Riding a Clean Flying Change in the Canter with Your Horse

Think back to the last time you were cantering along on your horse and a change of rein was coming up.  You began the task of preparing to drop back a gear into a trot to change the canter lead.  "Better than losing rhythm and balance through a flying change..."  However before you even got there, your horse (being the clever guy that he is) decided to take matters into his own hands. And with what felt like a skip, Voila, he had performed the flying change all by himself...

The flying change is one of those things that we tend to, as riders, overthink in our heads.  

However, the simple truth of the matter is that flawless flying changes happen when we focus on the preparation and then allow our horse to perform the change without interference from us in the saddle.

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