[AnAmericanMother]

Too much spur.

(And yes, I know that the rowels turn and don't dig in. It's still too much spur, and placed too high for an English saddle.)

Start with these:

Larger and shorter are milder in action.

[CindyDawg]

What types are those? I'm looking in stateline and the closest I see is the clover leaf. I'm not against using spurs I'm just wary of what I'm going to do after I spur him on:') That's why I want to use them first when he is just dragging but calm in the arena.
Overall I had a good ride today and got a lot of work done. This last phase, riding outside the pens a treat for both of us when we are done. He usually enjoys it too. He was high strung today but worked well and I handled him ok.
It was just a weird feeling to have him spooking and not be able to find what spooking him. I expected some resistance this time but it was more than that. Almost a panic. Anyway I'm going to walk him thru the area tomorrow and ride him thru if the weather good. I want to know if it was the storm, leaving the barn or a combination.
Yall have any other suggestions. I brought this here because I can't discuss this with my instructor.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Too much spur.

Its said that opinions are like...well you know :) and everybody has one.

But with horse people they all have at least 2. :)

BigMack