If the horse has never cantered with a saddle and rider, it might get scared and buck or run off the first time it actually canters under saddle. Therefore, you should saddle the horse, put it in a round pen or on a lounge line and encourage it to speed up with your lounge line or whip. Cluck to the horse, then tap lightly on his hip to encourage him to speed up. If he gets frightened, let him slow down and relax. In a few days, he should canter readily on command. When you ride the horse, continue the same process with a light crop. Cluck to the horse, squeeze with your outside leg and tap lightly on the hip to speed up. Once the horse learns that the cluck is a cue for speeding up, the crop will not be necessary. Speeding up will eventually cause the horse to canter. As the horse becomes accustomed to cantering and your cues for the canter, he will accept cantering as a normal part of riding.
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