Lesson on a five-gaited competition horse 5/6 – Trot-canter-trot transitions

In the fifth part, FT Master trainer Þórarinn Eymundsson works with his daughter Þórgunnur Þórarinsdóttir and her five-gaited competition horse Taktur frá Varmalæk on canter-trot-canter transitions. For a competition horse it is important to be able to do transitions between gaits easily, when asked by the rider. Also can transitions into other gaits help to improve the different gaits and canter transitions can help to get the horse working more actively forward and engage the hindquarters. Get some inspiration on how to improve transtions to canter from trot and to trot from canter and how to use the canter to improve other gaits!