Off to the Gallops

This year one of my main focuses has been on improving Estrid’s canter, she has a lovely canter but she prefers about a 26kph pace, while I would like her to get better at a nice slow controlled 20kph. We don’t have any hacking with long canter stretches to train this so we head to the gallops twice a month with the aim of eventually getting a continuous 20km of canter for an hour. We’re definitely not there yet, and we might not get there this year but she improved every time and that’s all that matters.