popping front end up in the canter

PVCovergirl · 10-27-2009, 09:19 AM

Zoey currently 4 years old pops her front end up sometimes in the canter. Idk i will try to get a video on friday. What is it and why do they do it?

GottaRide · 10-27-2009, 09:39 AM

She is probably lacking balance & impulsion. Possibly she is on her forehand & needs that "hop" to help her make the transition into the canter.

JBandRio · 10-27-2009, 11:35 AM

Is she doing it while IN the canter, or in the trot-canter transition?

If the latter, it's what Gotta said - lack of impulsion and "sit" behind.

You really want to nip this in the bud asap - it's a bad habit that some horses have a hard time letting go of.

Video wil help - it may be that she just isn't forward enough, which is a rider error

KristinJ · 10-27-2009, 12:16 PM

My old man 'pops' into the canter, when asked from the halt or walk. He is old and has some arthritis. He was very well schooled and rides from back to front. He knows his job and when cued to canter, he goes RIGHT into the stride, but being older and out of shape, he can POP into it, and then gets into the groove of the canter strides ...

PVCovergirl · 10-27-2009, 05:03 PM

no its not when she is going into her canter. Its while she is cantering. not the whole time shes cantering. Idk its weird i will get a video.

PVCovergirl · 10-27-2009, 05:09 PM

its kinda like shes bringing herself up like horses in a canter piouette do but shes not moving around shes just going straight.

10-27-2009, 09:19 AM	#1
PVCovergirl Full Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: its cold in, Wiscosin Posts: 219 Images: 11 Blog Entries: 1	popping front end up in the canter Zoey currently 4 years old pops her front end up sometimes in the canter. Idk i will try to get a video on friday. What is it and why do they do it?

10-27-2009, 09:39 AM	#2
GottaRide Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Stiles Jct, WI Posts: 459 Images: 2	She is probably lacking balance & impulsion. Possibly she is on her forehand & needs that "hop" to help her make the transition into the canter. __________________ Cedar View Paint Horses Proud member of the Paint Club Home to ~ Catch Me Dreamin - 2007 APHA chestnut tobiano gelding Hanks Rainy Sky - 1998 black & white tobiano Paint gelding Megas Doctor Time - 2004 sorrel overo gelding

10-27-2009, 11:35 AM	#3
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 32,000 Images: 196 Blog Entries: 12	Is she doing it while IN the canter, or in the trot-canter transition? If the latter, it's what Gotta said - lack of impulsion and "sit" behind. You really want to nip this in the bud asap - it's a bad habit that some horses have a hard time letting go of. Video wil help - it may be that she just isn't forward enough, which is a rider error __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173)

10-27-2009, 12:16 PM	#4
KristinJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York Posts: 1,247 Images: 4	My old man 'pops' into the canter, when asked from the halt or walk. He is old and has some arthritis. He was very well schooled and rides from back to front. He knows his job and when cued to canter, he goes RIGHT into the stride, but being older and out of shape, he can POP into it, and then gets into the groove of the canter strides ... __________________ Proud Owner of: Answer to Prayer (Nikki) 1984 American Quarter Horse Gelding Charms Bachelor Will (William) 2008 American Solid Paint Horse Gelding Rambo 1991 Minature Pony Gelding "Anything forced or misunderstood can never be beautiful." -Xenophon

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10-27-2009, 05:03 PM	#5
PVCovergirl Full Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: its cold in, Wiscosin Posts: 219 Images: 11 Blog Entries: 1	no its not when she is going into her canter. Its while she is cantering. not the whole time shes cantering. Idk its weird i will get a video.

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PVCovergirl Full Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: its cold in, Wiscosin Posts: 219 Images: 11 Blog Entries: 1	its kinda like shes bringing herself up like horses in a canter piouette do but shes not moving around shes just going straight.