Simpatico

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer. ~ Xenophon

I am always learning. I am obsessed. I am always panning for gold, that little nugget of information that will improve my horsemanship.

I love to learn. Here are trainers, writers, clinicians, healers, and all-around horse people for whom I feel an affinity (in no particular order):

John Lyons

Mark Rashid

Kelly Marks

Stacy Westfall

Richard Shrake

Joan Fry

Clinton Anderson

Jane Smiley

Alois Podhajsky

Pat and Linda Parelli

Bill Dorrance

Cherry Hill

Linda Kohanov

Michael Korda

Tom Dorrance

Frank Bell

Karen Scholl

Thomas and Shana Ritter

Jane Savoie

Pete Ramey

Walter Zettl

Rita Mae Brown

Jessica Jahiel

Robert Cook

Alexandra Kurland

Rick Lamb

Ray Hunt

Ray Ainsworth

Chris Cox

Dennis Reis

Craig Cameron

Julie Goodnight

Sally Swift

Joe and Kathleen Camp