Having arrived at this point, Cathy is teaching and training upper level riders and horses. Many of her students have been able to re-school their horses with the result of their horses being happier, lighter on the aids, and more correct.

She feels that the horses being trained in the over bent method are being constrained, which then results in grinding of the teeth, stiff necks and backs, being on the forehand, and not enough activity in the hindquarters. Even very talented horses are not working up to their full potential.

She sees horses becoming angrier and tenser, and the beauty of expression and self-carriage is lost. Over bending of the neck, she believes, gives the rider a sense of control over the horse, but at the expense of many other qualities. She has seen both riders and horses become very frustrated because they cannot achieve the desired result. Their training methods become abusive; they give up, or they sell their horses.