DAYTON- Madison, a black quarter horse, is doing a slow square dance beside Robert Phinney. She moves her hind end to the left, takes two steps back, and bows her head. Phinney has hardly moved.

"It's an energy thing," says Phinney. "And it's a presence thing. I think that's one of the things that's a little difficult for people."

Phinney says he believes we all had that energy and presence as children, but we lose it as we grow up. He smiles, and the corners of his graying moustache lift.

"People often get too leftbrained with horses," he says. "You just kind of have to feel your way, and jus...