Seat-Powered Half Halt

Replace rein-driven downward transitions with seat and core.

20m circle at canter.

1. 01Establish a quality working canter.
2. 02Inhale, sit tall, engage core, soften but don't pull the rein.
3. 03Ask for trot with your seat first, hand last.
4. 04Repeat 10 times each direction.

• Leaning back behind the vertical.
• Pulling instead of bracing.
• Forgetting to follow the trot motion.

Horse trots without rein pressure, you stay over the saddle's center.