07/28/2024
Cantering MORE is not going to help improve that canter.
Why is it that some riders progress immensely faster in the canter vs. the majority? Is it luck? Talent? Or is it that they are doing something inherently different?
Here’s the truth: it’s not how much you canter that matters, it is how you do it.
A poor canter will not improve by simply cantering a lot.
On the contrary, if the horse practices a poor quality canter all the time, this will become a habit that is more difficult to overcome the more it is confirmed.
The old masters used to say that “the trot work develops the canter”. And they were right.
The work in the walk and the trot gives the horse the strength, balance, straightness, and suppleness that he needs to be able to canter in good quality on both leads.
Good canters (unless the horse was born with it) don’t just happen. The horse has to learn to carry the rider with strength, in balance, and in a way that preserves his health and longevity.
And you can learn this.
You can learn all the strategy, techniques, aids, and gymnastic exercises which are designed to HELP your horse step-by-step to canter uphill, straight, engaged, and on the aids.
In the Total Canter Transformation Program, we guide you through this whole process and help you (and your horse) every step of the way.
But pay attention here!!! We start the course on August 2nd and the doors are closing in 5 days!
In this 25-week guided program, you are going to learn:
√ First how to develop the biomechanical foundation for the canter work because the quality of the canter can only be as good as the quality of the transition, and the quality of the transition can only be as good as the quality of the preceding gait.
√ Then you will learn how to craft the perfect transition. You will learn how to use gymnastic exercises which set up the horse optimally for the canter transition. And then you will learn to use the Engage - Flex - Ask technique to ride transitions that are uphill, clear, and “through”.
√ Once you have positioned your horse and yourself for success with good quality transitions, you open the door to all the possibilities for ways to improve the canter with the use of gymnastic exercises, aid sequences, and effective changes to the use of your seat.
√ You will learn how to shape and mold the canter so that you can improve the balance (uphill canter, anyone), bounce and buoyancy, lift and expression.
√ Finally, you will learn how to use the plié and counter canter so that you can further improve the straightness and balance of the canter, unlocking the road to riding high-quality flying changes, canter half passes, and pirouettes.
Yes, we’re going to lay it all out. The strategy and principles. The technique. And ALL of the exercises so you are never left wondering what to do next, why, or how to do it.
All of this with Thomas and Shana Ritter’s assistance, advice, tips, support, and feedback through the entire 25 weeks. Lifetime access to the course and community with our special STUPIDLY-LOW upgrade fee for future rounds of the course.
We absolutely cannot wait to have you join us so we can guide you through this entire process, with our support and feedback every step of the way.
Sign up here and grab your spot -
https://courses.artisticdressage.com/canter-transformation-program
