Viggo Mortensen Quotes

I rode horses since I was a kid.

I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher.

I had a paint pony called Half-Pint, and I rode her in Madison Square Garden, and that was my first big show. But my first real pony was this red pony called Chantal. He was absolutely amazing. He was a great pony, except he did spin me off a couple of times! I would blink, and then I would be on the floor.

Yeah, pretending to ride a horse is actually a lot harder than riding a horse.

I used to have a pony but I outgrew it and I do dream that one day I will live in the country and have lots of horses and be like a proper English lady who goes hunting and everything.

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

I've always loved horses. When I was younger, I competed in horse shows and did quite well.

I'm going to start a polo team with my friend, and we're trying to collect as many horses as we can. You have to find time for things you love.

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 didn't like horses when I was a kid.

I don't ever remember not riding.

I got a horse when I was eight or 10 years old. And dad used to take me to the rodeo back home. I got into it big time.

I've been riding since I was maybe three or four. Ponies at first, and then I've really always been doing it since.

If I had a horse of my own that I loved and fed and knew me, it would be amazing.

I'm not against competitive racing. I obviously grew up with horses.

My first ambition was to be a show jumper. I did a bit of dressage as part of it, and the dressage trainer saw me and said, 'Why are you wasting your time with the other stuff? You should be concentrating on this.'

I might have been a jockey, you know. I started by riding horses bareback and holding on to the mane before they finally threw me off.

My mother grew up around horses and exposed my sister and I to riding early on. It was very important to her.

I was very successful at three-day events, point-to-points, Pony Club, and gymkhana. But then I went to college, and because I had really good horses, they weren't going to be left in the field, so they were sold.

I actually used to compete at show-jumping when I was a young'un.

Horse is fine. I'll ride a horse.

I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.

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.

In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback.