His approach ran counter to centuries of conventional wisdom, and it won the enthusiastic approval of Queen Elizabeth II, with whom he became friends. By Glenn Rifkin Monty Roberts, a celebrated horse ...

Monty Roberts, the renowned "horse whisperer" who bought and sold a dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner and became a friend of the late Queen, died Aug. 1 at his farm in California. He was 91.

Gentle training pioneer: Roberts' 'Join-Up' method replaced force with trust, reshaping horse training practices globally and inspiring a movement in natural horsemanship. Royal friendship: He forged ...

The internationally acclaimed horseman defied the conventional method of breaking horses and developed his own gentler approach — based on horses' non-verbal language. Roberts spoke with Fresh Air in ...

Monty Roberts, a celebrated horse trainer and bestselling author, whose humane, nonviolent methods for training wild and untamed horses were adopted by several generations of equestrian professionals, ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Monty Roberts, the internationally acclaimed horseman who used trust instead of intimidation to train horses died last week. He was 91. He defied the ...