What does around the leg mean?

It means that your inside seat bone and leg act as a fulcrum (the point of pivot) for the horse to turn its body around. This is simple but complicated!

This is a short coupled horse, because of this conformation, he tends to pull his body together like a closed accordion. We would like to see him lengthen his body so he can start to create a curve (like a banana). In this clip I discuss with my student how to address this.