Watch this video AFTER you read this:

This is absolutely amazing.

HORSE WHISPERER!!! READ THIS FIRST, THEN WATCH!!!

SEE THE POWER A GENTLE TOUCH CAN HAVE!!!

The girl riding the horse is a deaf mute...she can't hear, nor can she speak. No bridle, no saddle...all commands are by touch only. This is one of those, "I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it with my own eyes" kind of thing. This girl is in her 20's - her father passed away just 24 days before this performance. You can hear her dedication to him just before her performance so turn up your speakers a bit.

Notice that it is just she and the horse---no bit, no saddle. She uses signals and touch cues, she's mute. Oh yes, this isn't even her horse. She is training it for someone else, although she obviously has a good relationship.

I cant get it to download :( it sounds amazing though

Shoot, sorry about that. I will try a different way later.

Can you post a link? Is it on YouTube?

I remember reading that Karl Urban, who played Eomer in Lord of the Rings, took lots of riding lessons so he could learn to direct his horse with his knees.

Try this:

http://www.outofstepper.com/?p=1257

Wow, thanks :)

WOW!! Amazing woman (and horse!)

That was fantastic!!!

If this is the same girl, Nana, I don't see or are we told that she is deaf and mute. Maybe this is a different one? It is an impressive performance whatever!

[quote=Kitsie]I don't think she is. I found her blog (http://stacywestfallhorseblog.com/) and nowhere does it say she's deaf or mute. Very impressive nonetheless! I think because of the noise of the crowd and the music that she would almost HAVE to communicate with the horse through body signals.