A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
-William Shakespeare

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
-Walter Lippmann

Over, under, or through.
-Three-day eventing exhortation on how to get to the other side of a cross-country obstacle

I never play horseshoes because mother taught us not to throw our clothes around.
- “talking horse” of the 1960’s TV series

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

A horse is worth more than riches.
-Spanish Proverb

Stable thinking is the ability to say “neigh”.
-Source Unknown

A camel is a horse designed by a committee
-Sir Alec Issigonis

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
-R S Surtees

There is no need of spurs when a horse is running away.
-Publicus Syrus

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

Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?
-Nikolay Gogol

The problem is very likely connected to his last run and it’s a hell of a blow [on an injury to a horse]
- Nigel Twiston-Davies

The first horse to drink doesn’t get dirty water.
-Nigerian Proverb

I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh is was. My very heart leaped with the sound.
-Nathaniel Hawthorne

Folk songs? They’re all folk songs - I never heard a horse sing.
-Louis “Satchimo” Armstrong

Half of the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.
-Julius and Augustus Hare

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

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

It’s difficult to water a horse that won’t lower its head.
-Finnish Proverb

You can lead a horse to water…if you got a horse.
-English Proverb

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

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

A lovely horse is always an experience… It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
-Beryl Markham

A cowboy is man with guts and a horse.
-Attributed to Will James

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

You can tell a gelding, you can ask a mare, but you must discuss it with a stallion.
-Anonymous

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

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

When the horse dies, dismount.
-Anonymous

That horse 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.
Horses do think. Not very deeply, perhaps, but enough to get you into a lot of trouble.
-Patricia Jacobson and Marcia Hayes

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
- Adlai E Stevenson

It’s what you learn after you know it all that’s important.
-Legendary Californian rider and trainer Jimmy Williams

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 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

Every time you ride, you’re either teaching or un-teaching your horse.
-Gordon Wright

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

Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.
-Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

I’ve often said there’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
-Ronald Reagan

I’ve always said I’m a good horse but still an underdog
-Martina Hingis

This is a really lovely horse, I once rode her mother.
-Ted Walsh

A good horse is much more important [than a woman].
-Max Brand

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
-Arthur Wellesley

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
-Jackie Kennedy

I know two things about the horse And one of them is rather coarse. (Weekend Book 1928)
-Naomi Royde-Smith

I’ve spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren’t you?
-Jeremy Paxman

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
-Ian Fleming

How do you catch a loose horse? Make a sound like a carrot.
-British Cavalry joke

I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked.
-Lambert Jeffries

The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures.
-Rosa Bonheur

A horse that does not go well upon his haunches, can never do well in the Manege, so that our whole study is to put him upon them; but I would have you understand, when a horse may properly be said to be upon his haunches, and when not.
-William Cavendish

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
-W C Fields

Want to end up with a million bucks in the horse business? Start out with five million.
-Anonymous

It is damnably hard to know for certain which horse will win … but a trainer, jockey or groom can often be very sure indeed that a horse will lose.
-Matthew Engel

In racing to insult a man’s horse is worse than insulting a wife.
-John Oaksey

A racetrack is a place where the human race is secondary.
-Anonymous

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

One man’s wrong lead is another man’s counter-canter.
-Steven D. Price

The world should be postponed for a whore and a horse race.
-Horace Walpole Fourth Earl Of Oxford

If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.
-Mark Twain

Riding is simple…it’s just not easy.
-Anonymous

Don’t fall off.
-Advice given by Hollie Hughes, and elderly trainer

Riding-the art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.
-Anonymous

The left side is the right side, and the right side is the wrong side.
-Maxim about where to mount and dismount

I ride horses because it’s the only sport where I can exercise while sitting down.
-Joan Hanson

Keep one leg on one side, the other leg on the other side, and your mind in the middle.
-Henry Taylor

Experienced riders are not prone to brag. And usually newcomers, if they start out being boastful, end up modest.
-C. J. J. Mullen

The riding of young horses is an excellent nerve tonic.
-Geoffrey Brooke

May your belly never grumble,
May your heart never ache.
May your horse never stumble,
May your cinch never break.
-Cowboy Blessing

Every time you ride, you’re either teaching or un-teaching your horse.
-Gordon Wright

There is no greater pleasure than a nice ride on a nice horse on a beautiful day.
-Judy Richter

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

Had I but known about breathing in my youth, how much simpler my competitive riding life would have been.
-Victor Hugo-Vidal

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

A perfect book on riding could be written only by a horse.
-Vladimir S. Littauer