I am convinced that many people (perhaps the majority) continue to believe that the quality of training or the degree of education of a horse is judged by what we can get it to do.
About 30 years ago I got a phone call from a teenage girl asking if she could come and work for me during school holidays as part of the work experience program run by her school.
People seem to have different ideas of what makes an experienced horse person. I am often told by new students about their level of experience and it always seems to be assessed by the number of years they have been riding.
