The horse never chooses his owner, it's the buyer who chooses the horse. If the horse and it's owner don't fit together, one should not hesitate to change horse. There is a horse for every person, both the horse and the human feel better if they fit together. In all breeds and registers there are different individuals, it depends on the individual how useful it's going to be, not the register it happens to belong to. For example, there are registers for colors, if you buy a horse because of it's colors, you can not expect it to be a useful competition horse just because it looks right.

A big horse does not necessarily jump higher than a smaller one. It depends on the individual. If you look at all horses, you can see there are good ones and bad ones, a small number are so bad they have no other function than being pasture ornaments. Natural talent is bestowed a few, the average horse is the majority.

It also depends on with whom the horse ends up, a good trainer with a not so good horse can win over a bad trainer with a good horse. The person who does his best and all the time looks for knowledge is more of a horse person than those who buy ready made products and think they already know it all. The person who can get almost maximum effort from a less talented horse and get second place in a competition knows more than one who wins with a natural talented horse, which he can only get to show half his potential.

The horse you have taken into your keep has a right to the best possible care. A backyard horse of unknown origin has the right to the same care as a Grand Prix Dressage horse. The right feed, the right hoof care, the right training and so on. The care of the horse shall not differ because of his purchase price or of his value. Which handling is the best for the horse can be discussed, but if the horse could choose it is not sure it would choose a big private stable in the city.

A horse is above all a horse, and must be treated like a horse. The horse's natural needs and possibilities must dictate how he is handled, stalled and educated.

Norms seldom fit horses, they are set up by humans for humans. Horses have different needs for air, space and temperature than humans. Horse have different social behaviors and we cannot substitute a natural free life, with putting the horse in a stable with a blanket on.

Now, when the horse is standing in it's pasture and is going to be used as a spare time enjoyment or as a sports tool, it is important to do what is best. There are as many different ways to handle horses as there are horse owners. Those who are training horses seriously will find that there exist some behaviors laws that are the same all over the world, horses are the same everywhere. The techniques and the equipment for training horses have been known for thousands of years, no trainer can claim that he has invented how to train horses. How the training is done depends on the trainer's cultural environment. Something that is considered right here, can be wrong somewhere else. From the horse's point of view, the only right way is what is right for him. One can use the horse as an encyclopaedia, he will tell you what you need to know if you ask him correctly.

For many horse owners, the horse is only a way to enhance themselves. They normally don't care about the horse but see him only as a disposable tool, compared with a pair of skis or something similar. As today one is not dependant on the horse for one's survival, it's easy to leave him in the stable, hopefully a groom will care for him.

An enormous industry has grown around the horse, the majority of the products are totally unnecessary. The marketing experts know how to create a need, and are able to make horse owners buy things that are not at all good or useful for the horse. Many of the products are made only to make a profit and have absolutely no function, they can even be harmful for the horse and dangerous for the rider.