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    • Warming Up – Part 1, At the Walk.
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding 10 meter Circles
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding Shallow Loops on the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding Shallow Loops Down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding 4 Loops Down the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Riding 2 Loops Down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Leg Yield Right to Half Pass Right
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Leg Yield Left to Half Pass Left
      • Warming Up at the Walk, Leg Yield In, Half Pass Back
    • Warming Up – Part 2, at the Trot.
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Riding 10 meter Circles
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Shallow Loops on the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Shallow Loops down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Ride 4 Shallow Loops Up the Center Line
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Ride 2 Shallow Loops down the Long Side
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Leg Yield Right to Half Pass Right
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Leg Yield Left to Half Pass Left
      • Warming Up at the Trot, Leg Yield In, Half Pass Back
    • Warming Up – Part 3, at the Trot.
      • Warming Up – Trot Canter Trot Transitions
      • Warming Up, Riding the 10 meter Canter Circle
    • How to ride a perfect circle
    • Counter pattern, change of rein into the corner.
    • Developing the Canter through Counter Canter.
      • The Simple Counter Canter Loop
      • Counter Canter Loop in a Counter Pattern
      • Developing the 20 meter Counter Canter Demi Circle
      • Developing the 20 meter Counter Canter 3/4 Circle
      • The 20 meter Counter Canter Circle
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Developing the 20 meter Counter Canter Demi Circle

How to ride the 20m half circle in Counter Canter

20m demi circle in counter canter.

Assuming that you have the modified simple loop balanced and feeling “good” we can take it one step further and ask for a few more strides at the counter canter and complete half a 20m circle.

As before, start with a simple counter canter loop in counter pattern on the right lead from H, C, to E and then A, K. Ride large to H and link this to a modified counter canter loop from C, M, to E and then A, K, going large to H. When these feel good, simply extend the counter canter a few strides more as in the illustration. From C ride a 10m circle in the corner by M and then ride across the quarter school in counter canter to the center line. Now ride a 20m demi circle in counter canter all the way back to the centerline before riding a 10m circle in the corner by F.

Try it on the other rein.

As before, the next step is to add one more segment.

Read More Pages in this Dressage Training Article.

  • The Simple Counter Canter Loop
  • Counter Canter Loop in a Counter Pattern
  • Developing the 20 meter Counter Canter 3/4 Circle
  • The 20 meter Counter Canter Circle

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