How would you break a horse?

There are many methods so I could not possibly answer that question in the short space available here. Heck people write not A book but several books covering the subject!

Yes. You want to start breaking a foal at 3 months of age by sitting on it at every opportunity.

First, you learn a lot about horses, particularly about horse psychology. You learn that the horse is prey, and runs from predators. People, no matter how much they may think the horse is beautiful or cute, are predators. You find a lot of books about horses, from Xenophon onwards. If you already have a lot of books, buy more of them. Read them all. Read them again. Study the methods of several "name" trainers, and also study the methods of the Spanish Riding School. Observe and marvel at the differences of opinion all around. Work with horses a lot, so that you are quite comfortable with them and they with you, at least somewhat. Go and read your books again. Get a whole bunch more books and read them, too. Somewhere in all that studying and work you will find your answer.

BRING CHUCK NORRIS

just beat it with a baseball bat...i mean there are plenty of ways.

When i want to break a horse i'll just get them used to people getting on and off there back and getting used to having weight on there back...Once they get okay with that then i start the riding part.

Yes, you start when they are a foal. The most basic of things, like, to move away from pressure and let the feet be picked up. Then you start with leading and standing, something a horse has to know if they are going to be shown as a baby. Train to walk and trot on the lead line. Also trailer loading at this time, going in and backing out. Then ground driving and more yielding to pressure. More handling of feet including trims. Introduction of the bit at age two...I do it with a simple snaffle while they're eating and I remove it when they're done. Then teach them to yield to the pressure of the snaffle on their mouth. Then comes ground driving with the snaffle and sitting on their back when they are two. No actual saddle training until they are three. Assuming that they learned ground driving and to lead, then get on them with a sidepull in a round pen and encourage them to move and get used to carrying your weight. After that is much too detailed to say in a yahoo post. Amy in TX

Getting a horse to trust you is the first step. Keeping the horses trust all through training is important. You will ask the horse to do and accept things that goes against all their instincts. So, trust is very important when teaching a horse to accept you and what you will ask of the horse.

Ideally, you would imprint the newborn foal according to Dr. Robert M. Miller, DVM's guidelines after having witnessed such prior to imprinting your own. Then you would progress with age appropriate training when age of foal, weanling, and yearling. Then I would begin to start my young horse at the appropriate age until he is ready to start under saddle.