Tom Smith Quotes

“It’s easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only changed by the way people treat them.”

“Why rate him? He knows the poles better than I do.”

“We had to rebuild him, both mentally and physically, but you don’t have to rebuild the heart when it’s already there”

“He believed with complete conviction that no animal was permanently ruined. Every horse could be improved. He lived by a single maxim: ‘Learn your horse. Each one is an individual, and once you penetrate his mind and heart, you can often work wonders with an otherwise intractable beast.‘”