A couple of things in particular he said really struck me. One thing especially was that if you are working with your horse and thinking about right now, you re already way behind. It s not going to work. You have to be thinking a month down the road. Pay attention to details Most folks want to just get on their horses and ride, especially at the performance events.
All horses pick up little habits and problems.
Then, six or eight months later, the horse is a mess, and the person wonders what the heck happened. The horse started bucking, or ducking, or got bad in the box, whatever. A horse just doesn t start doing that stuff. He doesn t say one day, Okay, today, I m going to start ducking away from the steer. The real problem is us.