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
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