Hi friends! Coming to the masses with a question – an honest one, truly not looking to cause a heated debate just trying to understand the rules.
I was wondering if someone could shed insight on why it’s considered a major fault to do a simple change (which is penalized as breaking stride) but not a major fault to cross-canter or counter canter.
I understand why a late change would be a minor fault but not why a clean/effortless simple change would be penalized greater than cantering on the entirely wrong lead.
Thanks in advance!