The Best Horse Story! Slave Turned Horse Whisperer Raised A Genius Horse

[@Greg-cq8wg]

Animals need to be respected not neglected.

[@brucelawson642]

"That EVER lived". That is a bold statement.😊

[@redleo380]

You are a true story teller sir. I appreciate you.

[@patrickwalsh2361]

It would be wonderful, during these dark and uncertain times, if this movie could finally be made. Even better if David would be involved to offer his lifelong filmmaking skills and inspiration!

[@cole2404]

What an awesome story. Thank you Mr Hoffman ❤

[@retrospectivelyspectacular2331]

Wow what a wonderful story! Thank you so much for sharing it. Animals without a doubt are clever and sentient!

[@riverbender9898]

I had read about Jim many years ago and was captivated because I love animals. Thank you David for giving it renewed life. We need all the love and joy we can amass.

[@ThatsaTechnicalFoul]

David, this is the first video of its kind I’ve watched on your channel. I live in the Community section. 😊 I just wanted to say, whether I’m listening to you speak or write, I tend to forget I’m in the 21st century! That’s a huge compliment btw! This world we share today feels so disconnected even when people are trying their best to connect. More dead eyes than I’ve ever seen before. With you, I forget the pains of our modern society and slip into something more human…something timeless. Such a healing balm. Please continue to share the way you do. There’s a purity within you that speaks to the purity within me. It tells me it’s okay not to understand where we stand right now in history because it doesn’t actually make sense! You remind me of the heart and soul I was raised to believe would eventually rule our world. It hasn’t come to fruition but the gathering I find here shows me I’m not alone. You’re just such a beautiful human and I feel so thankful to have found you here. ❤

[@MonicaThompson-im7vd]

Excellent throwback! I am a geneologist for my family and i love finding treasures about past peoples ive come across who have helped my family along the way to freedom in Canada. Like Harriet Tubman who played all the part in freeing over 800 slaves at rice plantations in South Carolina, my family included. Both sides have fascinating tales. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story about an amazing man.

[@JWF99]

Agreed Monica, some interesting history for sure, hey btw I just noticed that you have David's ch highlighted on your channel's home page! That's really cool, and super nice, I know David will appreciate it! Thank you for sharing!☮✌

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Yes. Thank you Jim for pointing that out to me. Thank you Monica. DAVID HOFFMAN filmmaker

[@JWF99]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Yes Sir!!!👍

[@MonicaThompson-im7vd]

@@JWF99 Anytime! I've been watching him for a long time. In this crazy world, he is a breath of fresh air. A very kind soul. I appreciate you! ❤️

[@MonicaThompson-im7vd]

@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker You are most welcome, thank you for all you do!

[@chrisedmondson3205]

Thank you David, what a beautiful story everyone must hear and see. I hope it becomes a movie, good wholesome story. God bless you

[@MicahScottPnD]

It seems to me it's a story everyone should hear right now. I hope the movie is currently being made. Morgan Freeman as Bill Key? That sounds amazing❤

[@cyndik9921]

This story is so awesome! And I can just imagine how great a movie this could be with Morgan Freeman in it, wow. Seeing you with your famous Falcon gives a sense of nostalgia btw.

[@TrickyVickey]

I LOVE THIS STORY.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you Vickey. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@StephanieJeanne]

It's a wonderful story, David! Serendipity, fate...I believe in that, too. Thanks so much!😊💟

[@fabiengerard8142]

What a remarkable and moving testimony about your personal passion for old bookshops as well, David! Such places are genuine gold mines.

[@LetArtsLive]

I had a pony Misty and she was pretty smart

[@marquettapisarcik81]

I've known about this story for so long I'm excited to see what kind of movie might be made. I hope they keep a historically accurate. This really is an amazing animal story. I am so pleased that beautiful Jim key is getting the recognition that he so rightly deserves along with his owner and Handler

[@wendynine-sc2sv]

Want so badly to see the movie! Blessed 🐝 Beautiful Jim Key's spirit and all Other Species Companions!

