Yes. It hurts their legs and they can slide if they have horseshoes on. If you're cantering on the asphalt once or twice it doesn't make a damage but it does hurt the horse.
either stay still or walk but not near the other horses as your horse may start napping NEVER start trotting or cantering while the other people are not on there horses.
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For the same reason you should be they can kill or injure you.
If a horse stumbles while galloping, cantering or trotting, even walking, they can become lame, depending on how bad they stumble. Unless they are wild horses, paddock ground should be even.
yes you can stay in the saddle while cantering with a little technique. You need to learn the rhythm of your horses canter since no horse gallops the same. You need to have your toes in the stirrups and almost kind of stand up each time the horses legs move forward and come back down in the saddle in kind of a rhythm with the horses canter. you might have sore thighs later, but the more you do this the more natural it becomes
horses have all sorts of actions like: nuzzling, grooming each other. typical actions are walking, trotting, cantering and galloping as well as eating and drinking. horses also have many actions that some people dont even know about.
yes it is. cantering is done six times
Locomotion, such as walking, running, galloping, cantering, trotting, etc. It's the horse's only anatomy that allow it to move from one place to another.
yes, cantering is a 3 (three)- gaited movement
The four basic gates are walking, trotting, cantering, and galloping. if you want more information you can visit this site: www.tellastory-horseandponie.synthasite.com Hope I've helped you!
When the horse is cantering & you want it to walk,pull back on the reins a little & say whoa
No way! Cantering is only one gait down from gallop. Walking is the slowest gait.