Yeah, on that horse, one thing Mr Hall always told me is there's too many good horses out there to waste any time on ones you have to fight. It has stuck with me.....LOL....
I will say, in the winter, we used to ride outside on pasture with horses we wanted to be heading horses.There were always calves to rope and Doctor....They learned real quick that the harder they went to calves and the quicker they got there, the less running they would have to do....
Bracey and bad box mannerisms, takes a lot of work before hand to keep them out of the horse and still not always 100%....They get nervous, somtimes it shows in different ways....Maybe this horse just liked outside, anyways, sounds like he found his Niche......That isn't always bad..
BTW, the mare in my story, she was a little standoffish when we first got her. They foal and her both had trust issues. I think it was the owners before the lady that sold her, maybe it was the accident where her ankle got hurt.....But they have both settled down a lot and the issues seem to be gone......Trust isn't something given freely, it is earned through consistency and success....
PPRM