If you don't like the answer don't ask the question. You are the people I hate in the horse world, blame the horse for being 'lazy', 'naughty', 'stupid'. Well if you wanted a machine buy yourselves a car. They are living creatures who deserve our respect and love they have no comprehension of what 'lazy' means, all they know is today they don't feel right but that woman on its back keeps kicking, keeps hitting, keeps feeding unsuitable foods and keeps shouting. Of course your horse has more energy takeitasred, it's been forced to live inside a cage for 14 hours of the day, I'd have more energy if kept enclosed for that long. I don't careless if you think my comments are harsh, I care about the animals not the people that force their ideals upon them.

jackysian I think you're being a little offensive with your reply. I have a New forest x 6yo, who's also a little lazy. When he has energy he uses it to go up not forward, which is a fault with his earlier training that I am correcting now. If you have a lazy horse check everything, his routine, what you feed him, how often you school him etc. I recently moved mine from being kept out 25/7 to a DIY yard where he's out 10hrs a day and in at night, his diet has changed and he's worked 6 days a week and I vary his work, so he doesn’t get bored. Since being in and changing his diet he's had more energy and work's harder with better results when I ask him. Often he's a bit lazy, but mainly because he doesn't know what is being asked of him. If I had a child that wasn’t performing as well as I know they can out of sheer laziness I would berate them. Saying my horse is lazy is not, in my eyes, a bad thing, I’m being honest about his ability and energy levels. But I know how well he can work when he tries and so I ask for it when I school him. I wish you and your horse every success!