And it helps when we get pictures like this. It also helps us see when and how things are going right and even when they aren't. Thankfully we have digital cameras now and we can snap literally hundreds of pics in a short amount of time and don't have to wait for them to develop. 
In this pic above Miss Mazy is starting to resist a little before she gives to the bit and bends to the inside in the pic below. This is part of the softening work that can also be done under saddle. 
In the pic above, Miss Mazy is starting to give to the bit and bend to the inside. She is relaxed, working off her hind end with her shoulders lifted and quiet in the bridle.
Although the pic above and below look like they're the same pic (and I almost left one out because of this) the fore and backgrounds are different, showing she is moving consistently in the lines.
More green underfoot behind her here. Lifting and really striding out. 
Sometimes they may not move as fancy as other times. But moving fancy all of the time, takes exactly that- Time. They need to build up the muscles to be able to not only lift and carry themselves IN the correct frame, but they need to be able to maintain it too. After all- ballerinas don't take one lesson and know how to be up on their toes from there on out. Body builders don't go to the gym and work out once a week and look sculpted and ripped in a month. Our horses are no different so we need to be realistic in our expectations of them and what they physically can and cannot do.
While I have only had Miss Mazy less than 4 months, she has seriously started to turn heads and make people take notice. The girl that sneered at her when she came in- is really starting to rethink things. The biggest thing about it all- is that I use mild bits, no extra equipment and I'm not out there beating the snot out of the horses. Mazy is proof that it can be done. 
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