Horseracing Quotes Page 2 Guesses at Truth Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. - Julius & Augustus Hare Sleep and Poetry They swayed about upon a rocking horse, And thought it Pegasus. - John Keats Weekend Book I know two things about the horse And one of them is rather coarse. - Naomi Royde-Smith Twelfth Night My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that color. - Shakespeare Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. - R S Surtees The burden is equal to the horse's strength. - The Talmud Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to race tracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they are old enough to shave. - Dick Deddoes "If you hear the sound of hoofbeats, don't look for zebra!" - Unknown In the world of mules there are no rules. - Ogden Nash Yankee Doodle camer to town Riding on a pony; Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni. - Anonymous - Nursery Rhyme A horse is simply a horse. - Avicenna Cavalier Tunes "Boot and Saddle" Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! - Robert Browning