i've got a horse named Moose that likes to pick up one lead and not the other. He will pick up the right lead but not the left. i know that horses have a "natural" lead that they prefer. i have tried a couple things that my 4-H leaders told me to do that are pretty much quick fixes. i tried turning him hard in a corner to get him to bring that inside leg forward. that worked, but only when i was in a corner. I am open to any suggestions, corrections, or training tips to help me/him get this.

maybe if you had a round pen it would help. I never have come accross this problem because all of my horses are natural born lead changers. if you have a fifty foot round pen its big enough to get your horse to lope but they almost have to be on the right lead so they don't run into the fence. tying the horses head slightly to the side that you want them to be on might help too. I hope that helps, and if you run into more problems I'll look in my 4-H manual. The Ssakatchewan ine is pretty useful.

I have been thinking about this and was trying to figure where I'd seen the answer to your problem. I think this will help. Got it out of Bill Dorrance's book "True Horesmanship Through Feel" (one paragraph out of a chaper on the subject).

"Like I spoke about earlier, horses are born with the physical ability to change leads and the mental capacity to judge when they should.
It's not our job to teach them how to do this. People take a lot of different approaches when they try to get a horse to change leads and the subject confuses them. Sometimes the confusion they have about this shows up in the horse when he's asked to switch leads, or even just when he's loping, because he anticipates that he'll have to do this in a way that's difficult for him. I'll say that the best thing to do before any lead changes are put to the test, is to get a horse comfortable loping on both leads from the trot. When that's good, then make a lot of simple lead changes by slowing down to a trot and loping again after that."

Bill's words not mine.
If you don't have the book, Get it!
Good Luck!

Thank you both for the advice. I appreciate it.

Let us know how it goes.