Davy Jones Quotes

Horse racing is waning in popularity.

You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very interesting riding anything else. But I still love horses; I just don't have one any more.

My aim and my passion is to own and breed race horses.

Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream.

Horse racing is really much more intimidating than anything having to do with literature. When I had horses at the racetrack, I would wake up in terror in a way that I would never wake up while working on a novel.

So, I have my own horse and two ponies. I grew up around horses, and that really is my passion.

I own a horse and ride, but I don't know racing or betting.

I've got a farm in England where I breed horses.

I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily.

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic.

I ride horses, I love horses, I've owned horses.

I'm used to riding horses. My father used to breed horses when I was a child. I grew up in Tipperary, in the country, and lots of people have horses there. If my parents hadn't been in the business, we would have them anyway, as pets. And my cousin Richard is a jockey.

I've had quarter horses for the last 18 years.

I drive my own horses in a race. And I always have.

I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick.

One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine.

I've had a passion for horses since I was very young - I used to sit on the floor in front of the races on television and pretend to be a jockey - and I first began reading the racing form on the set of 'The Partridge Family.'

I grew up riding. From the time I was nineteen years old to the time I was twenty five I exercised race horses.

If you have a horse that isn't winning any races, sooner or later you have to get a new jockey.

Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.

I have horses.

I ride my horse at competition level.

I always loved to gamble. I never got close to a horse. Fate dealt me a terrible blow when it gave me a good horse the first time out. I thought how easy this is. Now I love being around them.