The horse will become supple when it is cadenced, stiff when it rushes.
Nuno Oliveira
Brutality begins where skill ends.
Egon von Neindorff
Now when the whole horse is together, he will feel good to you, I am sure. All we are trying to do is to fix these things up to where he can find them, then it’s the horse’s idea. But that is a little easier said than done.
Tom Dorrance
Calm, forward, straight.
Alexis L´Hotte
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
Ride your horse with your whole body, not just with your arms and legs.
Ray Hunt
Let your idea become the horse‘s idea.
Ray Hunt
If you are going to teach a horse something and have a good relationship, you don’t make him learn it you let him learn it.
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
Mistakes of the legs show up in the mouth.
Nuno Oliveira