Outside canter

When canter of the horse , a distinction depending on whether the right or left leg further anticipates pair, between right and left lead. When riding in the arena , the inner pair of legs (the pair of legs facing the inside of the track) usually advance further. This canter is called a hand canter or an inner canter . When reaching ahead of the outer pair of legs, one speaks of an outside canter or occasionally a counter canter.

The outside canter is required as a lesson in all L class dressage tests. Since it requires a certain amount of assembly and erection , it can only be ridden in a targeted manner with a horse that stands securely at the rider's aids.

The cross canter is undesirable , in which the front and rear pair of legs do not jump at the same canter ( i.e. front right canter and rear left canter, or vice versa). The cross canter occasionally occurs in horses if they are not balanced and run in perfect rhythm or if the flying change was only carried out with the forehand.