cantering

I’m a relatively new rider with a handful of arena lessons and a series of perhaps 15 fast trail rides. The fast trail rides consist of trotting and cantering through the bush at a farm we visit. During this visit, I rode a few different horses and developed swollen sitting bones after my 3...

Hello, I am finding it hard cantering. When I am trying to get into canter it takes a really long time to get the horse going. My RI tells me to sit deep in the saddle and give big kicks. I have heard online that to get the horse onto the right canter lead, you have to put the outside leg behind...

Hello, I'm a YouTube/self-taught rider that's very bad when riding half seat. Any advice or pointers would be great. 🥲 I ride western, have decent balance, am not heavy on the reins at all, and can do a posting trot (which I heard the rising part is similar to). I struggle the most with my...

Hi! So background info about me: I’ve been riding for nearly 3 years now. I started when I was a kid and gave it up after 3 years, but took it back up as an adult and here I am now with another 3 years of experience. After riding four (and briefly a fifth) different lesson horses for the past 3...