Horse Racing Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Horse Racing Quotes from famous persons: Andrew Flintoff, Nikola Jokic, David Milch, Roger Kahn, Dick Schaap. The wide variety of quotes available makes it possible to find a quote to suit your needs. You’ve likely heard some of the Horse Racing Quotes before, but that’s because they truly are great.

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I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racin

I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racing. I don’t do anything that exciting.
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I like horse racing but I’m not an All-Star in horse racing. I’m an All-Star fan in horse racing.
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When someone is good at what he does but is a nonconformist, there is a temptation in horse racing, like in all kinds of other areas of human endeavor, to dismiss him for his nonconformity rather than to recognize him for his excellence.
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Horse racing is animated roulette.
Roger Kahn
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It’s kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it’s for the lack of a suitable hero.
Dick Schaap
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You try to do the best with what you‘ve got and ignore everything else. That’s why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
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When I was at university in Birmingham, I used to spend half my grant betting on horse racing. Seven terms out of nine, I made a profit.
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Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.
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You don’t have to be Einstein to see that horse racing is dangerous. Those two ambulances driving behind you aren’t there for the scenery. I will never get over the fatalities of colleagues. It is the saddest and toughest part of this sport.
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My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It’s a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.
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Along with my passion for horse breeding, I was a horse racing enthusiast… In 1974 I was elected as a committee member and subsequently as a steward of the Turf Club. I had a burning desire to clean up the sport, which had always carried the stigma of gambling and manipulation.
Cyrus S. Poonawalla
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I have never been to Ladies‘ Day at the Grand National. I’ve never been to any day there, truth be told, and unless they introduce a Scruffy People Who Believe Horse Racing to Be Deeply Cruel Day and pay me to attend I can’t see that changing.
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I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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The only sport I’m not interested in is horse racing. That’s because I don’t know the horses personally.
Nat King Cole
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Wayne Lukas was the bar. Wayne impacted Quarter Horse racing and thoroughbred racing like no other.
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There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing – run in races and try to win.
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Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release.
Gordon Taylor
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It’s horse racing. If you can’t beat him one way, try to win another way.
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There are other things that I could do, but there’s really nothing that I love as much as horse racing.
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Horse racing is waning in popularity.
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It is true that the Puritans banned all recreation on Sundays and all games of chance, gambling, bear baiting, horse racing, and bowling in or around taverns at all times. They did so, not because they were opposed to fun, but because they judged these activities to be inherently harmful or immoral.
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I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
Ian Rush
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As a teenager, I developed a great interest in not only horse breeding but also horse racing and used to bet based on red-hot tips. I realized that becoming a bookmaker would be very lucrative, but Dad put his foot down, saying it was an inappropriate career.
Cyrus S. Poonawalla
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My father is a huge horse racing fan, so I was introduced to the sport long before ‘Seabiscuit.’ But the role made me an even bigger fan. Horse racing is one of my favorite sports.
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