Just Stallions

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

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