Just as with dogs, horses are very smart. You will be surprised at how quickly your horse will catch on to these training methods. Use the whip only to move his body around as you need it (NOT as a punishment) and reward him whenever he achieves even the slightest progress towards what you want. There are tons of training articles that will teach you methods for various "trick training". Remember that your horse is NOT a dog, but you can use rewards and patience to train any horse very much as though he were an over sized canine.