Considerate, real, working horsemen and women know and understand that horsemanship is not a game. Instead it is honest and honorable, it is consistent and clear and clean.

It is a soft strength, it is patient and kind and understanding, yet as fair and firm and tough as needed. It is giving horses full credit for their intelligence, emotion and spirit.

It is being aware of the whole horse and realizing that to stay safe and in control, we must ride the mind and not the meat.
Real horsemanship that works is not a game, it is not a show. It is life. It is as clear as mountain air to those who see, and as real as dirt and a sweat stained hat for those who care.