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Are you - poor,
sick old ere your time -
Nearer one white
your own sublime
Than we who have
never turned a rhyme?
Sing, riding's a
joy!
For me, I ride.
-Robert Browning
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Over, under, or
through.
-Three-day
eventing exhortation on how to get to the other side of a cross-country
obstacle
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The left side is
the right side, and the right side is the wrong side.
-Maxim about
where to mount and dismount
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All King Edward's
Horses Canter Many Big Fences.
-Mnemonic for
the A-K-E-H-C-M-B-F letters around a dressage arena
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Had I but known
about breathing in my youth, how much simpler my competitive riding life
would have been.
-Victor
Hugo-Vidal
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The riding of
young horses is an excellent nerve tonic.
-Geoffrey Brooke
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A perfect book
on riding could be written only by a horse.
-Vladimir S.
Littauer
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A cowboy is man
with guts and a horse.
-Attributed to
Will James
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Keep one leg on
one side, the other leg on the other side, and your mind in the middle.
-Henry Taylor
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Experienced
riders are not prone to brag. And usually newcomers, if they start out
being boastful, end up modest.
-C. J. J. Mullen
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May your belly
never grumble,
May your heart
never ache.
May your horse
never stumble,
May your cinch
never break.
-Cowboy Blessing
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Don't fall off.
-Advice given by
Hollie Hughes, and elderly trainer
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A racetrack is a
place where the human race is secondary.
-Anonymous
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Losers walking
around with money in their pockets are always dangerous, not to be
trusted. Some horse always reaches out and grabs them.
-Bill Barich
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If horses knew
their strength we should not ride anymore.
-Mark Twain
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Certain comic
effects can be acheived by a brand-new rider, especially a man who dresses
like a fashion model and rides like a tailor.
-C. J. J. Mullen
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Anyone who is
concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from
horses.
-Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh
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You can tell a
gelding, you can ask a mare, but you must discuss it with a stallion.
-Anonymous
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Speak kindly to your little
horse,
And soothe him when he wheezes,
Or he may turn his back on you,
And kick you where he pleases.
-Anonymous
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An exhibitor
went up to a horse show judge to complain about being placed below someone
who made some sort of mistake, such as being on the wrong lead. The
judge's explanation: "The other guy did it better wrong than you did
it right."
-Anonymous
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A horse is
dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
-Ian Fleming
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How do you catch
a loose horse? Make a sound like a carrot.
-British Cavalry
joke
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I prefer a bike to a horse. The
brakes are more easily checked.
-Lambert Jeffries
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You can lead a
horse to water, but if you can get him to roll over and float on his back,
then you got something!
-Joe E. Lewis
When the
horse dies, dismount.
-Anonymous
Horses are
something to dream about...and to wish for; fun to watch...and to make
friends with; nice to pat... and great to hug: and, oh, what a joy to
ride!
-Dorothy
Henderson Pinch
It's
difficult to water a horse that won't lower its head.
-Finnish Proverb
But a horse
is a labor of love as well as a responsibility, an aesthetic as well as
a dynamic pleasure, something to contemplate as well as to ride.
-Sarah Montague
When I hear
somebody talk about a horse or a cow being stupid, I figure it's a sure
sign that animal has outfoxed them.
-Tom Dorance
Stable
thinking is the ability to say "neigh".
-Source Unknown
You can
lead a horse to water...if you got a horse.
-English Proverb
The first
horse to drink doesn't get dirty water.
Nigerian Proverb
Folk songs?
They're all folk songs - I never head a horse sing.
-Louis "Satchimo"
Armstrong
There is no
greater pleasure than a nice ride on a nice horse on a beautiful day.
-Judy Richter
The horse
is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures.
-Rosa Bonheur
A horse is
worth more than riches.
-Spanish Proverb
Steeds,
steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
-Nikolay Gogol
There is no
need of spurs when a horse is running away.
-Publicus Syrus
A lovely
horse is always an experience... It is an emotional experience of the
kind that is spoiled by words.
-Beryl Markham
I heard a
neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh is was. My very heart leaped
with the sound. -Nathaniel Hawthorne
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I love the
horse from hoof to head. From head to hoof to mane. I love the horse as
I have said- From head to hoof and back again.
James Whitcomb
Riley
... When I
looked at life from the saddle and was as near to heaven as it was
possible to be.
-Frances,
Countess of Warwick
There is
nothing in which a horse's power is better revealed than in a neat,
clean stop.
-Michel De
Montaigne
You can't
control a young horse unless you control yourself.
-Lincoln
Steffens
It's what
you learn after you know it all that's important.
-Legendary
Californian rider and trainer Jimmy Williams
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Riding is
simple...it's just not easy.
-Anonymous
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Every time
you ride, you're either teaching or un-teaching your horse.
-Gordon Wright
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Half of the
failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.
-Julius and
Augustus Hare
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I never play
horseshoes because mother taught us not to throw our clothes around.
-Mr. Ed [the
"talking horse" of the 1960's TV series
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In what other
sport do you put on leather boots, stretch-fabric breeches, a shirt and
tie, a wool jacket, a velvet-covered cap, and leather gloves, and then
go out and ride?
-A. London Wolf
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Want to end up
with a million bucks in the horse business? Start out with five million.
-Anonymous
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That hoss wasn't
built to tread the earth,
He took natural
to the air,
And every time
he went aloft,
He tried to
leave me there.
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Horses do think.
Not very deeply, perhaps, but enough to get you into a lot of trouble.
-Patricia
Jacobson and Marcia Hayes
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Riding-the art
of keeping a horse between you and the ground.
-Anonymous
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I ride horses because it's the only sport where I can
exercise while sitting down.
-Joan Hanson
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One man's wrong lead is another man's counter-canter.
-Steven D. Price
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