Chestnut horses with black spots (Bend Or spots) can jump.
It’s like closing the barn door after the horses have gotten loose.
No hoof, no horse (I don’t think anyone said that one yet).
I thought that “two cowlicks” meant that that it was good horse?
Here’s my addition: I always heard if a horse could role all the way over - on both sides - that he was a good horse. HAHA!
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more than two cowlicks on a horses head means theyre fast and unpredictable
anyone have an example to prove this one? haha ;)[/QUOTE]
Green + green = black and blue
(referring to green horse and green rider)
Dont put the cart before the horse.
Tell a gelding, ask a stallion, discuss it with a mare!
Ok, I’m kind of a collector…
“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle” --Winston Churchill
“There’s something about the outside of a horse that’s good for the inside of a man.” – Winston Churchill
“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.”
–William Shakespeare. King Henry V.
“Horse, thou art truly a creature without equal, for thou fliest without wings and conquerest without sword”
– The Koran
“A horse gallops with his lungs,
Preserves with his heart, And wins with his character.”
–Tesio
And my favorite…
“And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it, and created the horse.”
-Bedouin Legend
“If before your horse you straddle
First of all you check your saddle”
You don’t ride the head
The all-white face is worth the wait.
I guess maybe this refers to paints? or just horses with big blazes??
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more than two cowlicks on a horses head means theyre fast and unpredictable
anyone have an example to prove this one? haha ;)[/QUOTE]
This is my horse! He has two cowlicks smack in the center of his head, and he’s a chestnut, and he has too white feet… He’s fast, won a quarter mil on the track, definitely unpredictable, and has given me some of the best rides!
growing up, my mom said: “Hold your horses” all…the…time…
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
And to make sure you turn off the hose: Right tighty, lefty loosey.
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This is my horse! He has two cowlicks smack in the center of his head, and he’s a chestnut, and he has too white feet… He’s fast, won a quarter mil on the track, definitely unpredictable, and has given me some of the best rides!
growing up, my mom said: “Hold your horses” all…the…time…[/QUOTE]
I always heard 2 cowlicks (double whorl) meant trouble.
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I always heard 2 cowlicks (double whorl) meant trouble.[/QUOTE]
I’ve been told that too! I’ve always gotten the idea that 2 cowlicks= extra personallity for better or worse. but could be skewing this w/ my own experience.
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I’ve also heard of it called a “prophet’s thumb,” and I heard the same thing- that its good luck.
I wouldn’t think that it’s good luck in a conformation class, however! Does anyone know if they take off points for it, and if so is it a lot or just a minor thing? Not for any particular reason, I’m just curious.[/QUOTE]
As far as I know it is not considered a conformation flaw. My horse has one and we did an green conformation division this past summer to help fill the class (weren’t going for points in the 1st years, so I was happy to help out) and the judges did not say anything-- after placing the class they told exactly what they liked and didn’t like about the horse and what they took off for. His is fairly noticable.
“Thoroughbreds like to be hugged” in reference to putting leg on them even when they are being ‘hot’
All
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Children
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I have found that the horses with two whorls - if they’re side by side = TROUBLE. If they’re vertical to each other = smart & opionated, but not trouble.
So what do three whorls mean? I have a 2 year old who has 3 whorls perfectly shaping a triangle, white on each pastern, cream colored hair in his ears (he’s a dark bay) and zebra stripes when he sheds out!
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(Refering to dressage letters for those who wonder…)
~A horse show mom accepts us for who we are, believes in who we can be, and loves us during the in between.
~There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
~A woman needs two animals - the horse of her dreams and a jackass to pay for it.
~Everyone is gifted, some just open the package sooner.
~Its better to have love and lost than never to have loved at all.
~You can’t fix stupid- Ron White
~Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
~“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
~“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
~God forbid that I should go to any heaven where there are no horses.
Not all of these are horsey but these are a few of my favorite quotes.
“Getting a bit long in the tooth” = getting old.
“It’s a long way from his heart” = that injury is negligible
