I had lots of comments about how much you enjoyed the last batch of sayings I last posted on my blog, so here are a few more, including a great poem

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse — R.S. Surtees, Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour(1853)

No one can teach riding so well as a horse — C.S. Lewis

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
- Ovid

A horse is a thing of beauty… none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
- Xenophon

His mane is like a river flowing,And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night,And his pace as swift as light.

Finally a poem, entitled “The Age of a Horse”

To tell the age of a any horse
Inspect the lower jaw, of course
The six front teeth the tale will tell,
And every doubt and fear dispel.

Two middle nippers you behold
Before the colt is 2 weeks old,
Before 8 weeks 2 more will come,
Eight months the corners cut the gum.

The outside grooves will disappear,
From middle two in just one year,
In two years from the second pair,
In three years corners two are bare.

At two the middle nippers drop,
At three the second pair can’t stop,
When four years old the third pair goes,
At five a full new set he shows.

The deep black spots will pass from view,
At six years from the middle two,
The second pair at seven years,
At eight the spot each corner clears.

From middle nippers upper jaw,
At nine the black spots will with draw,
The second pair at ten are bright,
Eleven finds the corners light.

As time goes on the horsemen know,
The oval teeth three-sided grow,
They longer get project before,
Till twenty, when we know no more.

Author unknown