Tip/Quote of the Day # 161

When training a spooky or green horse over fences, keep all new or odd looking fences quite small at first. This way you can make sure that there will be no refusals. If he spooks at it, you can just walk over it. When you train a young horse with the mentality that he is going to go over a strange fence the first time he sees it, even if he has to crawl over it - he will come into each fence knowing that he must figure out how to get to the other side, and that there is no other option.