CURT'S TOP 10 LOW STRESS TIPS  1.   Never think "predator/prey relationship" 2.  Teach your horse to accept pressure 3.  Always work with the horse to achieve mental and physical balance 4.  Recognize the negative effects of over flexing your horse 5.  Stay calm to relax a nervous horse 6.  Keep groundwork to a minimum - It's okay to take a break 7.  Use as little equipment as possible 8.  Before working with a young horse, learn how to correctly catch and saddle him 9.  Practice the "emergency stop" 10. Patience is a virtue - remember that when you're with your horse   RIDE WITH CURT OR WATCH HIS CLINIC FREE! New for 2008, Curt not only will host a clinic free to the public, he's allowing you to bring your horse and ride with him!  Let Curt's experience and natural talent help you work through common problems you're having with your American Quarter Horse!  If you want to bring your horse, space is limited!  Reserve your spot today by contacting your Regional Experience representative for more information.  Find your Regional Experience representative.    ABOUT CURT Curt Pate, AQHA Professional Horseman and featured as the AQHA Regional Experience clinician from Newell, South Dakota, has been training horses and presenting demonstrations for more than 10 years.   Curt's experience and natural talent with horses has helped him assist countless owners work through problems with their animals. Even Hollywood leaned on him during the filming of the 1998 movie, The Horse Whisperer, as an equine technical advisor. Curt's low stress method teaches respect for the horse as a partner rather than a servant.  Curt strongly believes that low stress training causes high performance horsemanship. When he's not touring the country for AQHA, Curt can be found at his home in Montana where he lives with wife Tammy, son Rial and daughter Mesa.