Oh this is indeed a very nice story!!! Great to read that the horses feelings changed to much!
I asked Evita to trot one day and she did a few steps wich looked like the passage
I was soo happy and exited I could cry!
After this she tried it all the time but couldn't do it again. I didn't ask but she wanted to much to make me happy again. She got very frustrated and angry (you could see her count "... 1,2,3 .. front back ..uhm.. left right.. ohno 1,2,..") she couldn't do it anymore. I did not even ask for a trot the weeks after because I was sad she became so frustrated, only to please me.
Some time ago I came into the paddock and she ran to me anding with a few steps of passage!!! She did it!!! I still don't ask he for it but when she does it I'm very very happy and so is she!!!
Evita does everything to make me happy, when riding this resulted in the greatest movements ... it was very hard to make her understand just walking around getting used to weight on her back was fine to begin with.