Use hands and legs sparingly, and maintain balance through the seat.
Nuno Oliveira
The thing you are trying to help the horse do is to use his own mind. You are trying to present something and then let him figure out how to get there.
Tom Dorrance
The horse will become supple when it is cadenced, stiff when it rushes.
Nuno Oliveira
Make it a habit to praise when the horse yields.
Nuno Oliveira
Breathe deeply and calmly in the canter. Expand your rib cage.
Nuno Oliveira
It is always better to risk losing the contact a little, than not to yield at all.
Nuno Oliveira
You’re not working on the horse, you’re working on yourself.
Ray Hunt
Through the years, I have worked with so many riders who have given me their best, their time, their attention and their willing effort. We’ve worked together through these shared experiences that have been so valuable in my search for ways to build greater unity for the horse and the rider.
Tom Dorrance
You can’t teach feel, you have to experience it.
Bill Dorrance
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
