I was thinking about you monday when I had a lesson. Before speeding up my trainer had me have my horse go both directions at a walk first. She said she needed to see stuff with both eyes. It worked too. We were going north by some field activity and she was mellow. When we went south the same scene put her on alert and then she was ok. Funny huh?
It sounds like you handled that well. I want to experience as much as I can at the barn with Waylon before I take him down to the cabin in June. He has been so much better after changing his bit.