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we are working on improving the transition from trot to canner and in today's video my assistant
kane is riding an off the track thoroughbred and many off the track thoroughbreds have trouble with
the canner transition particularly the right leak canner let me know in the comments if you
struggle with your trot counter transition so in today's video i'm gonna coach her
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is kane my assistant and she's riding luke today do you want to tell us a little about luke he's
off the track through red right now red he's been off since 2016. um he's california born and raised
yeah so what are you working on with him what are you struggling with him he blows out of his left
outside reign he has a very hard time countering to the right which i found a lot of thoroughbreds
do i've only ever met one that is not like that so he tends to travel a little haunches in or ribs
in to the right and he can he's not a typically spooky or reactive horse but when he does have
reactions they can be a little panicky or he can be annoyed when we ask him to work harder
yeah we were just talking about that how it's like kind of a balance of teaching him to accept the
aids and to not freak out like the second her leg or her reign goes on that he just needs to
understand to accept a little bit the pressure and think things through before reacting and
then the other thing we worked on was the canner transition and definitely with a hot horse or with
off the track thorough red the canner transition can be tricky because sometimes like you'll see
with luke sometimes he doesn't react at all and sometimes he overreacts so trying to get that
middle ground where he's like not too lazy and not too hot but just the right amount of listening can
be a challenge so we're gonna work through that and see how we do like slow trot to slow canner
that's it good so let him trot a few steps slow
good now don't let him speed up keep him round and canter connection
yes round sit in good cane round that's exactly right there's your canner good job good
yes very good very nice now make a transition to slow trot and then from slow shoulder in yeah
keep the connection and then from slow trot round to slow canter
keep the connection put your legs there yeah just wait there
keep thinking it just wait there yeah yeah yeah yeah that's the right idea
just wait there and then start thinking kind of i'd like you to canner but i want you to yes good
so it's like you have the idea of walk canner but you're letting him do a little slow trot into it
good job and then this time go canner to slow trot to walk a few steps and then try to pick up
the canner from the walk but if he's not ready let him do a few slow trot steps and then canner good
round there you go if he needs to do a few slow trot steps but he can't run that's it good job
nice it's okay now maybe you sped him too soon right you got to support him because
you want him to stay cannery good little rounder yep connection that's it good good
that's it there you go and then yeah and
then go back to it again he doesn't get to get away with it good contact and again cantor
that's right yeah good and when he does his little zoomy thing you might have to like
try to make him canner out of it like don't shut him down so much every time like it might get a
little exciting but that he he still has to go forward that's it that's better good boy
good
good job
yeah
so shoulder in shoulder in shoulder in yep yep yep good so when he runs in the trot
pushes hind into under him with a little shoulder in or you could do a small circle
steady keep your legs on keep him round there there good yeah yeah yeah he has to trot you're
right he has to try and he has to stay through good good that's it that's it don't lean right
stay to the left there you go go to the right lead same thing on the right
there you go
good job
nice
there you go
super keep the connection wrapping your legs around keeping him round the feeling of a walk
canner where he's he doesn't rush off his croup stays down there and you just kind of think canner
test out the aid see what happens and then think it again until he lets you ask him for it
good good yeah keep the connection sit in round yeah good riding good job there good
and think about that inside leg to out yeah keep the canner keep the canner make him a little round
you have to feel that like right before he breaks he goes a little long
he goes crew pie and you need to set him up again good kane that's it
there you go good nice job that's it
good and trot transition shoulder in shoulder in shoulder and that was super
there you go taking the time that he feels your aid good job that was super good boy
that's it
good there you go and then shoulder in to trot yeah good
good good job there you go nice good good good that's it good there you go
and then go posting and let him stretch a little see what he does in the stretch
that's it that's it yeah good regulate the tempo nice super good job
that's it try to get yeah his whole neck a little lower his whole neck below the withers good
half halt tuck your shoulders back drop the neck good change direction yeah he doesn't get to run
good good good there you go nice super
good job there you go
good let him come to the walk when you're ready that's way better boy
good boy lukey
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