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"she was iron-sinew'd and satin-skinned,
ribbed like a drum and limb'd like a deer'
fierce as a fire and fleet as the wind--
there was nothing she couldn;t climb or clear"
"Lived in the saddle,
loved the chase,
the course,
And always he mounted,
he kiss'd his horse"
"boots, saddle, to horse, and away !"
"to be loved by a horse, or by any animal, should fill us with awe -- for we have not earned it"
"show me ur horse, and i will tell u what u are...."
"a good horse makes short miles"
"in riding a horse, we borrow freedom"
"people who say riding isn't a sport are afraid, in the game we play, the ball has a mind of its own"
"god first made man.
then he thought better, and made woman.
then when he had time he made the horse.
who has the courage and spirit of a man, and the grace a beauty of a woman."
"the rhythm of the ride carried them on and on,
and she knew that the horse was as eager as she,
as much in love with the speed and air of freedom"
``Betwixt the stirrup and the ground
Mercy I asked, mercy I found. ''
``I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. ''
``It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses. ''
``One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him. ''
"If you are already halfway over the fence, it is too late to look at it"
"If you can't take it, your horse can!"
"Jumpers are on top of things."
"Don't think. Just jump it."
"Combined riders leave no ring unrode, no jump over turned, and no ditch filled in."
"Your competition just got better today, did you..."
"If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle."
"A short horse is soon curried."
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