Whats a flying change?

Question

In horse riding whats a flying change?

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Answer 1

A flying change or flying lead change is where the horse switches leads during a canter from one to the other without changing gaits. Right lead into left lead or left lead into right lead. I'm sure you will be able to find videos of flying lead changes on youtube, and I believe some of the former posters already provided you with links.

Answer 2

in the canter, when you switch from right to left lead (or vice versa) without breaking into the trot....staying in canter the entire time and when you give your cue your horse lifts and switches to the other lead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUgnXKK0r...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_chan...

http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Flying-Lead-...

Answer 3

a flying change is where a horse changes leads at the canter without changing gaits. if you dont know what leads or gaits are it is hard to explain. heres a video of some flying changes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Fs4P-JV...

watch when the horse's front legs when he changes direction. see how he appears to skip? thats a flying change. i hope this has helped :)

Answer 4

a flying lead change is when the horse is cantering, and he/she switches leads. it's hard for some horses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23974Ym87...

watch the horse's legs. the flying lead change is when the horse makes kind of a skipping motion.

by the way - a lead (if you didn't know) is which front leg goes forward more during the canter. so, if the horse's left leg is going more forward, he is on the left lead. the leads are determined by which direction the horse is going on. if the rail is on the right side of the horse, he should be on the left lead. if the rail is on the left side of the horse, he should be on the right lead. as shown in the video, when the horse goes across the arena to change direction at the canter, he makes the change in the middle.

hope this helped :)

Answer 5

when a horse cahnges legs in a stait of curved line not going back to trot...

Answer 6

a flying lead change is where you are cantering the horse, say clockwise... then you switch leads. so..

if you are cantering clockwise around the arena, that is the right lead.

so what most people do is you'll be cantering, go into a figure eight, so at the middle of the arena, you switch leads to the left lead without slowing/stopping the canter.. here's a youtube video that might help...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fiiSrkh5J-A&f...

its around 22-25 seconds

Answer 7

when the horse changes it's canter lead without breaking gait so left lead to right lead in the air

Answer 8

A flying change occurs in the moment of suspension in a horse's canter (when all four legs are off the ground for a split second.) In this time, the rider initiates a flyingchange my shifting their weight, and asking with a leg aid.

A flying change is when the horse changes leads in the air.

For example, canter on the right rein, go across the diagonal, flying change, proceed in new direction (left rein.)

A series of flying changes (done in Dressage) are called tempi changes. They are usually performed with 4, 3, 2, or 1 stride in between.

Answer 9

When a horse is cantering one of two front legs will lead. This is called a lead. A lead change is when a horse changes direction, bend and lead legs in the air. Leads are important for balance for horses. Lead changes are done at the canter in all aspects of riding.

Here are when some horses might do lead changes:

Ride in counter canter down the long side asking for a change as your come into the short side.

Change through and out of the circle

Out of a half pass

In a serpentine

During pole bending

During barrel racing

During a jumper course

Example of a flying lead change:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUgnXKK0r...

THE LEAD FIRST LEAD CHANGE IS AT ABOUT 0:07