“Feel the ride, don’t think the ride”
“Turn with both hands.”
“the horse is not a drum” (meaning stop nagging him with your legs)
If you look down there your going to end up down there :lol:
“Gather your thoughts…and your reins.”
Linda Weldon
Oh there’s so many… a few that spring to mind:
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down
like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When your horse has reached its potential, leave it. It’s such a nice feeling when you and your horses are still friends.” - Reiner Klimke
"The goal is not to raise the neck, it is to lower the hips .” - Decarpentry
“It is the difficult horses that have the most to give you.” - Lendon Gray
“Know exactly what you’re going to have to do, and give yourself plenty of time to do it in.”
-Bill Steinkraus
Attributed to no one in particular
“Remember the training scale”, something I forgot yesterday
As you can see, I have a thing for quotes (ask me about all my non-horsey ones!)
Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse. :yes:
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway ~John Wayne
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. ~Winston Churchill
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. :winkgrin:
~Author Unknown
To ride a horse is to ride the sky. ~Author Unknown
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
If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle. ~Rita Mae Brown :lol:
In riding a horse we borrow freedom. ~Helen Thomson
A woman needs two animals - the horse of her dreams and a jackass to pay for it. ~Author Unknown :lol:
My horse’s feet are as swift as rolling thunder
He carries me away from all my fears
And when the world threatens to fall asunder
His mane is there to wipe away my tears.
~Bonnie Lewis
I’ve spent most of my life riding horses. The rest I’ve just wasted. ~Anonymous
Indeed, always so many. Ones that immediately spring to mind:
From a very sage groom at the racetrack:
“Ain’t no body can hold no hoss.” “Ain’t no hoss can run faster than a body kin ride.”
From Arthur Kottas: “Take your time, but don’t waste your time.”+ “CONTROL YOUR BODY!!”
From Sally O’Connor: The primary avenue of communication between you and your horse is the horse’s back.
From Steinbrecht (???): “Calm, straight and forward.”
From Xenophon (sp): “where knowledge ends, violence begins” + “nothing forced is beautiful.”
This isn’t dressage related but it is one of my favorites…
“My treasures neither chink nor glitter, but gleam in the sun and neigh in the night.” -old Arabian proverb
from my trainers
‘ride with intent’ (said by a hunter trainer for riding over fences but it applies to everything).
‘I think she’ll do best working on ‘forward’ first’ (said by my trainer when I was concerned horse’s nose was not ‘in’ during my 2nd lesson starting back to ride as an adult when I had no seat whatsoever so ‘on the bit’ was a long way in the future).
‘the horse you lead is the horse you ride’ from a young horse trainer
I enjoy all the others that have been posted also.
Here are my favorite quotes.
Source: good quotes about life
- Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
– Kahlil Gibran - I love you with all my heart, I gave you all I always did everything I could just to see a smile on you… Why if you see me trying, crying, hurting, fighting you still play me like a fool and I hate the fact that after all the damage that you cause me… I would still go to the end of the world for you.
- Unknown
- The Smile on my face doesn’t mean my life is perfect. It means I appreciate what I have and what God has blessed me with.
- Unknown
No one can teach riding so well as a horse. - CS Lewis
This was one of the quotes on a little sign in the barn I purchased, and while I love learning from human trainers, it is so good to sometimes just listen to our horses to know what’s working!
Wow. A 5-year-old thread found by a brand new poster.
" the horse does all the work"-general public perception, particularly athletic coaches.
Charles de Kunffy’s skinny little book has a section at the end of the book of pearls - his one-liners.
Love all of these! And perfect timing too . . . 
Sometimes it’s fun to resurrect old threads.
I’m going to butcher this I’m afraid, but it was in a clinic I was riding in with Bill Woods on a particularly hot, nervous mare- “The seat must be able to absorb the energy from the horse like a sponge, and then redirect it forward”
“Beware the hobby that eats…”
