I sure hope it works. How did he feel on the poles? Did you feel like he was really working the hindquarter?
It didn't really feel like it. When I got done riding, I took him over them one more time leading to see how high he was raising his leg, and he was clearing the pole by quite a bit.
I actually set up two sets of cavaletti's, one set on each side of a long straight away. One set had 4 boards the other set had 3 and was made out of my pole bending poles, so they were a tiny bet higher. He bumped them a few times but cleared them the last time.
I watched his stride, he doesn't look like he's short striding to me at all. I sure hope this works.
Becky