The Counter Canter
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Counter canter is a great exercise to improve your horse’s canter as it is a test of balance, suppleness, straightness, and collection. The counter canter is introduced at first level and ALL of the second level tests include counter canter. You also have counter canter in 4th level and in the Prix St. George, so it is an important exercise to practice, even if your horse knows flying changes!
Prerequisites for counter canter:
Before you introduce the counter canter, you must have your horse in a good uphill balance and have some degree of collection and suppleness. Before introducing the counter canter, you should be able to ride a 10m circle at the canter and do a walk-canter transition.
What are the aids for counter canter?
The aids for counter canter are the same as the aids for canter. Your outside leg should be behind the girth and the inside leg at the girth and the horse should stay slightly flexed to the inside. If you are in left lead canter and you go across the diagonal, the horse stays flexed left (even though you are turning right) and your left leg stays at the girth and the right leg is behind the girth. It is also VERY IMPORTANT that you stay sitting on your inside seat bone in the counter canter. ( Left seat bone in left lead canter).
What are some common mistakes in counter canter?
Horse breaks to the trot - if this happens, reorganize, maybe go to the walk, and then pick up the canter again.
Horse speeds up - throw in some 10 meter circles to rebalance the horse
Rider over-bends the horse - try not to do this
Here is a breakdown for how to introduce the counter canter:
1. Start by turning in from the rail and then ride straight on the quarter line. Be sure you can do this without the horse speeding up or breaking into the trot.
2. Practice going from the rail out to the quarter line and then back to the rail.
3. Once you can get to the quarter line, then ride a shallow loop serpentine all the way to X!
I usually introduce the counter canter first on the easier lead but be sure that you can do this on both leads!
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I hope this video helps you with your canter and with introducing the counter canter! Also, take my free dressage rider assessment quiz! Here's the link! Https://quiz.amelianewcombdressage.com
Defining the prerequisites to counter canter is great. The steps working up to the shallow loop serpentine will be so helpful for my horse who in the past goes ahead and throws a flying lead change in when asked for a counter canter. Thanks so much for this video.
@AmeliaNewcombDressage
3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!! Happy holidays!
I love that you bring up the shallow loops and the preparation into introducing the counter canter. Many people tend to have the mindset that tossing a horse into canter and flying around the ring is okay because "he did it!" when really these small building blocks are what set us up for the bigger things. Great video as always Amelia.
@AmeliaNewcombDressage
3 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Very true. Thank you!
I had my first lesson today in counter canter. I raced back to watch your video to get a clear picture in my head by seeing you demonstrate it. Thank you
I haven't ridden dressage in nearly 8 years, and these videos have been such a great refresher! I can't wait to try some exercises with my horse this weekend. THANK YOU!!
Perfect timing! Planning on working on my counter canter today as well as my walk canter walk! Now I have some exercises to do! Thank you!
@AmeliaNewcombDressage
3 жыл бұрын
Yay!! No get to it!! 😂😂😂
This is perfect as I'm going to start learning the First Level tests! It's also very helpful showing how to correct a break.
Thank you for going over the pre-requisites and issues and fixes. Such a great video! Thank you!
@AmeliaNewcombDressage
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Very helpful. Am working on counter canter with my six year old and she has been confused as you point out. I like the small, progressive steps you outline. Thank you!
Love it, thank you, merry Christmas 🎄
Wow. A LOT of information. Now we just need those walk to canter transitions. 🤣
A question on the bend of the horse. With the counter canter, do you always want the horse slightly bent in the direction of the lead?
@AmeliaNewcombDressage
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly Lauren! This is theb difference between counter canter and cantering on the wrong lead! The outside flexion keeps them balanced.
Hi Amelia! I struggle a lot with cantering my horse on the right lead as he has a bad habit of swapping his front legs when he gets unbalanced and/or frustrated (only on the right lead, we think due to an old injury). Do you have tips for helping a horse maintain the correct lead on their less balanced side? Thank you so much for always having the best tips and videos!!
My horse does the counter canter when I don’t ask, how would I help her with that?
@AmeliaNewcombDressage
3 жыл бұрын
Trot and then ask for canter again until you get the correct lead!
@paytonvann2533
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
This is obviously on a 60mtr arena , what If you only have a 40 mtr ?