, you will never have a horse who is totally straight
– Ride the canter a little bit in shoulder fore. Give the reins in the transitions, looking for a long movement of suspension
- What should the rider be working on in the horses’ first year to develop the canter?
– Young horse should be ridden in rising trot, then sitting trot
– Young horse should be ridden in light seat in canter shorter strides before canter in dressage seat
- How should we start to develop the canter? Is training impulsion most important before we train lengthening and shortening?
– Impulsion first, some horses love to canter, some horses love to trot
– Train first in the gait the horse loves most
- What is the judge looking for in the collected canter?
– Rider should have the feeling of extended medium canter with impulsion
– More cadence, more uphill with hind legs under horse with impulsion
- What is the judge looking for in the extended canter?
– Rider should have the feeling of collection, their horse should be strong from training and not when the horse is too young
– When the horse is in extension, the rider should give both reins to prove the horse is not leaning on the reins.
– The horse should be strong and well balanced with a longer neck and ground covering stride
- To improve our scores in the canter, what type of exercises should we do?
– The better the horse is trained, the better the score
– Turn with the outside reins, turning straight lines, smaller circles and pirouettes
- In our ‘happy hour’ after the competition, do we canter? If so, what exercises should we include?
– Canter, light seat, show jumping saddle
– Canter in a way the horse loves it
– Stretches the neck with self carriage canter
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