hard headed horse

Question
When I first met him we clicked I got him saddled and rode him around the first day I started. His owner said he has bucked everyone off but me. I earned his trust and I rode him around in the pasture and even took him out on the dirt roads. He was doing great, the owner has be bucked off of him and she is nervous when getting on him. I also been working with her on things about him, a couple wks of me riding him and saddleing him just fine I started working on her riding him while I held him so she could get on him (when she would try to get on him he would move out of the way or try to bolt) I worked with them both and she was able to get on him with no problem and i would lead them around and even started just walkin with them w/o a lead and they were both starting to get comfortable with each other, and i would still be riding him and only would let her on if i felt he was ready. But it rained and I couldn't work him for a week or so and we went out there to try and saddle him, he was totally different just freaked out when i tried to put the blanket on him. He wouldn't let us near him with the saddle, we had him tied and he just flipped out and i asked her if she or anyone else has worked him she said nobody has be around him, so i lunged him he did alright tried, again and he still flipped out and i did sum ground work so it would end on a good cue. and i said maybe its the weather well a week later after a some ground work we tried the blanket he flipped out worse and my foot ended up broken and now its hell trying to even get the blanket near him. We have to start from the very begining, i have laid the saddle out so she could get use to it but he acts so scared of it, I haven't hit him i don't use spurs I use the clicking technique and he was doing so great we where riding and saddling with no problem. What do I do, I have tried so many different things. He just has such a spoiled attitude that if he don't want to do it or wants to quit he throws a huge fit and after a lil bit of pushing and he still don't want to do it he acts up like crazy. Please help me. I have tried so many different things. I dont' understand why he acts so scared of the saddle and blanket. Please help me, I don't know what to do.  Mr. Enstein is a hand full.

Answer
Hi Kala,
I wish I were nearby so I could come and show you myself, since I can't train horse via the internet here's my suggestion. The most important thing you can do for Mr. Enstein is to try to feel where he is coming from. Horses don't have human thoughts, they don't try to get away with things, they are just prey animals that are made by nature to push into pressure- that is how they have survived this long. That being said if he is as worried as he seems to be- he really thinks that the saddle and blanket are a matter of life and death- really. So what can you do to help? Don't try to saddle him or put the blanket on, thats not the point, make him comfortable with it. So holding the blanket start to slowly walk to him, when you see his eyes get big with worry walk back and give him space- wait a while. Then repeat this until, slowly he lets you get closer. Always leave before he needs to leave and soon he will start to trust that you are actually not trying to throw a blood sucking leach onto his back, its just a blanket. Most importantly he will start to trust you, and he will want to be with you because you don't push him too hard and he will sense you like him and just want him to know he is okay.
Let me know how it goes with him.
Best Wishes,
Caitlin Day Huntress