Its pretty easy for trainers to get so caught up in driving the horse up into the bridle to keep it round and soft and the shoulders up that we forget the most important thing and that is to keep the feet moving and get them unstuck. Horses have to MOVE and go where they are directed right NOW- when you keep them broke over in the poll its easy for their feet to get stuck (like being stuck in mud)- horses that are constantly spurred and spinned with their face captured or rather over captured- being held onto, driven up, see sawed and otherwise handled in the turn around loose their desire to turn - having said that, a horse that CAN turn in the bridle turns correct and harder than a horse strung out for sure, but moving the feet and spinning is the important part and doing so with the face captured comes with time and in increments.
Same with the stop- a horse stops much better when his feet are ready to go somewhere as he is stopping and after he stops.
Also in the circles and around the ends he needs to be able to follow his nose and run- not just stay curled up in a ball and get sticky when he is told to move off a rein or leg.
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