You’re not working on the horse, you’re working on yourself.
Ray Hunt
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 hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields.
Nuno Oliveira
Riding:The dialogue between two bodies and two souls aimed at establishing perfect harmony between them.
Waldemar Seunig
Breathe deeply and calmly in the canter. Expand your rib cage.
Nuno Oliveira
When I hear somebody talk about a horse or cow being stupid; I figure it’s a sure sign that the animal has somehow outfoxed them.
Tom Dorrance
Where you end up your ride on a horse is so important. It’s a little bit like when you were young and you were datingthat last two minutes of the date can be a real deal breaker. With these horses it’s the same thing… You got to quit on a good note.
Buck Brannaman
Make the wrong thing difficult, and the right thing easy.
Ray Hunt
As the blind person touches the object before him very softly and lightly with his fingertips in order not to interfere with the work of the sensitive nerve ends by too much pressure, so it is the rider’s first obligation to keep soft and natural those parts of his body with which he feels his horse.
Gustav Steinbrecht
When the horse is standing, before you reach to ask him to go forward or back, or turn right or left; before you ask him, have a picture in your mind of what you are going to ask him to do, and how you expect him to respond before you start.
Tom Dorrance
