halo
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Post by halo on Dec 29, 2007 23:52:36 GMT 1
Recently, due to the birth of Horse & Country TV, I've been spending far too much time watching show jumping on TV - it has to be better than housework!
I've noticed that a fair amount of the riders seem to use a rising canter, especially before they start their round. I don't recall seeing this when I used to watch jumping in the dim and distant past.
Is there a reason for the rising canter? Is it easier for the horse or for the rider?
Genuinely interested but probably come across as being incredibly dense ;D
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Post by butterfly on Dec 29, 2007 23:56:57 GMT 1
Im dense too cos the first time I saw it was in a game of polo .... it looked so lovely though ... must be sooo much nicer on the horses back.
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Post by kya on Dec 30, 2007 8:52:20 GMT 1
Super numpty here.... er, rising canter?
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tammy68
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Post by tammy68 on Dec 30, 2007 9:31:17 GMT 1
It has been done for as far back as I can remember. When Harvey Smith and David Broom were competing. It is comfortable and I suppose keeps the weight off the back and maybe helps to maintain rhythm between fences. The rider tends to sit though on approach to the fence. It feels light and easy to do. You just let the horse's pace lift you and then sit to the next stride. It is very simple top do but you have to have a forward going canter. I don't mean fast, jut light and forward going. Have a go next time you ride.  |
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Post by Cheryl Walmsley on Dec 30, 2007 10:00:20 GMT 1
er hem, how do you do it?? i must be super dense!
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Post by Donnalex on Dec 30, 2007 10:18:45 GMT 1
Well schooled showjumpers lengthen their stride if the rider sits into them and shorten their stride when the rider stands up in the stirrups. I think maybe this is to get them shorter and back on their hocks, responding to their seat before they start to jump?
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Post by julz on Dec 30, 2007 10:45:40 GMT 1
I've done rising canter, in a lesson many decades ago..... it helps to slow the horse down esp if the horse is tanking away to that exciting jump over there.... as with slow trotting on a horse that's trotting too fast, the horse will match it's stride to your rhythm, in order to feel comfortable again...try it... even in a "normal" trot, rise slower... the horse will trot slower for you, rise faster...horse will go faster.... could be a good excersize esp for you less than confident peeps
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Post by DonnieDarco on Dec 30, 2007 10:51:40 GMT 1
Yes understand what Julz is saying. Darks is much better schooled than I'll ever ride, but he's teaching me loads!
If I slow my rising in trot, he slows down (only in the school mind!) If I speed up the rise, so does he!
Is the rising canter where they look all springy at the front??
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Post by MirandaSophie on Dec 30, 2007 11:32:46 GMT 1
The canter should look just the same, Donnie Darco the only difference is that the rider is rising Some horses just are quite springy in the front Rising canter is nice and yes- like Julz said, it helps control the pace and rhythm, although this shouldn't be the only means of altering stride You jsut kind of rise, the way you do in trot, you stand a stride, then sit a stride |
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