Jane Smiley Quotes

I love horses. I spent seven years as a racing commissioner on a horse-racing board.

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

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

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

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

When I was in high school, my uncle, who went to the races quite a bit, got me interested. Then when I went to college at Southern Illinois University, just a few hours from Louisville, we used to go to the Kentucky Derby, and I got to see Secretariat and Riva Ridge win.

Around the property I have here, I'm about to put an all weather race track. I'm about to build stables. I'm about to ship over a couple of my thoroughbreds from England.

I have horses.

Polo, racing and horse shows all are doing great work to help the farmer and rancher to raise better horses.

If you could call the thing a horse. If it hadn't shown a flash of speed in the straight, it would have got mixed up with the next race.

It may be broadly stated that.....of all animals kept for the recreation of mankind the horse is alone capable of exciting a passion that shall be absolutely hopeless.

When we played the back end of a horse we always knew that if we worked hard and did a good job we could become the front end.

A man who can beat the horses can do anything he makes up his mind to do.

Horse racing is waning in popularity.

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.

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.

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.

I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.

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.