'Usually, a horse will stand calmly after a couple of weeks', says Werndl. Then comes the phase in which the horse receives correction and is instructed to stand correctly. 'But I don’t want to upset them with constant correction. I take it easy with them. In the course of the year they’ll learn how to stand relaxed and square.' Werndl says that one should practice less rather than more, especially with horses that tend to fidget. 'I don’t keep such horses standing too long, as that just adds to the problem. Sometimes it’s better not to make too much of it, and then it will improve on its own.' It’s hard to give general figures on how often or how long one should practice halting. 'It’s like any other dressage lesson: twelve half passes are surely too many, and so are twelve halts. It should be good after just a few times.'