[@cathycrandall5264]

I bought this book recently at a library book sale, and I have been anxious to read it, but I haven’t gotten to it yet now I’m really going to check it out

[@gracelandone]

Fantastic. I’m hoping for the best with the development and distribution of the story. There are many elements there which fit your body of work. Illuminating and elevating the human (and now, equine) condition.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

You are a wonderful storyteller, and this was a great story.

[@fabiengerard8142]

@@Here4TheHeckOfIt *David is a passionate -- and reliable! -- story-teller, youl'll see. 😊

[@peterwassmuth4014]

Awesome! Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴

[@joevahargitt1556]

Beautiful story, I always loved horses & from a young age could also recognize when one was exceptional just by looking into their eyes. Thank you for sharing this story ❤

[@helenpeatfield9662]

Just discovered this channel, what a wonderful storyteller you are! I’m hooked.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

thank you Helen. DAVID HOFFMAN filmmaker

[@drewpall2598]

This was beautiful told story David. another enjoyable description writes up. I love your perspective on how you see things in something old that is of value for the future generation. This one I need to watch again thanks you Sir. for telling us this beautiful story of Jim Key.

[@MicahScottPnD]

Drew, you said it, my friend, something old but has value, super cool!!!

[@drewpall2598]

@@MicahScottPnD Thanks Micah, I know you know that the value of something old doesn't always mean monetary value. 😊🧡✌

[@MicahScottPnD]

@@drewpall2598 Forrrrrr sure, Drew!! For generations past, present and future! 😉👍

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@drewpall2598 Ecstatically yes, old things are often some of the best things. They have stood the test of time ☺️. Hopefully with Mr. Hoffman's help we hold on to these principles. Hope you have a good evening 💖🌞✨

[@SherryHill-k5y]

Second time watching. Love this true story. Again.❤

[@BlackKnightSatalite]

Damn good story ! I love riding horses ! Horses are particular. They all have their very own personality . A friend of mine who rides bucin bronxs in the rodeo has a work horse named 22 if you didnt have spurs on he would be lazy i mean really to wer you would have to make him walk he wpuld just stop lol . We have a Palomino named Nugget totaly awesome with kids any of us adults saddle her up she gets to acting all skiddish and if you aint paying attention, she'll bite your knees. She's constantly trying to head back to the barn .lol she used to be a show horse, steps sideways reverse all kinds of different little tricks . My o ladys mom had a horse Blaze who was a race horse Mrs Penny was the only one who could ride him i tried her son tried whos definitely a better rider than i but nope . Mrs Penny ride him bare back and bare footed holding nothing but his mane crazy lady 😅 as soon as put my boot in the stirrup, he takes off and boom, im dirt rolling lol same thing with my brotherinlaw he almost got his boot in the second one but not quite Blaze turned went one way broinlaw went the other lmao needless to say we never tried again thats Mrs.Penny's horse for sure . This is an awesome story Mr.Hoffman and the way you tell it is captivating, i can tell you enjoyed telling it . Great upload. Have a blessed night, sir !

[@JWF99]

"Jim" is a pretty good name btw, but this is the greatest horse story in the history of the world!🌎 🐎 Thank you David!😁✌

[@cyndik9921]

Good one!! You crack me up 😂

[@StephanieJeanne]

Haha...I can't argue with that, Jim!😉✌

[@JWF99]

@@cyndik9921 Thanks dear Cyndi! "A horse is a horse of course of course!" 🐎Lol😂😂😂✌

[@JWF99]

@@StephanieJeanne 👍👍😁 Why TYVM Stephanie!😆✌

[@drewpall2598]

@@JWF99 Take care of that name Jim wouldn't want to see it get tarnish! Hee-hee 😂 Have a great evening my friend.

[@dougfreeman7641]

I remember when you did this story. It's a wonderful story and you tell it very good

[@TC-bh3bi]

An incredible story indeed, and a well taught lesson. Thank you, David. Your stories, both long and short, spread wisdom and inspiration around the world. We appreciate you, and all your posts.

