Behinds Quote by Rick Riordan

'Secretariat' was such a magnificent animal, unbelievably beautiful and powerful. It's always nice to see something that close to perfection, a reason to celebrate.

— John Malkovich

We attended stables, as we attended church, in our best clothes, thereby no doubt showing the degree of respect due to horses.

— Osbert Sitwell

“Do you think you could persuade that horse of yours to stay with the other horses for a minute or two?” he said with…

— John Flanagan

I was an expert horseman.

— Harry Carey, Jr

“Years after the fact, when people asked me how I got into the horse business, the answer was always the same: "I saw Secretariat.”

— George Rowand

No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible…

— Diana Gabaldon

“Centurion! Would you like to be a cavalryman one last time? There are Venicones who escaped when your line was broken to be hunted…

— Anthony Riches

Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.

— Jeff Bridges

I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.

— William Shakespeare

I used to be a keen rider. Sometimes I could sense what a horse liked or preferred to do.

— Hisham Matar

I'd been horse-riding a couple of times, but I wasn't that good.

— Craig Horner

“Sirrah, my companion chooses to engage you in knightly combat!" Halt said. The horseman stiffened, sitting upright in his saddle. Halt noticed that he…

— John Flanagan