How to Train a Horse to Extend His Trot

To train a horse to extend his trot, ask the horse to extend the stride length by increasing leg pressure. If a horse breaks into a canter, simply ask the horse again to extend the trot with advice from an equestrian team head coach in this video on horse training.

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To train your horse to extend his trot you first need to make sure that your horse is able to carry a nice regular working trot. And to begin with we'll stay at a rising trot. Once you're comfortable with a nice working trot, to ask the horse to extend, I'm going to increase my leg pressure and often when we're first teaching our horse to extend, it will break into a canter because they don't understand the question and I'm simply going to ask again. This time she lengthened her stride rather than breaking into a canter. It's great to practice lengthening and collecting the stride as it increases your flexibility with your horse and the responsiveness to your aids.