This method consists of breaking horses according to their nature, avoiding the use of fear or pain and instead gaining their confidence and loyalty. This method provides us with clear notions of how to treat the horse, knowing what, when and how to teach him and what we ultimately want to achieve with him. The horse learns by persuasion. It is up to us, therefore, to know his nature, behaviour and psychology so that we can manage, persuade and teach him an endless number of exercises that will make of that horse, an optimal animal for any given discipline.
In Indian Horse Breaking, you don’t need to be especially strong, or to be of some special body type. What you need is to know the horse in depth, and to know how to teach him progressively, step by step, the things that you will ask of him in the future. Things such as letting us ride him, jumping, or playing polo.
It is not a violent method because you do not punish the horse. You don’t pull on his mouth. You don’t kick him. The horse understands the limits, and this is the tool that we use to discipline him. The horse knows what is permitted and what is not.
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