Answers Quote by Alois Podhajsky

Simply put; I'm trying to see what I can get done with the horse without him being troubled about doing it.

— Buck Brannaman

The horse must understand and accept any demands made by rider without any resistance. Reward the horse each time he does what is asked…

— Nuno Oliveira

As a rider, you must slowly and methodically show your horse what is appropriate. You also have to discourage what's inappropriate, not by making…

— Buck Brannaman

The horse on the treadmill may be very discontented, but he is not disposed to tell his troubles, for he cannot stop to talk.

— Nellie L. McClung

When riding, ask yourself what will my horse get out of it if I get what I want? Many times, human nature is to…

— Buck Brannaman

“So how do you begin? That’s easy. Let the horse guide you. Recognize that a problem is not something bad. Your horse is not…

— Alexandra Kurland

When the rider demands the piaffe, he has to halt the horse a few strides before the latter wants to stop of his own…

— Nuno Oliveira

You don't have contempt for a horse that's troubled. Everybody has baggage, everybody has things that they've had to deal with in their life,…

— Buck Brannaman

No one wants to see me struggling to get a horse under control because I can't ride it. And no one wants to see…

— Cate Blanchett

There is one principle that should never be abandoned, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse.…

— Alois Podhajsky

When you give someone a commitment to ride their horse, you do it - unless, God forbid, something serious has happened. It would be…

— Tony McCoy

“What a horse does under compulsion he does blindly, and his performance is no more beautiful than would be that of a ballet-dancer taught…

— Temple Grandin