Why use horses to teach leadership? Horses are big animals. They weigh 1,000-2,000 pounds. But they are prey animals; they ultimately will look to humans for guidance and to tell them what to do. Horses, thus, are imposing beings, but are a relatively safe being through which to learn. Horses, by nature, look to care for their humans, who they know care for them. Horses can be well trained to allow even the smallest of humans lead them. Even in the word, leadership grows