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Post by mady on Apr 18, 2013 9:37:40 GMT
My daughters pony is only 4yo I know he is green but constantly wrong legs it in canter.
She is a novice rider so is struggling to rectify it and I'm too big to ride him.
He isn't too bad in the school but in open spaces and on grass at a show he does it all the time.
Can anyone help?
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Post by sarahp on Apr 18, 2013 10:37:34 GMT
Sounds daft I know but ask from riding trot on the wrong diagonal. I was told this years ago by a very eminent dressage person and it worked on mine.
Another but maybe not for a novice child is to leg yield out to the quarter marker and then change aids to canter when you hit the track at the corner.
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Post by Mildred on Apr 18, 2013 11:00:59 GMT
A pole when you ask for canter
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Post by Guestless on Apr 18, 2013 11:24:11 GMT
I would try for a series of lessons with a good instructor. Most times a wrong leg is pilot error but I think, especially with a young pony, you can quite quickly make it become a habit that is much harder to correct. Does he lunge well? Some lungeing in canter may help too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2013 11:33:06 GMT
Sounds daft I know but ask from riding trot on the wrong diagonal. I was told this years ago by a very eminent dressage person and it worked on mine. Another but maybe not for a novice child is to leg yield out to the quarter marker and then change aids to canter when you hit the track at the corner. Agree with both! Especially the top one for a "quick fix" like when needed in the ring. Another quick fix is to look to the outside when asking. I think this works well for smaller kids as I find they have a tendancy to learn forward to the inside to get the correct lead, whereas this way shifts the weight to the outside rear (where canter begins). |
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Post by mady on Apr 18, 2013 11:41:11 GMT
Thanks everyone some really useful tips.
He lunges rubbish always wants to canter for 1st 5-10 mins.
I think it is becoming a habit. We took him in the field the other day and everytime she asked for canter near the gate he went wrong its so frustrating. Eventually I had to jump on board; 5'8 on a 13.2 not a good idea but I managed to correct it by lifting my inside rein.
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Post by lips36 on Apr 18, 2013 13:18:23 GMT
I agree its usually pilot error, I know it was with my mare and I could not get it on my own, I had lesson and. My instructor is a ore into show jumping, but she done loads of double reining with my mare and when we had got it on the floor I got on board I had this bad habit of crossing my reins. Didn't realise I was doing it. Hence y I always think its good to have a lessons every now and again.
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Post by bethanyy on Apr 18, 2013 14:30:35 GMT
Thanks everyone some really useful tips. He lunges rubbish always wants to canter for 1st 5-10 mins. I think it is becoming a habit. We took him in the field the other day and everytime she asked for canter near the gate he went wrong its so frustrating. Eventually I had to jump on board; 5'8 on a 13.2 not a good idea but I managed to correct it by lifting my inside rein. Nothing wrong with a 5'8 on a 13 hander as long as the pony can carry your weight, sometimes you just have to do what needs to be done! I agree with the advice of others though, only other point I could add would be what my instructor tells me and ride a 20m circle/across the diagonal and ask for canter just before you hit the fence/edge of the field, ensuring you ask for the canter correctly with leg/seat position and slight inside bend |
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Post by lottiemayday on Apr 18, 2013 14:33:51 GMT
I used to get told to ask for canter on a circle and open the inside hand quite alot on my baby pony and practiced trasitions loads with someone on the floor helping me took a while but we got there...we used to do 3 strides canter back to trot straight back to canter etc x
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Post by LinsopStud on Apr 25, 2013 12:59:12 GMT
Try on a smaller circle and ask for some exaggerated inside flexion as you give the canter aid?
Very frustrating issue I'm having with my youngster at the moment!
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Post by pocketrocket1 on Apr 29, 2013 15:41:14 GMT
Very glad its not just my baby!!!! I have found asking for a slight outside bend really helpful as it opens the inside shoulder up and encourages the right lead. Although this sounds a bit backward and not what we would ordinarily do for my wobbly highland it has worked! Good luck all! x
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