Your timing is critical in every aspect of horse training. If you’re even a few seconds early or late with your timing, your horse won’t understand what you want and he won’t respond as you think

Lots of horse owners are obsessed with the idea of tying young horses up. One of the first things they do is tie their foals to a post. When the foal pulls and fights, people often say

When a horse pulls back, the first thing someone does is yell “Whoa boy, whoa”. When a horse bucks or takes fright you hear the same thing, “Whoa, boy, whoa”.

How intelligent is your horse? Are some horses smarter than others? Are humans smarter than horses, or are horses smarter than humans?

Last week, I read an article in an old issue of a prominent horse magazine on tying a horse for the first time. There were graphic photos of a terrified horse pulling back and fighting against a post.