A horse that is confident in its rider makes the rider confident in handling the horse. Most horse training manuals say that everyone can have a relationship with a horse as long as you use gentle, no resistance methods. These are proven to help horses work with us, not against us.

For example, teaching a horse to neck rein will take time, effort and consistency. Let the horse know what you want him to do and work with him consistently enough so that he will learn to respond every time you ask him to. Eventually, the response must become second nature to the horse. This happens only by lots of repetition and unwavering, gentle, consistency.