Old sayings about horses?

[tallyho!]

I really like this.

Me too!

 

[comet&joe]

takes 13 falls to be a real jockey

 

[Avonbrook]

No foot no horse, no hocks no hunter

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

For the want of a nail...

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

If wishes were horses beggars would ride

Fools breed horses for wise men to buy

 

[BuBbleMooJim]

By the way, four white feet thing being a sign of weak feet - complete myth!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ERM.... yes tallyho! thats why I said it used to be thought pale feet meant weak feet, god you people are so rude

 

[charliesarmy]

Yer want a good leg in each corner!

 

[dianeholmes]

You need enough black to let the devil out,

no such thing as a bad grey horse

no such thing as a bad floppy eared horse

who knows whether it all means anything at all!!!

 

[somethingorother]

takes 13 falls to be a real jockey

Your instructor was mean I was always told 7. 15 years and i've not made 7 yet, i'm either doing something very wrong or very right. Maybe i need to throw myself off a few times? Ginger Arab gave it a go at making it 5 last night though on my lesson. Little monkey showing me up.

I have heard a few times that there's no such thing as a bad Dun horse. Not that i agree...

The white feet thing, i would associate with legs. White legs are a pain in the bum if there's pink skin and mud. I love a horse with lots of white though so the old saying and mud fever experiences haven't worked for me.

 

[the watcher]

And for breeding 'Mare for temperament, stallion for looks'

Similarly for breeding - breed blood to bone

 

[lhotse]

No horse looks good at blackberry time.

 

[Irishlife]

An ounce of blood is worth more than a ton of feeding.

If a man dies, sell his favourite mare or she will die too.

 

[brighthair]

groom from the bucket - basically that if you are feeding right, your horse will be shiny!
feed to work, not work to feed - feed for what you are doing now, not next week

 

[RuthnMeg]

For every time your horse rolls right over (while rolling!!) add £100 to their value.
For every time your horse rolls right over going UP HILL add £1,000 to their value.

 

[bigboyrocky]

I heard that if they can roll right over then add another £500 to thier value.. not heard about uphill or anything

 

[madeleine1]

I was taught this for cobs too!

And for breeding 'Mare for temperament, stallion for looks'

damn it my mare has the looks but not the temp lol

 

[hairycob]

re the rolling stuff - my 28yo arthritic pony should be worth way more than I paid for him then - he can roll for England, right over & uphill. LOL

 

[cronkmooar]

Your instructor was mean I was always told 7. 15 years and i've not made 7 yet, i'm either doing something very wrong or very right. Maybe i need to throw myself off a few times? Ginger Arab gave it a go at making it 5 last night though on my lesson. Little monkey showing me up.

I have heard a few times that there's no such thing as a bad Dun horse. Not that i agree...

The white feet thing, i would associate with legs. White legs are a pain in the bum if there's pink skin and mud. I love a horse with lots of white though so the old saying and mud fever experiences haven't worked for me.

My how times change or is it standards have slipped

when I was learning nearly 40 yrs ago it took 100 falls to make a rider What this is meant to refer to is you can't call your self an expert until you have fallen off 100 times - something you are unlikeley to do and therefore can never know everything!

Another is - you win your rosettes at home - you only go to shows to collect them

 

[Andalusianlover]

When going to look at a horse with regards to buying him my old grandfather would say:

You cant build a house on bad foundations or in other words look at the legs and feet first.

 

[farriersmum]

Is it..
An ounce of blood is worth an inch of bone...?
(Meaning a bit of tb is better than a bit of cob)

 

[tallyho!]

ERM.... yes tallyho! thats why I said it used to be thought pale feet meant weak feet, god you people are so rude

I beg your pardon... exactly HOW was I being rude there? Who are you referring to as 'you people'?

 

[only_me]

I also heard that you can never have a bad dun - and I have to say, I kinda agree!

 

[perryhillbay]

Beware beware the chestnut mare !

Too true (P.S. Don't look at my siggie! LOL)

 

[Toffee44]

"Horses for courses"

Horses never look good at blackberry picking time, is also quoted in my ancient pony club manual.

 

[Kat]

Plagerised.....

Are four white feet bad? Or good? There are two different versions of 'white feet' rhymes, with different suggestions.
The two poems are:

One white foot, buy him.
Two white feet, try him.
Three white feet, be on the sly.
Four white feet, pass him by.

The other says just the opposite:

One white foot, keep him not a day,
Two white feet, send him far away,
Three white feet, sell him to a friend,
Four white feet, keep him to the end.

No no no you got the second one the wrong way round! It should be:

Four white feet, keep him not a day,
Three white feet, send him far away,
Two white feet, give him to a friend,
One white foot, keep until the end.

I remember it really vividly because the pony I rode as a child had one white foot. His owner had inherited him when his breeder died and she promised to keep him until the end, and she did, to a fairly ripe old age despite him being a grumpy git. I'd never heard the other version until I came on here.

 

[Kat]

You need enough black to let the devil out,

no such thing as a bad grey horse

no such thing as a bad floppy eared horse

who knows whether it all means anything at all!!!

I thought it was a bit of white to let the devil out???? So a white star or sock or something.

 

[fizzer]

Green and green make black and blue. (As in novice horse and rider)

 

[NicoleS_007]

Green and green make black and blue. (As in novice horse and rider)

LOL i like this one

 

[Katikins]

Big ears mean a kind heart - and in my experience so so true!!

 

[BFG]

For every time your horse rolls right over (while rolling!!) add £100 to their value.
For every time your horse rolls right over going UP HILL add £1,000 to their value.

I like this one my horse rolls up hill all the time (quite steep) he is not as much of a fan or rolling down hill though, but it is funny to watch.

 

[tallyho!]

I'm still wondering who was rude to me...................................... I'd like an apology.

 

[pastie2]

I'm still wondering who was rude to me...................................... I'd like an apology.

I quite agree tallyho, I couldnt understand that post either!! No need for that at all!