Long lost horse relt. sayings - now gone with the wind?

[Iolanthe]

[QUOTE=2DogsFarm;8774847]
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.

I.E.: You can point people in the right direction, give them all the help possible, but can’t do their thinking for them.[/QUOTE]

Actually, I have a friend with a 25 year old Oldenburg and she CAN lead a horse to water and make him drink. Her horse, not anyone else’s!! (She worries about him a lot and about whether he is drinking enough in the hot climate, etc., so she initially rewarded him with a cookie when she led him up to the trough and he took a drink. Now she walks with him to the trough and he drinks on command.):lol:

[SuzieQNutter]

My boy drinks after his work out. I give him a bucket.

[Lord_Helpus]

“We’re in the home stretch”

“To curry favor”

https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=2#q=to%20curry%20favor%20origin

“All hat and no horse”

[Velvet]

That’s a horse of another color. (Not sure if it was posted already.)

Saddle weary. Saddle sore. (These are terms used for people who are sore, whether or not they rode a horse.)

I’ll jump that fence when I come to it.

[Crockpot]

If wishes were horses beggars would ride.

Giving someone ‘a free rein’ to do a task.

'Unbridled ’ enthusiam

[beowulf]

“vet this before you send it to the buyer” - heard all the time in the office.

[Dreamwalker]

Home James and don’t spare the horses.
Round em up and head em out.
Take the point. (As in Lead us)
Tail end Charlie (as in someone has to bring up the rear and make sure all the stragglers stay with the rest of us)

And I’m not sure if this is a horse one or if it’s just me associating it with horses: Stepping out. As in ‘she’s really stepping out today’ which could be walking fast or dressed up to go out.
High Stepping (full of energy)

[mvp]

A private joke, but one you guys should know:

“You can tie this one to the swing set!”

Said by a good trainer friend of mine about a very kind, calm, broke horse. And she used that example to explain the horse’s mind because she had tied one to the swing set as a kid.

[SmartAlex]

He won hands down

Gone to ground

Got the bit in his teeth

[SmartAlex]

[QUOTE=ILuvmyButtercups;8774490]

• “For want of a nail, the (war/battle/kingdom) was lost” [/QUOTE]

I’ll often say “all for want of a nail” and I know no one know what I’m talking about.