Oppostite Problem, Sitting Is Terrible

Hi Heather, Fleur is a 9yrold 16.2 TBx Han...in short she was bourght by my boss at 6.5yrs old as an investment (man has more money than sence) she is apparently well bred and my boss had an eventing trainer who was going to bring her on and a number of other younsters then they were going to sell on...at 7yrs she had good basic flatwork and really could have gone far...however the trainer fell out with my boss, who hasn't the faintest about horses and she was let down and sparadically hacked out and thrown across country, the results being she tied up a number of times, she wan't schooled for 18months, my boss having had enough of her 'attitude' and named her 'that piece of sh*t horse' and passed her to me.

She was lame when took her, stiff, fat, v.unfit, had back broblems and sharp molars and had been fed high amounts of high performance feed, though not in sufficient work, a bit of mess really. she received alot of medical and remedial work to losen up the back and sort out her teeth etc and luckily the lameness righted itself with a number of months walking out and hasn't surfaced since...being relatively new at re-fittneing horses I took the advice of my yard manager who events and continued the hacking work through the summer and he slowly brought her back into the school. He is of a very kind and sympathetic nature and Fleur took well to this.

Temparent wise she is a very calm person and is an angel to hack out, does not spook or bolt and is 100% trustworthy...I can only put this down to the fact that her initial education was good, I did however notice when she was being schooled by the original trainer he wore both spurs and used a schooling whip and she always appeared rather aggitated, ears back, tail swishing etc, though she produced the work that he asked/ or demanded of her...

to cut to the chase she is now fit and healthy and I am in soul charge of her schooling due to financial issues and we have acheieved alot through time, she is a big mover and is very powerfull and would rather do everything with speed, than relax, we can get some very good work once she settles and I concerntrate on the job inhand...our biggest achievement to date is being able to walk/trot to halt without falling onto forehand or crawling after the halt execution. Sounds small, but is a big thing for us...she likes to take hold and tank in the trot, we're working on it and get some good steps from time to tim and she also agitates herself into the canter and can often buck and shake head, but will soon relax again.

I am aware that she is still in the process of fittening up after so much time off and I belive she has memories of previous schooling when she was bullied, had a bad back and was cutting her mouth open with her own teeth...she has alot of talent and is very gracefull and baeutifull WHEN she isn't agitating herself....i also know that i must be part of the problem, ie my position etc, which have been working on. We have indeed made leaps and bounds since I got hold of your book and therefore offer this information in the hope you may have some ideas, thanks Charlie