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
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