In the trot, they again check the back and forth within the gait, spiral in and out in haunches-in or shoulder-in and then work on the trot half pass. They set it up by going haunches-in down the long side, 10m circle at E or B, haunches-in to the end, straighten across the short end, then trot half pass across the diagonal by keeping the haunches-in position with the front legs traveling on the straight line across the diagonal.
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The exercise continues with haunches-in on the diagonal to the quarter line, medium trot to the next quarter line and the haunches-in again.
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They now move on to the canter making sure first that they can go forward and then collect. The progression is to the counter canter next, spiraling in and out and walk/canter, canter/walk transitions. They go back to the turn on the haunches and the medium trot and shoulder-in.
