"Round Up" - Progress

There's just a few small things I need to adjust on this painting. I'm bothered by the repetitive brushstrokes within the sagebrush, I think it is competing with the horse & rider, then there's a lack of depth in the distant background, and I need to work on the shape of the riders hands. Nice critique hugh? LOL

It seems the longer I look at this the more I pick it apart, anyone else do that with thier work?

9 x 12

oil on linen panel