I honestly don't use Parelli. I may come off the wrong way, but this is just my opinion! The Parelli methods are all built around common sense. I have seem some of his work and although I love watching the videos of the horses that are up to the Level 4 training, but I know that I do not need the "tools", books, or DVDs that he sells to tell me how to communicate with my horse and get them to do what I would like.

I do, however, do a lot of ground work with them. I can lunge my horse around me without having a lunge line attached and have him walk,trot,canter, and half, turn, etc without any tools, but my own hands. (Which I did not learn from Parelli). They all sure know how to respect my space! LOL I do believe that ground work is the building blocks to a great riding partner! Mainly, when you have a fresh-OTTB you sure need to drill all that stuff into them for ground manners where not a top priority on the track! LOL