This is NOT a horse training book. It's a book that TRAINS PEOPLE to train horses. Unillustrated (no pictures) To train a horse well there are intangible characteristics and abilities that a rider must learn or develop... to motivate without nagging, earn respect, and turn "nos" into "yeses," for instance. To seemingly read the horse's mind and gain its attention, to diffuse explosive situations, to avoid being played for a sucker and to problem solve...