I have a tendency to stand in the stirrups while cantering. Thanks for the tips. I'm going to try to start sitting it more.
my horse always 4 beats. i can't get her to not do that unless she goes really fast. i am working on it and she is getting better. i ride her every day.
I figured out to let my legs hang pretty loosely when cantering. I also discovered that, at least on the horse I ride, cantering bareback is easier than with a saddle!
One of my horses has a race injury so her stride has been altered which makes it hard to sit the canter. This makes me squeeze too much with my knees and my bottom pops out of the saddle. I'm going to try the tips. Thanks.
:) Pretty much everything my instructor told me so I know it's great advice because I can fianlly sit my canter! No more popping out of the saddle here....for the most part anyway. ;)
This helps! I have a colt in training, and he has a b-b-b-b-b-UUUUUUUmmmmmp-p-p-p-yyyyy trot, but a ver so smooooooooooooooooooooooooth canter. My older horse, however, has a smoooooooooth trot, and a bbuummppyy canter. It helps to know what to do. Thanks, HC!