882 Quotes About Horse

From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.

The carriage could only clop along at about ten miles per hour, which only accentuated Imogene’s excitement. She urged it onward: "Fly, horse, fly!

Caesar can have his eagle. Alexander the Great his griffin. I'll take the Karabakh horse any day.

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.

Horses get anxious when their expectations are not met.

Yet when books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them.

Why do you like show jumping?""... Beauty and excitement. The elements of trust, talent, training, love, and danger make show jumping a thrilling and aesthetic experience. It's really the ultimate test of two nervous systems--the kinetic transfer of the rider's muscle to the horse's muscle enables them to clear those jumps. And there's nothing like it--horse and rider forming an arc of beauty, efficiency, and power, like a double helix.""DNA,""Yes, DNA, the code to life.

I am thirty-three years old and have been riding horses since I was nine. From the beginning, I was entranced with their power, their muscled fluidity. I was a typical young girl in love with horses. But there was more -- a nuance I couldn't articulate and still struggle to name. Call it a connection, an invisible fiber that runs between me and these four-legged creatures, as if we are one and the same.

He is a horse who will burn and bloat and explode in the sun. Put him back in the oven and let him cook until he's done.