On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:59:24 -0000, you wrote:

>Before my thread I had only HL in the field. Yesterday I walked him down the
lane to the yard. We met a stallion in a cart on the way. Rannoch DID lower his
head but pinged it straight up again!...we clearly don't have HL with relaxtion
and duration and in any environment yet and probably won't for months to come!
However I'm taking one of the ideas that came up on the thread and starting to
incorporate HL in my everyday routines.

That's pretty normal. I find if I train it and get it solid under calm
conditions then when things are stressed it may turn into a little
dip, work at it a few times in the stressed situation and it gets
stronger under those conditions.

Nick