Hello, I just took my first cantering lessons. It felt so different, and unfortunately I fell off twice. For some reason when I start to canter my whole body go forward and I don't have enough time to go back because I fall off immediately it seems. I've never fallen off a horse before but I'm lucky I landed on my feet both times. When I go into canter, how am I supposed to be positioned and how do you not go forward all of a sudden?
when I was a kid I had lessons every saturday moring, the horse for that eventful saturday morning lesson was a big red raon named skipper....boy did he live up to his name.......3rd stride in off I went every time....my dad stood there covering his eyes when the instructor asked for a canter....i stopped falling off when I really started to use my leg's I guess I let them flop around.....
Yeah tina id just grip with ur legs and sit up straight and if needed grab some mane?? Just a question are you doing a few strides in the sitting trot before you canter because if ur not that tends to tip you folward a bit as well
Yeah, I'm doing a posting trot then going into canter. I'm sure I'll get used to it sometime, but for now, I should probably stick with jumping and trotting until I'm ready.
Don't do anything you're not comftortable with!! 
