Make the wrong thing difficult, and the right thing easy.
Ray Hunt
A lot of people, they want it all to be fuzzy and warm and cosmic, but it’s no different with a horse than with a kid…You can’t always be the kid’s best friend. First you have to be the parent.
Buck Brannaman
I believe horses naturally have tremendous faith in the human being. It is their natural instinct of selfpreservation that the person needs to understand in order to gain the confidence of the horse.
Tom Dorrance
Use hands and legs sparingly, and maintain balance through the seat.
Nuno Oliveira
One has to have an immobile hand with mobile fingers.
Nuno Oliveira
Hand without legs, Legs without hand.
François Baucher
I’m still on the move, I’m getting better because I’m still studying. I still want to be a better horseman.
Buck Brannaman
The horse knows where the person is all the time. Now we are trying to help the person know where the horse is all the time. The horse knows where the person is; the person needs to learn to catch up with the horse on that.
Tom Dorrance
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Amelia Earhart
Ride your horse with your whole body, not just with your arms and legs.
Ray Hunt