[@Kate-f1n]

May we have a moment of awe for the written memories, thoughts and advice that our ancestors left us? Pamphlets?? These days?! Pulease. Online books r great but when the power goes out and ya gotta conserve, its a candle and a bound book.

[@MrVisionDPB]

Looking forward, hopefully. Will be a great day to meet you as well.

[@emiliegatfield2918]

The horse's IQ would have tested about equal to the handler's - the horse was bonded, and read the handler's body language. It's like Clever Hans - when he gets near the right answer, the handler starts to tense up, then relaxes when the horse reaches it. The handler probably wasn't even aware of what was going on, because it's all natural responses that you're rarely aware of. It really is a wonderful story, though, even if there's a fully rational explanation. It's still a story of a man who changed the world, and about a special bond between one man and one horse. They were both special, because that sort of a bond is rare and fragile. Thank you for telling the story.

[@Guitarbarella]

Horses are VERY smart though-prob smarter than dogs. I have owned horses that are so cunning -some seem to have a very dry wit and they can be very patient. I remember watching a video of them testing iq with them with food and a bucket-they assumed the horse was stupid by the reaction but they completely failed to see the logic of the horses action which made it smarter than the people testing it! lol

[@SherryHill-k5y]

@@Guitarbarella I agree. Jim was smarter than some adults I know.

[@bippy201]

Wonderful story! I’m curious if Jim Key was ever bred? And if so, what his decedents have done in their lifetimes.

[@emmeayoub]

Beautiful Story David ❤, thank you for sharing

[@FrenchCanadianGuy]

I like listening to you, I'm so glad I found your channel. Take care❤

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

❤❤❤ The financing will come to fruition I truly believe. There is hidden value all around us, all the time. Thank you for your keen eye, Mr. Hoffman ✨

[@drewpall2598]

@MGMG-lc2fe... I like what you had to say I do believe there is hidden value all around us, all the time and it up to us to see and understand their value. 😊✌🧡

[@SherryHill-k5y]

I read your info and am astounded. Truly this should be a movie, and a heart warming one. Jim Key was a special horse seen by one person.Look how far this horse went-- inspiring many, and the results were incredible. And you are one person who sees wonder in many simple things. Thank you David. ❤

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@drewpall2598 I believe you actively help people achieve this through your wonderful insights and musical inspirations Mr. Drew. 💖🌞✨

[@MGMG-lc2fe]

@@SherryHill-k5y I completely agree 💖🌞✨

[@SherryHill-k5y]

@MGMG-lc2fe Thank you!💖

[@knelson3484]

I love this story. 🙂

[@mtngrammy6953]

Thanks, David, for your wonderful description and story of Beautiful Jim Key. I an nearly 80 and have known about Jim Key (and have the book) for a very long time. So this was a special treat for me to find today! I hope that you are able to make the movie of this unusually intelligent and trainable horse. More importantly, the horse's intelligence was enhanced due to the understanding and loving care of Bill and their very special relationship. That is the key (pardon the pun)! You have a new subscriber. I look forward to more stories.

[@melissabruhn1429]

What a great story! Had quite a "horse phase" as a girl living in suburbs of Columbus, OH. Read every horse book and went to a museum in KY with nod tio Secretariat. One of favorite books was Walter Farley's "The Black Stallion". Spent hours drawing and painting The Black. Really appreciated Francis Ford Coppola's movie when it came out. Little dialogue and so much about the relationship of boy and horse. Sure hope Jim Key gets a movie....with Morgan Freeman. Thanks David. ❤️

[@d.g.n9392]

Thank you for sharing

[@DominykaSchrei]

Awesome story! I only knew about Lady Wonder :)

[@MicahScottPnD]

Lady Wonder? I'm already interested!😎👍

[@davidcarbone3385]

I read the master you mentioned was the cousin of the original master who died when Bill was five. And, the original master bequethed Bill to the cousin who then raised Bill.

[@KaziQTR]

I remember you telling this story long ago. This video might even be a repost. Great story nonetheless.

