The four Alvará Governing Principles™ · Rhythmical · 3.3
A change that keeps the beat
The clean flying change is made in the moment of suspension — the quiet rest in the canter's rhythm. The beat stays even: no beat is longer, none is louder, and the count 1 · 2 · 3 never stumbles.
the beat — three, evenly spacedthe suspension — the rest, equal in timeleft leadright leadthe flying change — the red window
Ask at the end of Beat 2; the horse swaps both leads in the suspension; the new Beat 1 lands on time — right on the beat.