I train the stallions at my ranch like any other horse, even during breeding season. They need to know that even though its breeding season, they have other jobs too. Also, working during the breeding season seems to calm our stallions (we have 8 of them) down and make them easier to handle, even when breeding.

I'm currently working with our toughest stallion, a black purebred arab named Knightyme Affaire. He's incredibly smart, almost too smart, you know? But he's great to work with. Stallions will let you know when they're ready to be started. He was started (badly, by someone else) a few years ago and was an absolute terror.

You really have to have a lot of patience to work with stallions. Like most men, they don't always think with their brains.