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“interfere with others of less importance, and therefore Mr. P. will not deny that, after having exhibited to his friends and the sporting fraternity…

— Various

“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.” —W. C. Fields”

— A.K. Alexander

“Mr Horsefry was a youngish man, not simply running to fat but vaulting, leaping and diving towards obesity. He had acquired at thirty an…

— Terry Pratchett

“What with one thing and another, I can't remember ever having been chirpier than at about this period in my career. Everything seemed to…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“A must-read full of humor with insight into the business of sports and the horse business.”

— Steve Byk

“The rules of the betting are intelligent: recent events and the current context have the most weight in determining an interpretation. When no recent…

— Daniel Kahneman

“True horsemanship is developed in the mindful quality of everything we do—not just in the quality of everything we do with our horses.”

— Mark Rashid

“For after all, if the lives of most men are examined in detail, it will be found that they have been experts of immense…

— Gene Wolfe

“A horseman of the old school, a gentleman who never forgot to dip down and stake you when he win. He was more ashamed…

— Jaimy Gordon

How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!

— Vincent Massey

“the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones, and win against better rivals.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Two motives urge fans to obsession with their sports. One is the need-—through the appeal of vicarious success—-to identify with winners. The other is…

— Paul Fussell