Glad your ride went good. Is it your hands or your leg or both that you have to scale back on?
I think mostly my legs. He responds so quick and so much with the lightest touch. I'm mostly haveing trouble loping circles to the right. It seems he tends to drift out of the circle, so I tap, tap with the bit and he just bends his neck rather moving back into the circle, I think because I'm so right handed I'm pressing with my right leg, not even realizeing and that is pushing him out of the circle. He also seems to speed up at points in the circle. I'm trying to make note if I'm squeezing or bumping him. I know most of his problems are me:), I've seen him rode by people with better skills then me and he is so perfect. I'm just a lowly trail rider:). I know the cues and techniques, just haven't quite got it all down good. And Rusty was not as reponsive, so I got use to giveing strong cues, and not having to worry if I bumped or squeezed at the wrong time.
Does this make sense:)
Becky