Great day today.  The highlight was not the training, on line or under saddle, but his looking to me, touching me with his muzzle, for reassurance when we were out for 'pick' and he wasn't sure about something mildly scary down the road (still have no idea what he saw that he found upsetting).  On line we worked on better circles.  He is inclined to look at me without moving when asked to circle.  Broke it down into discrete very obvious steps today so that there could be no mistake.  Made the increments of asking equally clear.  Didn't take long before he was changing direction and changing pace almost instantly - instantly but without being tense.  Very very happy.

Less happy with our attempts, under saddle, to full pass.  Asking for the hindquarter to move over a step and he replied with 4-quarter.  Again and again.  Dismounted to show him with porcupine (which needed little pressure) that it was indeed the hindquarter but where we are falling apart is that he is used to having his head and neck inclined AWAY from the direction of travel.   Bending his head/neck towards me while I ask with porcupine or driving to move works fine.  Asking under saddle that his head/neck actually be bent toward the direction of travel just confused him - and I'm unsure how to unconfuse him.   Asked for and got (with rather loud amplification of aids) for one step of hindqurater toward the direction of travel and then dismounted as reward.  Will leave it at that for the moment.  I'll have to think about it more.  Watched the video of Pat and Jake? practice and although Jake? did it very well, it doesn't translate for Balthazar and I.  All is not lost, however.  We will get a horse that can answer the aids no matter in what combination they are given.