Keeping it simple
CANTER-WALK-CANTER transitions, also known as simple changes, are a basic introduction to flying changes and come into dressage tests at elementary level. They enable you to change the rein in canter without doing a flying change.
Simple changes are ridden at elementary, medium and advanced medium levels. Their primary purpose is to teach your horse to collect the canter and it’s a similar preparatory exercise for more difficult movements, such as the canter pirouette. It’s also necessary as
