Patterns Warming Up To Canter Pirouettes with Solana - July 2020
Gymnastic Exercises
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24m
In this video, Karen rides Solana and narrates as she goes through several patterns to warm Solana up to do canter pirouettes off a straight line. Even if you are not ready for canter pirouettes at this time, you can still do the first few exercises shown! You will learn Karen’s thought process as she does each exercise and will see how it leads to Solana getting a nice schooling half pirouette at the canter on each side.
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