“Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. 'In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal...one horse threw a shoe came in third...the duck was ninth...and five ran.'” WorldShouldFirstsCountryTodayWinningBitsAnimalRaceFiveFourFeetLuckyEqualThirdsHorseShoesRanDucksFifthHorseshoes Author:Eddie Izzard
“my mind ran over scenes of Shesheeb seducing Margaret until I was a wagon dragged by the runaway horses of my jealousy.” MindSceneHorseJealousyRanSeducingWagonsRunaway Author:Louise Erdrich
“The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions- 'it wasn't Jezebels fault, Dad.'” ChildrenHomeCuttingBrokenDadHorseFaultsFingersIncrediblesRanWeepingJezebel Author:Pam Brown
“Other animals ran only when they had a reason, but the horse would run for no reason whatever, as if to run out of his own skin” IfsReasonRunningAnimalSkinsHorseRanNo Reason Author:Rabindranath Tagore
“My father was a great fan of the horses. His only regret was that I never ran in the Grand National.” FatherFansRegretHorseRanGreat Fans Author:Steve Ovett
“When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.” MenHardHorseDrinkingDebtRanBeer DrinkingPintsDrinking ToastIrish BeerIrish Drinking Book:The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman Source: The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman
“What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them. All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenhearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise. (All the Pretty Horses)” MenBloodHorseRanHeatReverenceFondnessAll The Pretty Horses Author:Cormac McCarthy
“Through an arrow loop in the wall she saw a familiar horse and rider tearing across the camp toward the healing rooms. Brigan pulled up at Nash's feet and dropped from the saddle. The two brothers threw their arms around each other and embraced hard. Shortly thereafter he stepped into the healing rooms and leaned in the doorway, looking across at her quietly. Brocker's son with the gentle gray eyes. She abandoned all pretense of decorum and ran at him.” TwoHardEyeRoomsHealingSawsFeetSonBrotherWallArmsHorseFamiliarGentleRanGrayCampsAbandonedArrowsPretenseRidersDoorwaysLoopsSaddlesDecorumTwo BrothersGray EyesHorse And Rider Author:Kristin Cashore
“Isn't that someone we know?" asked Horace. He pointed to where a cloaked figure sat by the side of the road a few hundred meters away, arms wrapped around his knees. Close by him, a small shaggy horse cropped the grass growing at the edge of the drainage ditch that ran beside the road. "So it is," Halt replied. "And he seems to have brought Will with him.” KnowsSeemsSidesGrowingFiguresArmsHundredHorseEdgesGrassKneesRanSatHaltMeterGrass GrowingDrainage Author:John Flanagan
“The horse seemed to bend time and space as he ran, blurring the landscape and making Frank feel like he'd just drunk a gallon of whole milk without his lactose-intolerance medicine: "Seven hundred and fifty miles per hour. Eight hundred. Eight hundred and three. Fast. very Fast.” FeelsWholeThreeHoursSpaceHundredHorseMedicineSevenEightMilesDrunkLandscapeRanFiftyMilkFrankIntoleranceTime And SpaceGallons Author:Rick Riordan
“Now i'd like to tell u i did something heroic like stand up against a raging team of fire-breathing horses with only my sword the truth is i ran.” FireTeamTruth IsHorseRageBreathingRanHeroic Author:Rick Riordan
“...the floss-silk manes tossed up like the crest of a breaking wave....Light ran and glittered on them. They were obedient...you would have sworn...as the white horses of the wave crests are to pull of the moon.” LightWhiteMoonHorseWaveRanObedientSilkWhite Horse Author:Mary Stewart