The Unorthodox Texas Horse Trainer Who Can’t Stop Winning

Berry Porter unfurled a long leather rope and clipped it to a horse’s halter. It was seven o’clock on a humid Saturday morning in March, and he and the horse were alone in the center of an equestrian ring. Porter gradually let the rope, called a lead line, lengthen out and stepped in small circles as the bay trotted in a widening arc around him. Except for the horse’s hooves and labored breathing, the ring was silent, and Porter, his eyes trained on the animal, looked calm.Later that day, hundreds of riders and horses, dozens of spectators, a few announcers, shopping booths, and concession stands would populate the Great Southwest Equestrian Center, in Katy, and interrupt this placid scene—and Porter, considered the top equestrian trainer…

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