This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When I first got Stella she was 10 and had been a brood mare mostly. She wouldn't canter on her own even in the paddock, preferring to trot, had a huge trot and raced around with that huge trot. I started taking lessons and even my instructor couldn't get her to canter correctly..she would cross canter. I started working her in circles, bending and doing a lot of suppling exercises. She then was able to canter, altho I never was very good at getting her into the canter correctly..but my instructor could get her doing it beautifully. The bending and suppling and conditioning work was very important.
Adel, who grew up on a mountain in BC her first 2 years, canters everywhere, amazing agility, leaping small logs in the filed, handles slippery slopes, etc. altho I haven't cantered her under saddle, she won't have any problem. Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska >this is the second or third reference I've read now about their Fjords not >holding a canter for extended length of time or not liking to canter?....does >anyone else feel this way?