[@cyndik9921]

Thanks!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you Cyndi. David Hoffman Filmmaker

[@dreamzofhorses]

Loretta looks like an Egyptian Arabian breed. I have a half Arab-half Pony of America horse named Cowboy. He’s spectacularly smart and communicative. He’s 23 years old now and I bought him 12 years ago. I had been told he had been trained a number of tricks but no one had the manual! I wouldn’t know if I did something like swing a rope near his front leg he would count with his leg the same number of times I’d swing the rope. I was told he was used to go on hunting rides in the mountains where they would shoot off his back (he would just stand like a statue) and he would carry the shot deer back down the mountain. I also suspect he was mistreated, you can’t bring a whip or crop anywhere near him. He gets overly reactive and nervous. Nor did he like when once another horse was being mishandled and he gave me push with his nose to have me intervene, giving me a pleading soulful look from his big brown eyes as if I needed to put a stop to it, now! (I did) He is the horse in the pasture that helps get the fly masks and halters off of his herd mates. He’s getting old now. But his intelligence and humor haven’t diminished. He is my heart horse. I touch him like I would pick up a tiny flower. Horses are so sensitive. They do not need to be trained harshly, the more gentle and reciprocal the better a partner that horse will be. I will watch any movie with a horse in it as long as there isn’t abuse involved (I shudder when I watch the old cowboy flicks!) I loved the movie Hidalgo with Viggo Mortenson it was one of the best horse movies showing a love and partner ship between man and horse, action packed and incredible stunts, great plot and visually thrilling whether the landscape, the horses or Viggo 😍I can watch it over and over again. That says a lot because I’d rather be out with my horses than inside watching anything!

[@LetArtsLive]

What was the horse on TV that talks Mr Ed a little before I was born but I watched all those way late after we got a TV before the moon landing

[@LetArtsLive]

The story of gypsy Lou Webb Bohemian from New Orleans she passed a few years back... I don't know if it's true that Bob Dylan wrote that song about her but from what I read it is.. her husband John Webb was printing The Outsider a lot of them were in the flood and I have number two it has Allen Ginsberg... everything has a story

[@LetArtsLive]

Everything is art except for the nature which I think God gave us so we can take images of it the chair you're sitting in it had to be drawn the house the car everything was drawn or made a model of.... prior to making anything you need art a drawing a schematic my brain keeps thinking all the time it never stops it is 4:21 a.m.

[@LetArtsLive]

Movies they are really art people that are made by God evil draw pictures of them and make art.... if God was not an alien then why are there things that you can always see from the sky prehistoric things the Aztecs made... the pyramids

[@thediaz07]

​@@LetArtsLive Allen Ginsberg is a freak 😂

[@RustyDarrell]

🙏💝THERE YA GO AGAIN DAVID 💞 MY GRANDPA TOLD ALL US GRANDKIDS THAT STORY💖🙏 I HAD FOGOT ALL ABOUT IT 😢 THANK YOU KIND SOUL🎆 YOU AND HEIDI 💕 TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE 🙏💝 STAY FROSTY 🍻🍻 LOVE YA MAN 💞🤠❤️😺💜 WYOMING 🏞️🏔️🌄🇺🇸🔵💞🦅

[@erics362]

Enslaved Person*

[@ethanking4995]

There was a movie made after this horse. I think it was called Forrest Gump

[@custodialmark]

ive shared story often of one me pappy once told me. the educated horse. like 3 bears goldylox, dad tries to find and buy gud horse for mom on honemoom in black hills.sodak. others to costly. an elder lakota native offered a look. dad sees and likes one with kids on it as to look at 3. old hag swayback, too frisky filly, swayed back sarrow. each time ask about the first seen with kid. no. cant have that one. it is educated. finaly dad has to ask why not that one and why what makes that one educated. in dry slow response is. because that horse takes my kids too and from school......i believe but not prove.

[@sylviadurham4918]

David I remember when you told this story when I first found you!! Thank you sir for everything you share!!! Much respect!!! 🩵🩵

[@Uvillejane]

Thanks!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you so much. DAVID HOFFMAN filmmaker

[@gracelandone]

Thanks!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you. David Hoffman Filmmaker