Building blocks for the scale of training. The horse should be as rhythmical as a metronome. Walk 1,2,3,4 Trot 1,2,1,2 Canter 1,2,3 You have to be careful that the horse’s gaits are regular and level example of a problem would be lameness of an irregularity to the gait – 4 beat canter or a pace in the walk.