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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
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When the horse dies, dismount.
-Anonymous
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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
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It's difficult to water a horse
that won't lower its head.
-Finnish Proverb
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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
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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
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Stable thinking is the ability
to say "neigh".
-Source Unknown
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You can lead a horse to water...if
you got a horse.
-English Proverb
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The first horse to drink doesn't
get dirty water.
Nigerian Proverb
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Folk songs? They're all folk
songs - I never head a horse sing.
-Louis "Satchimo" Armstrong
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There is no greater pleasure than
a nice ride on a nice horse on a beautiful day.
-Judy Richter
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The horse is, like man, the most
beautiful and the most miserable of creatures.
-Rosa Bonheur
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A horse is worth more than riches.
-Spanish Proverb
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Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has
the whirlwind a home in your manes?
-Nikolay Gogol
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There is no need of spurs when
a horse is running away.
-Publicus Syrus
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A lovely horse is always an experience...
It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
-Beryl Markham
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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
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... When I looked at life from
the saddle and was as near to heaven as it was possible to be.
-Frances, Countess of Warwick
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There is nothing in which a horse's
power is better revealed than in a neat, clean stop.
-Michel De Montaigne
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You can't control a young horse
unless you control yourself.
-Lincoln Steffens
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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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