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.
I believe Pink was the tailor who made the hunt coats (red ones)
Rise and fall with the leg on the wall. I never teach diagonals this way but the rhyme works.
Confucious say “he who looks at the ground shall end up there.”
I think it’s funny how many different versions of this one we all have…
the one I know is:
One white foot, buy him
Two white feet, try him
Three white feet, see how he goes
Four white feet, feed him to the crows
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I have one that I made up myself, but I attribute it to Confucius.
I say…Confucius say, he who jump first, often jump alone![/QUOTE]
That’s the kinder version of “Jump ahead, wind up dead.” :o
I learned:
One, buy him
Two, try him
Three, suspect him
Four, reject him
Here ‘ratcatcher’ is informal hunting dress - so a tweed hacking jacket with a patterned stock.
It is terribly incorrect on this side of the pond to refer ‘pink’ coats.
I would guess the tailor in question would be Thomas Pink - the company still exists.
i also learned a couple of useful mnemonics for remembering the letters in a dressage arena:
A Fat Black Mother Cat Had Eight Kittens (anti-clockwise)
All King Edward’s Horses Can Manage Big Fences (clockwise)
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i also learned a couple of useful mnemonics for remembering the letters in a dressage arena:
All King Edward’s Horses Can Manage Big Fences (clockwise)[/QUOTE]
I learned it, “All King Edward’s Horses Consume Much Bad Feed”
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I’ve also heard- A horse that can buck is a horse that can jump. (Which I have found to be veerrry true.)[/QUOTE]
I am so hoping you are right. My yet unproven OTTB unleashed an unbelievable buck, for no reason, out of a mincing trot in the field last fall that even made my coach (who usually downplays EVERYTHING) drop her jaw! Made me optimistic about our future…once I got back in the saddle!
I have heard that more than one whorle (sp?) means a horse is more intelligent…not sure how that relates to cowlicks.
What about no white feet?
How about:
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
No horsing around.
Rode hard, put away wet.
Slower than molassas is winter.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Don’t beat a dead horse.
I use these all the time, my kids think I am older than dirt! 
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I am so hoping you are right. My yet unproven OTTB unleashed an unbelievable buck, for no reason, out of a mincing trot in the field last fall that even made my coach (who usually downplays EVERYTHING) drop her jaw! Made me optimistic about our future…once I got back in the saddle!
I have heard that more than one whorle (sp?) means a horse is more intelligent…not sure how that relates to cowlicks.
What about no white feet?[/QUOTE]
I can personally attest to the good bucker corresponding to good jumper theory, as those were the exact words out of my trainers mouth right after my horse bucked me off & proceeded to go tearing around the field.
Also anybody heard the left hind sock being lucky/mark of a good jumper idea??:winkgrin:
I just bought a guy who has only one white sock & it’s the left hind:yes::yes:
The one I learned is different still!!
One white foot - buy him
Two white feet - try him
Three white feet - doubt him
Four white feet - do without him
Four white feet and a white nose - knock him on the head and feed him to the crows.
Hi-jacked from the other thread - “bight on the right” - meaning which side the buckle end of the reins should hang when riding.
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I learned it, “All King Edward’s Horses Consume Much Bad Feed”[/QUOTE]
And of course, I have heard another version- “All King Edward’s Horses Clear Many Big Fences”
lol I love it.
All King Edward’s Horses Carry Many Brave Fighters
From good ole Gone With The Wind
“Your weaker than a newborn colt”
I heard Don’t beat a dead horse in the ground
I have a horse with 2whorls on his head side by side. He is fast and very unpredicatable, but the best horse I’ve ever had and probably ever will have.
I’ve also been told “white of the eyes, leave him behind”
Also never buy a horse with a long mouth.
I’ve also heard the good bucker good jumper theory.
My all time favorite is a bumper sticker on our trailer that reads
“Are you going to cowboy up or just lay there and bleed”
Which this saying was taking from the movie Tombstone and the words switched a little for the cowboy up part.
A
Kitten
Entered
His
Corner
Munching
Bad
Fish
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All King Edward’s Horses Carry Many Brave Fighters[/QUOTE]
It’s amazing to me that there are so many versions!
All King Edward’s Horses Call Me Beautiful Fool… is what I learned. 
I can testify that the big buck equals big jumper. Same horse had three cowlick - always had brilliant works on the track and was extremely unpredictable. Only thing is - neither the fast saying or big jumper saying guarantees that you can get them safely into competition! Horse went crazy on raceday and went ape$hit on show day…
dressage letter
I learned dressage letters
‘All Kind Elephants Have Cuddly Mothers Bad Fathers’
and the red hunt coat was after the tailor ‘Pinque’ (Thomas I think)
And we would never let a hot horse drink all he wants (back in the 70’s and Pony Club days) The thought now is to let a horse drink all he wants, even hot! Still hard for me to do.
And when I said something at my new ‘ratcatcher’ at my barn, NO one knew what I was talking about…so now I just say shirt. And I wore rust color (‘brick’ I think was the term) and a green coat.
