Edited sentence: Also, jumping the horse over an obstacle or going up a hill helps them to go into a canter easier.Although it may take many years to retrain a standardbred, the result can be many years of fun, a sense of achievment and a new friend.Although the canter is a natural gait for the standardbred, it is not easy for them.However, do not loosen the reins completely.If you want for your horse to trot you start the same way as you would the pace by encouraging the horse to move forward.In fact, many horses will never have a true canter under saddle even if they seem to canter, or gallop, through the field correctly with no problem.It is best to ask for the canter when the horse is collected at the trot rather than trotting thirty miles an hour.It takes a lot of encouragement and muscle building for a horse to canter correctly.Many people who ask their horses to rack or slow-gait do not ask for the canter because the rack or slow-gait is a very comfortable gait.Many standardbreds have a four-beat canter instead of a true three-beat canter.Once the horse is comfortable with the idea of leg pressure and is able to collect itself you can move on to the canter.Re-training a standardbred off the track can be time consuming.Since these horses are not used to leg pressure, the horse may need a slight tap with a whip for encouragement.To do this: loosen up on the reins and "kiss".You may desire for your horse to do the more comfortable rack or slow-gait.You may have to "kiss", and "cluck" a lot