Buck Brannaman

My expertise lies in

My expertise lies in what I’ve devoted my life to. I wouldn’t pretend to be a great gift to any other animal. My interest has always been in the horses. Buck Brannaman

I often tell people that I truly want the horse to be my feet and legs. I want to be an extension of the horse and him to be an extension of me. That’s what I’m always working toward when I’m on a horse. Buck Brannaman

You can’t think of

You can’t think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you’d better prepare em for it in other ways. Buck Brannaman

Most people don’t realize

Most people don’t realize how little it takes to get a horse to move. Buck Brannaman

When you see a

When you see a horse that’s troubled, you sort of feel sorry for them, yet that doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t still ask the horse to behave and find a way to fit in and respond to you as well. Buck Brannaman

I started to realize

I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does. This method works well for me because of the kinship that develops between horse and rider. Buck Brannaman

Timing is everything.
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Timing is everything. Buck Brannaman

Doing something right once

Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often. Buck Brannaman

It’s a process and

It’s a process and it’s a matter of understanding the horse and through any of these little projects you have a beginning, a middle and an end. And if you made up your mind early when he’s still scared, you’d think that wasn’t working at all. Sometimes it might get darker, before it gets dawn. … Read more

Not all horses are

Not all horses are going to be show jumpers, not all horses are going to be dressage horses. So you have to sort of find where the horse physically fits into what might suit him, but all horses can be comfortable and all horses can have good, solid fundamentals. Buck Brannaman