A good senior horse who shows in both the open and the non-pro knows how to make a transition — he's just lackadaisical about it. Cody Crow of No Where But UP Performance Horses shows him doing it clunky first, leaning onto his shoulders and dropping onto the front end, then sharpens the cue by asking for the trot and drawing the horse into the ground and back. He explains what he's really after in an extended lope to extended trot: a horse that balances back on his hocks and keeps his shoulder elevated instead of flopping onto his forehand. And he makes a point that runs against the usual advice — most of the time you scatter maneuvers around the pen so a horse can't anticipate, but here, drilling the transition in the same spot builds an anticipation that works in your favor.