How To Do Rising Trot (Posting Trot)

In this video the lovely Dante is helping me demonstrate how to do rising trot, otherwise called posting trot.

I have used slow motion footage to help emphasise certain points and give you some extra tips for how to do the rising trot to control the size and tempo too.

[malboyce]

OMG! I finally got it. What a great video, I've watched others say the same, and use the different coloured feet examples but this is the first time I realsied when you raise and when you sit. It's also the first time that I have seen how your pelvis moves to the front and keeps your upper body perpendicular to the ground / saddle and is not the up and down movement throwing your balance foreward. I realsied that bit during the slow-mo just before your caption came up describing the arc movement. This is an epiphany, you've just changed my world. Thank you.

[FlashySolution]

I like how you demonstrated this with the colours to show that two beat pace 😊

[equiambs]

Hey! I have a riding class today and this really helped me! Thank you so much x

[oliviamae]

Hi Sonia, Thank you so much for this video, diagonals are the bane of my life. 😁

[황선일-qt]

Perfelctly explained here how to do rising trot. Thanks! Now I understand the trot. I’ve looking for this everywhere and this is the best explanation.

[sridhars]

The best illustration of the posting trot I've seen online.

[akiraandriola]

Hello I’m a beginner rider and I needed to learn how to do rising trot so I could go out with my friend on her horse and this vid helped so much 😁

[Fabyuloussv]

WOWWW! This is the best video I’ve seen! I get how to do the motion!! And your not rising with your legs but with your hips and pelvic area! It’s a foward back, forward back motion and not a up, down motion! Thank you so much! 😁😁

[MikaKotikoski]

An excellent video. One mistake I was personally told to pay attention to: Do not rise unnecessary much in the saddle. Just so much as to get your weight off the horses back and to sit down as gently as possible.

[abeldasilva]

Thank you for clearing up the cob webs in my mind on this subject .Now I have to work on this.

[kellyjean]

When I do I rising trot it terns into a sitting trot lol

[anniesshenanigans]

omg how in the heck can I see the legs from up on the horse!! Is there some way to 'feel' it?

[miyukilin]

It would be nice if you have voice over to explain the caption

[juliah]

beautiful horse but does not look impressed with those colors. LOL

[ladygodiva]

Hi Sonia, any tips on keeping lower leg still ?

[rohithgokaraju]

Am i only one who have loading issue with this video? I don't know why it is not loading after a minute. I changed wifi and cellular but nothing worked.

[tcequestrian]

Hi, can u do an explaining with pics on the intro b dressage test because I have to learn it by Sunday and I don't get it as I can only find the new one in words

[LifestylBear]

I am to scared to let go of the saddle in sitting and rising trot pls tell me what i should do?

[saahilriyazbhat]

Ok, that is fine, but what to do when the horse is moving in a straight line instead of going in circles.

[CoolcatWCUE]

When I was seven I was like terrible in rising trot I was like bong bong bong bong instead of now I’m way better