Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“It is said that the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones and win against better rivals. Undercompensation from the absence of…

— Anonymous

“I just lost twenty grand betting on the horse with the largest prick. It makes them run slower, if you can imagine.”

— Nicole Castle

“When racing toward your goal, wear blinders. That’s what winning horses do.”

— Sotero M Lopez II

“Here's the thing about horses--evidently if they hang out together a lot, they buy into this whole "best friends forever" thing, and when one…

— Katie MacAlister

“For a human to win, it is not necessary for a horse to lose. You should not have to take things away from a…

— Cherry Hill

“For as a rule, the most ambitious horses are the highest mettled.”

— Jojo Moyes

“But even at the lowest level, I think the trainers worry as much, and the horses want to win as much, and the workers…

— Bev Pettersen

“I want to be the best race horse around when I grow up, Mama. You can be, Charlie, as long as you are willing…

— Deanie Humphrys-Dunne

“Do you think horses like to race?”

— Kat Shehata

You have to remember that about seventy percent of the horses running don't want to win. Horses are like people. Everybody doesn't have the…

— Eddie Arcaro

“A horse is as mighty as its rider.”

— Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum

There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses…

— Jane Smiley