Sounds like good advice given all around.

Your horse may be bored and feeling pretty fresh.
I know my horses can be fresh in the spring when they have had a few months off.
I work on ground work with them.
Lungeing is a great way to evaluate your horses' mood.
Do you know anyone locally that can help you with learning how to lunge your horse?

Parelli's 7 games are fun and Clinton Anderson has great tapes called "Lungeing For Respect". Very easy to follow.

Hay, Get Clinton Anderson Lounging for control and respect.. you can get on line and go the the Library website and get the DVDs saved for you.. and series #1 is the start of respect.. my girl Saige knew Nothing when I got her just how to walk on me and push me. now just a gentle shake of the lead and she steps back..
I went and seen Clinton in person and bought his lead rope and halter and handy stick.. that handy stick is the best.. not for hitting just for reaching.. staying out of the way of the back feet. and she uses to kick at me when I pushed her to lounge the one way she did not want to.. oh and rear up and I just kept at it... not I just point and she goes.. will stop when I just look at her hip.. and go the other way with just a point.. 99% better then when we started this..
good luck.. but get help be it DVD, book, or a person.. a good rope halter with well place knots will help them also..
Mizsaige


is no greater communion than knowing God is above me, and feeling a horse beneath me...

Do you have access to a round pen? It would make dealing with him a lot easier. Also, you might try to get some advice from a local trainer if possible. Sounds as if he is treating you like one of his buddies and needs to know that is not the case. With our horses that forget who the boss is we occasionally use a chain lead under the chin for a while. Using it firmly but gently gets good results. If you have never used a lead with a chain get help from someone who has before attempting it.

You do need help. Read,question,watch all you can but you need to be with someone who can actually hands on show you. Horses are not black and white they stay in that fuzzy grey area. Clubs and organizations are great 4-H is a great all round club, Pony Club is english only but both are very good. You have a win-able situation problem is your horse knows more than you and he know he does. In the long term if your horse is trained,he is trained PERIOD. In/out of a ring, any day/week/month of the year,stalled/field kept,windy-cloudy/sunny-calm... Don't make up excuses that just allows bad behaviors and lungeing is a very good way to increase his stamina. Today 10min hes tired, next week 20, next month 45 until you need to lunge for 2 hours to take the "edge" off. But no matter what don't give up.