Training Buzz: Counter Canter with Charlotte Bredahl-Baker

Olympian Charlotte Bredahl-Baker explains how to ride the counter-canter.

Charlotte Bredahl-Baker is an Olympic dressage team bronze-medalist and an FEI 4* international dressage judge who has competed and judged all over the world.

This training clip, even though she is riding, Charlotte does a great job of explaining how to ride the counter canter, gain balance and prepare counter canter test movements. She discusses the issues one can encounter within the counter canter and how to counteract those issues.

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