{"id":17807,"date":"2025-04-04T23:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dressagetoday.com\/?p=17807"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:18:47","slug":"managing-a-young-horses-gaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dressagetoday.com\/instruction\/managing-a-young-horses-gaits\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing a Young Horse\u2019s Gaits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/search?q=lauren%20sprieser%20managing\">video series<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/\">EQUESTRIAN+<\/a>, Grand Prix dressage competitor and trainer <a href=\"https:\/\/dressagetoday.com\/tag\/articles-with-lauren-sprieser\/\">Lauren Sprieser<\/a> describes how to manage the gaits of a young horse. Sometimes young horses can have a big, powerful trot or canter. Sprieser explains how to work with young horses and organize their expressive movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-dressagetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GLD-12-0615-C0C3-302-copy3-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-dressagetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/05165337\/GLD-12-0615-C0C3-302-copy3-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-dressagetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/05165337\/GLD-12-0615-C0C3-302-copy3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-dressagetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/05165337\/GLD-12-0615-C0C3-302-copy3-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-s3-dressagetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/05165337\/GLD-12-0615-C0C3-302-copy3-1.jpg 1351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young dressage horses may have powerful gaits that their riders can help organize with Lauren Sprieser&#8217;s exercises at the trot and the canter. \u00a9Amy K. Dragoo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-powering-the-young-horse-s-trot-up-and-down\">Powering the Young Horse&#8217;s Trot Up and Down<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to show this horse that he\u2019s capable of using his top line and being very light in my hand instead of dragging me around like farm equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI&#8217;m going to ask him to make the trot a little smaller. This is not what I would call more collected. It&#8217;s not like he&#8217;s bearing more weight on his haunches, but <strong>I&#8217;m just sort of turning the power down and then back up again.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"DT Lauren Sprieser Trot 1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1072692740?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/videos\/managing-a-young-horse-s-big-trot-lauren-sprieser\">here<\/a> to watch the full video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-moment-of-relaxation-after-the-trot-exercise\">A Moment of Relaxation After the Trot Exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhenever I ask a horse to compress a couple of times and I&#8217;ve got the answer I want, the next thing I&#8217;m going do is let him be long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI also try and be in the habit of picking my horse up from stretchy trot before I make a transition to walk.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"DT Lauren Sprieser Trot 2\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1072692751?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/videos\/managing-a-young-horse-s-big-trot-lauren-sprieser\">here<\/a> to watch the full video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-compressing-the-young-horse-s-canter-with-circles\">Compressing the Young Horse&#8217;s Canter With Circles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI get started with my first exercise, which is a 20m circle with a 10m circle at the top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe reason that I like this exercise is that it puts the musculature demands of collection on the horse and off of me. <strong>Once I&#8217;ve got him on the 10-meter circle, he has to collect himself.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"DT Lauren Sprieser Canter 1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1072692774?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/videos\/managing-a-young-horse-big-canter-lauren-sprieser\">here<\/a> to watch the full video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-using-shallow-loops-to-organize-the-young-horse-s-canter\">Using Shallow Loops to Organize the Young Horse&#8217;s Canter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[This exercise] is half of the shallow cantor loop from First Level Test 3. The shallow canter loop from&nbsp;First Level Test 3&nbsp;goes, for example, from M to X to F. I&#8217;m going to do half of that. So for my closing line, I&#8217;m going to go from M to X and then straight ahead. For the opening line, I&#8217;m going to turn up the center line and go out to the wall.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t aim for X before I leave this corner. <strong>I am aiming for a little bit before X so that I can take a couple of steps to straighten.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"DT Lauren Sprieser Canter 2\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1072692783?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/videos\/managing-a-young-horse-big-canter-lauren-sprieser\">here<\/a> to watch the full video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-watch-amp-learn-on-e\">Watch &amp; Learn on E+<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch Lauren Sprieser\u2019s entire series on managing a young horse\u2019s gaits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/search?q=lauren%20sprieser%20managing\">here<\/a> on EQUESTRIAN+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional videos featuring Sprieser\u2019s top tips and training strategies, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/search?q=lauren%20sprieser\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From short training tips to how-to videos and insider-access to private clinics and lessons, learn more from top dressage experts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestrianplus.com\/dressage\">EQUESTRIAN+<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-lauren-sprieser\">About Lauren Sprieser<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally from Oak Brook, Illinois, Lauren Sprieser made her first foray into international-level dressage at the age of 18, under the tutelage of Lendon Gray. She competed in three North American Junior &amp; Young Rider Championships\u2014winning two team medals\u2014and three U.S. Equestrian Federation Young Adult \u201cBrentina Cup\u201d National Championships, and earned her U.S. Dressage Federation gold, silver and bronze medals\u2014all before her 21st birthday. Now running her own business, Sprieser Sporthorse, in Marshall, Virginia, she produces FEI horses and trains riders of all levels and disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Sprieser shares exercises to help organize a young horse&#8217;s trot and canter, allowing them to achieve better quality of movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4051,"featured_media":17809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,111],"tags":[955,769,959,757,639,459],"class_list":["post-17807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instruction","category-young-horse","tag-articles-with-lauren-sprieser","tag-canter","tag-lauren-sprieser","tag-trot","tag-young-horse","tag-young-horse-training"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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