...the school canter...
(18)...a. ...as a result of perfecting croup-in, counter-croup-in and the counter-canter, collection of the gallop and finally the so called redopp (...a canter with a brief lowering of the haunches in each stride...) develops...
(18)...b. ...this lowering of the haunches begins unnoticable to the onlookers eye and/or the rider's ear in the collected outdoors canter on straight lines...
(19)...a. ...like all school gaits the school canter must be characterized by feet that touch down lightly and move swiftly in equal measure. In the collected canter the foot fall changes... First come two hind legs, shortly followed by two front legs...
(19)...b. ...like in collecting the outdoors canter, here again it is the outside hind leg that takes hold of the horse's weight with softly absorbing joints and recoils the horse's weight with elasticity...
(19)...c. ...in other words, the outside hind leg must increase in recoil, advancment and the ability to bend... Only thus the required suppleness of haunches and elasticity of ribs can result...
...the rider's aids for the school canter...
(20)...a. ...the following aids result: The rider's outside leg and his outside hand must be predominant. The rider's inner leg has more of a task of keeping the inner hind leg from escaping, while the inner rein maintains the horse's bend...
(20)...b. ...again, only the rider's tact and sense of proper timing will warrant results... Just like in the other school gaits he must diligently align their correct and timely application...
(20)...c. ...and only then will the school canter contribute to proper developments of the upper school, which along with the school walk and the school trot are closely related to the counted walk (...Piaffeschritt...), piaffe and passage...