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Ok, bit of a strange one....
I started thinking about some of the horsey rhymes and sayings i've heard over the years, and just wondering if anyone had any more to offer?

so far i've heard probably the most well known ones like
* you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink
* never look a gift horse in the mouth
* no foot no horse
* if wishes were horses then beggers would ride
* no point shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
* something about putting the cart before the horse....
* and something about for the want of a nail/shoe???

anyone got any more?
 
Something along the lines of :
One sock buy him
Two socks try him
Three socks doubt him,
Four socks do without him

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ~W.C. Fields
 
The "for want of a nail" one goes like this:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
 
beware beware the chestnut mare

A stubborn horse walks behind you, an impatient horse walks in front of you, but a noble companion walks beside you.

Those who say money cannot buy happiness have never bought a horse

A woman needs two animals: The horse of her dreams and a jackass to pay for it.
 
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I like
"there is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." Winston Churchill.
There is also a poem I love about the character of a horse. I shall shoot off and see if I can find it!
 
Its not the 'unting in the 'ills that 'urts the 'orses 'ooves,
But the 'ammer, 'ammer, 'ammer on the 'ard, 'igh road.


THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN

I wish I lived in a caravan,
With a horse to drive like a peddler-man!
Where he comes from nobody knows,
Or where he goes to, but on he goes!

His caravan has windows two,
And a chimney of tin, that the smoke comes through;
He has a wife, with a baby brown,
And they go riding from town to town.

Chairs to mend, and delf to sell!
He clashes the basins like a bell;
Tea trays, baskets ranged in order,
Plates, with alphabets round the border!

The roads are brown, and the sea is green,
But his home is like a bathing-machine;
The world is round, and he can ride,
Rumble and slash, to the other side!

With the peddler-man I should like to roam,
And write a book when I came home;
All the people would read my book,
Just like the Travels of Captain Cook!

WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS.
 
sidsmum said:
Green on Green makes Black and Blue!
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Haha I feel that this quote was made for me!

.. I also like these ones -

*When riding my horse I no longer have my heart in my chest, but between my knees.
*All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day.
*If there are no horses in heaven, then I’m not going
*People come and go but horses leave hoof prints on your heart
 
Be wary of the horse with a sense of humour- Pam Brown. I agree!

If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question or asked the question wrong.

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts! -Nicholas Evans

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan. -Pam Brown

This one is so true !
The daughter who won't lift a finger in the house is the same child who cycles madly off in the pouring rain to spend all morning mucking out a stable.- Samantha Armstrong

To me, horses and freedom are synonymous. -Veryl Goodnight- My favourite

FDC
 
Your heda and your heart keep high,
Your hands and your heels keep down.
Your knees close to your horse's sides,
And your elbows close to your own.

Also, not strictly horsey, but it was quoted at an Australian wedding, and I think most horsmen will relate:
 
The horse will teach you if you'll listen ....

Your feet and legs are as important or more
important than your arms and hands ..

The human has an opinion,
the horse is a fact..
 
To measure striding in a double, '2 for a landing 2 for a take of, 3 for a pony 4 for a horse'.

My carriaging boss used to say 'No foot no horse'.

And in a very strong old school country accent, 'show un whose boss if yee has to but always ask un first, ee's bigger than you.'
 
That horse was not built to tread the earth, he took natural to the air and everytime he went aloft he tried to leave me there!


A Horses is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle


A good horse is never a bad colour.


In Riding a horse we borrow Freedom.

Tis the air of heaven that blows between my horses ears!
 
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A few:

All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl."
Author Unknown


"A horse is an experience, an emotional experience of the kind that is ruined by words"

"you can have my boyfriend but stay away from my horse"

"To understand the soul of a horse is the closest human beings can come to knowing perfection."
Author Unknown

These are a few my friend put in the memorial book that she made for River when he was PTS. There are many that make me think but these are the ones I can remember!

x
 
The funniest horse book I've ever read is 'Equitation - The Truth' by Martin Diggle. Here is one of his poems-


Choosing A Horse

Equine selection
Requires circumspection
Don't ever buy one with odd feet
He needs to have four
No less and no more
Or else he won't look very neat

Pasterns and hocks
Knee joints, fetlocks and docks
All help the horse function nicely
But the last tends to smell
And the rest sometimes swell
So it's best not to check them precisely.
 
Another Martin Diggle-


Gadgets

My mare goes in a martingale; I really don't know why
But all my friends have fitted them, and therefore, so have I
And next I'll try some draw reins, they'll make her flex much faster
Until, with head stuck up her arse, she'll look just like her master.
 
lindsayH said:
Another Martin Diggle-


Gadgets

My mare goes in a martingale; I really don't know why
But all my friends have fitted them, and therefore, so have I
And next I'll try some draw reins, they'll make her flex much faster
Until, with head stuck up her arse, she'll look just like her master.
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I love it! Could be applied to a LOT of people I know :p

My favourite, I think, although I'm not in any way religious, is this:
"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses." It was on the wall of the tack room in my first riding school, with a picture of a herd of Camargue horses galloping.
 
not a rhyme or saying but my favourite song, my dad always sung it to me when i was little:

Horsey, Horsey don't you stop
just carry on going clipedy clop
let your tail go swish and
your wheels go round
giddy up with your homeword bound

love it!! a great song
 
lindsayH said:
Another Martin Diggle-


Gadgets

My mare goes in a martingale; I really don't know why
But all my friends have fitted them, and therefore, so have I
And next I'll try some draw reins, they'll make her flex much faster
Until, with head stuck up her arse, she'll look just like her master.
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Now this one is going on the tack room wall !! lol it's brilliant !
 
"Look back at our struggle for freedom,Trace our present day's strength to it's source; And you'll find that man's pathway to glory Is strewn with the bones of the horse." Author unknown.
 
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