Racing Quotes

667 quotes by 409 authors

There's Pam watching anxiously. She doesn't look anxious though. — Stephen Hadley
He's a very competitive competitor, that's the sort of competitor he is. — Dorian Williams
I try to keep myself in the best of company and my horses in the worst of company. — Len Goodman
On being asked by Channel 4's Derek Thompson if he owned horses - No, son. I don't like anything that eats while I sleep. — Larry Hagman
Owning a racehorse is probably the most expensive way of getting on to a racecourse for nothing. — Clement Freud
There is little to compare with the thrill of standing next to the creature in the winner's enclosure avoiding his hooves and receiving the congratulations… — Robert Morley
We have been involved in racing for so long, it is astonishing we were not born with hooves. — Daniel Wildenstein
What a pity people don't take as much trouble with their own breeding as intelligent racehorse owners do. But then I suppose it is bordering… — Jeffrey Bernard
You never see a pretty, unattached girl on a racecourse. But you often see positive gangs of rather unpretty ones. They are the owners or… — Jeffrey Bernard
A horse doesn't know whether the rider on his back wears a dress or pants away from the track. — Diane Crump
Calling home a close finish - And the judge has called for a photo, appropriately for the Bonusprint Sirenia Stakes. — 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,… — 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… — 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. — 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. — Lester Piggott
After winning the Derby aged just 18-Why all the fuss? After all, the Derby is just another race. — 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… — Lester Piggott
Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse. — Juan Manuel Fangio
There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti. — Jackie Stewart
I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well. — Emerson Fittipaldi

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