Hi everyone
I recently took up horseriding as I've always wanted to try it and now I'm hooked! I've had about 12 lessons and 10 of these have been on a very stubborn (but lovely) riding school mare. Recently in the lessons we've moved on to cantering however I've been having difficulty getting the horse I'm on to canter. I think my problem is that she won't go into canter without a lot of encouragement using my leg however I end up having to kick so hard to get her to canter that my feet slip through the stirrups. I've been wondering if it's just me being a beginner and not putting enough weight into my heels or if it's her just not wanting to canter? I haven't ridden any other horses since my first two lessons so I guess I'm just wondering if it's only her that requires a lot of kicking?
Thanks
I recently took up horseriding as I've always wanted to try it and now I'm hooked! I've had about 12 lessons and 10 of these have been on a very stubborn (but lovely) riding school mare. Recently in the lessons we've moved on to cantering however I've been having difficulty getting the horse I'm on to canter. I think my problem is that she won't go into canter without a lot of encouragement using my leg however I end up having to kick so hard to get her to canter that my feet slip through the stirrups. I've been wondering if it's just me being a beginner and not putting enough weight into my heels or if it's her just not wanting to canter? I haven't ridden any other horses since my first two lessons so I guess I'm just wondering if it's only her that requires a lot of kicking?
Thanks