Canter Series # 11 Excerpts from Book One
Trained in the Aspirant Technique, this rider, Kaylee Clark, eleven yrs old in this picture, is in free balance and able to gallop the field without the use of reins or legs – simple balance off her seat.
I first saw this position of horse and rider in the movie “Dances with Wolves” and immediately 
instituted it as an exercise in the Aspirant Technique. Over the years it has created strong riders.
This same summer, with her strong core of balance, she was able to ride a hot young horse at first level so successfully that the judge thought the horse was an old school master. The horse was only five.
Currently she is schooling her horse and another horse at third level and plans to show third level this summer.
