Laura Daley > Quotes

“By following the momentum of the horse but keeping pressure on the rein or lead, you allow his flight instinct to diminish naturally rather than trying to force him to stop, which often makes the flight worse. Once his flight instinct diminishes and he is thinking again, he will give to the pressure on the rein, and the handler will have worked both the horse’s mind by allowing him to come down from his spook naturally and his physical training by keeping pressure on the rein and releasing only when the horse has offered the correct response.”
― Laura Daley, Riding Fear Free: Help for Fearful Riders and Their Teachers