Somewhere along the journey to becoming a horse person the playful silliness of having fun with a pony turned into the serious business of being a horse person.
How many ways can you use feel/pressure to get your horse to think about backing up? Does each method stimulate your horse to back up with the same quality?
I was breaking in a Connemara filly, called Connie. She was only about 13.3 hh, but very stout and could easily carry an adult. But Connie was particularly jittery.