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Is the horse still in the trailer?  I had a similar situation with my mare, 
the first time she rode in a slantload with a tackroom in the back, she 
could not figure out how to get out of it.  After trying ways simialar to 
what you described, my friend and I put a lung line on each side of her 
halter, stood out of the trailer to the sides, and used the lung lines as 
reins to back her out.   We used this method for several trips before she 
learned how to make the corner to back out of this paticular trailer. This 
method worked but be carefull to not put yourself in danger when putting on 
the lines or being behind the horse when asking it to come out.

I have also used the other method suggested--ie, teaching the horse to back 
up over obstacles, with obstacles that had some sort of drop, from shallow 
drops to deeper drops, be helpfull too.  I also back horses out of places, 
like from the inside of the barn to the outside, inside of stall into barn 
alley ways ect.

Good luck!
Maureen



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