What I am witnessing instead is problems in the body of the horse such as in ligaments, tendons, bones or in nerve damage in the neck, body, and legs of the horse.
Horses should be given a chance to use their head and neck as nature intended. It is only natural for a young horse to poke is nose outwards, until he has built up the strength to use his body in a better way
While the side pull had been the right answer to start this brave and versatile young stallion, if the rider was going to progress and complete her mastery, we needed to put the bit back in the horse’s mouth
Crap. It then occurred to me that in order for me to change this one little thing I would have to do an awful lot of work and an awful lot of relearning.
You may also think that the horse’s stronger and weaker side is merely a symptom of being ridden or handled, but I also see this tendency in horses who have never carried a rider or had little handling.
The problem is, are the people who start these horses the ones who breed them, train them, and sell them when they’re young? If they don’t have to feed and board them for another year, it makes a tremendous impact on their profits. So I can’t talk to them, except rare individuals. But I can talk to people who raise their own horses and keep their horses for a lifetime like I do.
What I am witnessing instead is problems in the body of the horse such as in ligaments, tendons, bones or in nerve damage in the neck, body, and legs of the horse. 
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Horses should be given a chance to use their head and neck as nature intended. It is only natural for a young horse to poke is nose outwards, until he has built up the strength to use his body in a better way 
While the side pull had been the right answer to start this brave and versatile young stallion, if the rider was going to progress and complete her mastery, we needed to put the bit back in the horse’s mouth 
Crap. It then occurred to me that in order for me to change this one little thing I would have to do an awful lot of work and an awful lot of relearning. 
You may also think that the horse’s stronger and weaker side is merely a symptom of being ridden or handled, but I also see this tendency in horses who have never carried a rider or had little handling. 
The problem is, are the people who start these horses the ones who breed them, train them, and sell them when they’re young? If they don’t have to feed and board them for another year, it makes a tremendous impact on their profits. So I can’t talk to them, except rare individuals. But I can talk to people who raise their own horses and keep their horses for a lifetime like I do.