Have not met him but was at his first ever show in London some years ago.
I went out of my lifelong interest in animal behaviour, with a friend who'd spent most of his life working with horses. We ended up - by accident - with literally ringside seats.

Gobsmacked doesn't cover it, I was in tears of positive emotion most of the way through.

If he chooses not to work with difficult horses in a show environment then I respect him... what he does do, in my opinion, is admirable.

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