What's the most important lesson you have learnt?

[puss]

first don't buy a horse I now have eleven
second no two horses are the same

 

[Quantock-cob]

That it never stops hurting when you fall off - after 40 years of riding I can confirm this. Although, I think when I was younger I got over the aches and pains a bit quicker. Now I am limping for days

 

[Tonks]

That when my horses don't 'do' what I want of them, the onus is not on them to change their behaviour and actions but on me to change mine.

 

[Dawng]

If there is something that can go wrong with a horse - it probably will go wrong - and it's very expensive.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Listen to the horse.

And from an old nagsman/farmer "If you've got livestock, you'll have deadstock". Sadly, he was right.