Equestrian Experience Quotes

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

My first Olympics was Munich in 1972. I am better now than I was then, in knowledge and experience. The age of top riders generally tends to be older than in other sports because it takes a lot of time to be consistent.

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

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

Making a movie where the central character is a horse was a challenge. Because I'm scared of riding. I was thrown as a kid. 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've always loved horses. I had one horse when I was in high school, but I had to sell him because we moved to Germany, and it ripped my heart out, so I never wanted to go through that pain again. When we moved to Cincinnati and Louisville, Kentucky, I was able to ride then.

But I never worked with a northern horse before. They are very different from western horses.

I've been riding Valegro since he was four or five years old.

I've worked with horses on and off most of my life, but literally 'on and off' - flipping on them and falling off them.

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.

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