“Calling home a close finish - And the judge has called for a photo, appropriately for the Bonusprint Sirenia Stakes.” Quote by Graham Goode
“I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse, a free trip to Chantilly, marriage, a large unsolicited loan, ten tips for a ten-horse race, two second-hand cars, a fight, and the copyright to a dying jockey's life story.” TwoStoriesHandsFightingSpaceRaceFiveMinutesDyingCarTenHorseLegsBarsRacingFive MinutesLoanLife StoryCopyrightSalmonSecond HandJockeysHorse Racing Author:Jeffrey Bernard
“If you want to understand the effect of weight on a horse, try running for a bus with nothing in your hands. Then try doing it with your hands full of shopping. Then think about doing that for four and a half miles.” IfsThinkingWantTryingHandsRunningHalfFourEffectsWeightHorseMilesBusRacingShoppingHorse Racing Author:Jenny Pitman
“The lower classes are such fools. They waste their money on the pools. I bet, of course, but that's misleading. One must encourage bloodstock breeding.” CoursesClassFoolWasteHorseRacingPoolMisleadBreedingLower ClassHorse Racing Author:Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae
“A good jockey doesn't need orders and a bad jockey couldn't carry them out anyway; so it's best not to give them any.” NeedsGivingOrderHorseRacingJockeysHorse Racing Author:Lester Piggott
“After winning the Derby aged just 18-Why all the fuss? After all, the Derby is just another race.” WinningRaceHorseRacingHorse RacingDerby Author:Lester Piggott
“On a horse that consistently hung left-The best thing you can do is put a bit of lead in his right ear, to act as a counterbalance ... with a shotgun.” LeftBitsCan DoEarsHorseBest ThingsRacingConsistentlyHungLead InShotgunsHorse Racing Author:Lester Piggott
“A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.” HeartFenceJockeys Author:Dick Francis
“Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to racetracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they are old enough to shave.” PeopleTwoEnoughAgeHorseMatureJockeys Author:Dick Beddoes
“Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.” LoveMorningRomanticDawnCuteRomantic LoveSunriseBeing In LoveWithout YouGood MorningEmilyCute LoveFunny Good MorningGood Morning InspirationalCute Romantic Book:The Letters of Emily Dickinson Source: The Letters of Emily Dickinson
“I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.” CoursesRaceHorseIntentionLegsEnglishmenJockeysMatchsticks Author:Gilbert Harding