janesavoie.com » canter lengthening http://www.janesavoie.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “Breathe Your Legs” For Better Free Walks and Trot and Canter Lengthenings http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/breathe-your-legs-for-better-free-walks-and-trot-and-canter-lengthenings/ http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/breathe-your-legs-for-better-free-walks-and-trot-and-canter-lengthenings/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:01:04 +0000 admin http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/?p=85 If your horse doesn’t march with good energy in your free walk or fades too early in your trot and canter lengthenings, try “breathing” your legs during the movement.

To “breathe” your legs:

* Take your legs off of his sides.
* Move them an inch or two back, and place them on lightly again.

“Breathing” your legs does two things.

1. If you’ve been gripping, your horse is probably numb to your legs. Taking your legs off allows you to put them on again lightly so he feels them.

2. Moving your legs back puts them closer to your horse’s “engine” and reminds him to use his hind legs actively in his free walk and his trot and canter lengthenings.

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