How to Train a Horse to Canter

Once your horse is comfortable at a trot both posting and sitting, and you’re comfortable stopping and going, you can start to teach your horse how to canter. So to begin with we’ll just go up to a sitting trot. Now obviously if your horse hasn’t cantered with you on him before it’s not going to be the smoothest transition and you’re just going to encourage with your voice with a cluck and with both legs your outside leg back, up in to a canter. If it’s the first time you’ve cantered your horse don’t expect it to be very smooth and probably don’t want to expect it to hold it for too long, as they won’t have the muscles developed yet to hold that canter.

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6 Responses to “How to Train a Horse to Canter”

  1. Thats good if you …
    Thats good if you have a horse who likes the arena. Unlike mine.

  2. depending which …
    depending which reighn ur on you might wanna include (say ur on the right reighn) move ur left foot behind the girth to squeeze and before u canter ur first time on ur horse lunge it with u not on him to see how he moves!

  3. NAYRiders12 says:

    these are just tips
    these are just tips

  4. Avendria says:

    natbagsxx,
    i’m …

    natbagsxx,
    i’m assuming your horse is trained on the lunge?
    if so, try getting someone to lunge the horse with you on it and get them to ask the horse to canter while you do that canter aid ( outside leg back and on)
    it worked for my friends stubborn pony
    lol

  5. HeyyitzLivey says:

    Nice Video!! :)
    Nice Video!! :)

  6. natbagsxx says:

    thats sooooooo not …
    thats sooooooo not helpfull i need help to canter my horse but she wont canter omg thats crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thnx a lot for the help
    NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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