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"The Love of Horses"

I love horses so much, It is hard to explain

All horses, wild or tame

>From the smallest Shetland, To the tallest Thoroughbred

I will love them from when they are foaled, until they are dead

All horses should be treated kind and true,

Even when they are happy, or feeling blue

Horses move with such majesty and grace,

from the tip of their tail, up to their beautiful face

I love to see them gallop in the fields and see them have fun,

I could watch a horse, until the day is done

And have you ever noticed, how their eyes seem to shine? ,

Well thats because their spirit will always run free,

Until the end of time

~* Janelle *~

He who holds a carrot in his mouth to give to his horse earns the nickname "Nolips"....

"I never play horseshoes 'cause Mother taught us not to throw our clothes around." -Mr. Ed

"Never thank yourself, always thank the horses for the happiness and joy we experience through them." -Hans H.E. Isenbart

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

The Age of a Horse

May your belly never grumble,

May your heart never ache,

May your horse never stumble,

May your cinch never break!

A horse is a horse, of course, of course

They use the dark side of the force

They like to eat and poop and play

And you....you get to pay...

I will not change my horse with any that treads.

He bounds from the earth;

When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk.

He trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it.

The basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.

He's of the color of the nutmeg and of the heart of the ginger.

He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements

Of earth and water never appear in him,

But only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him...

His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch,

And his countenance enforces homage.

~William Shakespeare

"Where, in this wide world, Can man find nobility without pride, Friendship without envy, Or beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is laced with muscle, And strength by gentleness confined. He serves without servility. He has fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful, Nothing less violent. There is nothing so quick, Nothing more patient. England's past has been borne on his back, All our history is his industry. We are his heirs, He our inheritance. The Horse."

~Ronald Duncan

"When Allah created the horse, He said, 'I have made thee unlike any other. All the treasures of the world lie between Thine eyes. Thou shalt cast mine enimies between Thy hooves, but Thou shalt carry my friends upon Thy back. This shall be the seat from which prayers rise unto me. Thou shalt find happiness all over the earth and Thou shalt be favored above all other creatures, for to thee shall accrue the love of the Master of the Earth. Thou shalt fly without wings and conquer without sword.'"

~The Koran

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." Job 39:19-39:25

A horse's good manners

Some horses are so polite that when they come to a fence, they stop and let you go over first

THE TRUTH ABOUT BREEDER LINGO - what they say...and what it really means

NOTED JUDGE- He pinned my horse.

RESPECTED JUDGE- He pinned my horse twice.

SHOWN SPARINGLY- Only when we had the judge in our pocket.

SHOW PROSPECT- Four legs, two eyes, two ears, a mane, and a tail.

PLACED IN FIVE SHOWS- and 89 others where he did nothing.

WON IN HEAVY COMPETITION-Three horses in the maiden class.

LOTS OF PIZAZZ- Hasn't been out of his stall for three days.

LIMITED SHOWING- Owner broke.

TERRIFIC ANGULATION- Cow hocked and sickle hocked.

PERSONALITY PLUS- Might wake up if you stick a carrot up his nose.

GOOD BITE- Missed the judge but got the steward.

EXCELS IN MOVEMENT- When she spooks, she can pass any horse in the ring.

THREE GOOD GAITS- and four or five othe we can't name.

HANDLED EXCLUSIVELY BY- no one else can get near him.

AT STUD TO APPROVED MARES- Those in season.

TERRIFIC PEDIGREE- Old champion Whatsisname is twice in the fifth generation.

GOOD BROODMARE- Don't dare try to show in the ring.

LOTS OF DRIVE- Untrainable.

GREAT STALLION PROSPECT- Will breed anything from the neighbor's cow on up.

PLAN YOUR 1998 BREEDING SEASON NOW- Call the stud owner two days before your horse is due to come in season.

There is just as much horse sense as ever, but the horses have most of it.

~ Anonymous

A pony is a childhood dream, A horse is an adulthood treasure.

~ Rebecca Carroll

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.

~Sharon Ralls Lemon

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

~The Horse Whisperer

If wishes were horses , beggars would ride

I'd rather be dumped by a horse than dumped by a man!

I love the horse from hoof to head

From head to hoof and tail to mane

I love the horse as I have said

From head to hoof and back again.

~James Whitcomb Riley

A horse gallops with his lungs,

Perseveres with his heart,

And wins with his character.

~Tesio

He knows when you're happy

He knows when you're comfortable

He knows when you're confident

And he ALWAYS knows when you have carrots

~unknown

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe a horse was lost,

for want of a horse a rider was lost, for want of a rider a army was lost,

for want of an army a battle was lost, for want of a battle the war was

lost, for want of the war the kingdom was lost, and all for the want of a

little horseshoe nail.

~Benjamin Franklin

I will not change my horse with any that treads but on four pasterns...When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk. He trots the air, the earth sings when he touches it, the basest horn of his hoofs is more musical than the pipe of Hermes...When bestride him I soar, I am a hawk...

~ William Shakespeare

Somewhere...Somewhere in time's Own Space

There must be some sweet pastured place

Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow

Some Paradise where horses go,

For by the love that guides my pen

I know great horses live again.

~Stanley Harrison

Never trust a cowhand that doesn't know how to properly tie a horse.

~A Cowboy Truth

The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.

~Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere

A light hand is one which never feels the contact of the bit with the bars.

~Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere

Speed is the enemy of impulsion.

~Charles de Kunffy

A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.

~Will James

It is wonderful when one is out with these animals, how attached they become. There are times when I would walk up to my horse, that he would nicker in a low tone and ruh his nose against me in a very knowing manner.

~HS Young

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

~William Shakespeare

And I looked, and beheld a pale horse: and his name that sat sat upon him was death.

~Revelations

The Horse

And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse.

~Bedouin Legend

The horses prance and paw and neigh, Fillies and colts like kittens play...

~Oliver W. Homes

suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared...

~2 Kings 2:11

The old mare watched the tractor work

A thing of rubber and steel,

Ready to follow the slightest wish

Of the man who held the wheel.

She said to herself as it passed by,

You gave me an awful jolt

But there's still one thing you cannot do,

You cannot raise a colt.

~Source unknown

If I had a horse, I'd ride off in the sunset, where dreams, and shadows lie. To a life, where pain and sorrow don't exist, and to where hopes, and dreams become reality.

~Lindsay Turcotte

...A horse is a thing a beauty...none will tire of looking at him as long as

he displays himself in his splender.

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves-strong, powerful, beautiful-and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.

~Pam Brown

In riding a horse we borrow freedom.

~Helen Thomson

A horse already knows how to be a horse;

the rider has to learn how to become a rider.

A horse without a rider is still a horse;

a rider without a horse is no longer a rider.

Speak kindly to your little horse,

And soothe him when he wheezes,

Or he may turn his back on you,

And kick you where he pleases.

...This most noble beast is the most beautiful, the