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