The demi-volte is made in the middle of one of the small sides of the school. As it finishes on two tracks, we should not ask the horse to do it before teaching him to move on two tracks, which I will explain further on. (Fig. 27).

Whatever may be the pace at which the demi-volte is made, the shoulders should be the first to leave, and to arrive at, the wall ; that is to say, the horse should always remain on an oblique line. The demi-volte is usually done in a very incorrect manner. Nothing is rarer than a well-executed demi-volte.

Fig. 26. — Volte.

It often happens that the rider uses his outward leg too