Murphy's Horse Laws

If you're winning, quit.

- Les

If you fall, you will land on your most recent injury site.

- Les

There is no such thing as the "right feed".

- Les

Wind velocity increases in direct proportion to how well your hat fits.

- Les

You can't run a barn without baling twine.

- Les

An uncomplicated horse can be ruined with enough schooling.

- Les

The number of horses you own increases according to the number of stalls in your barn.

- Les

If a horse is advertised "under $5,000," you can bet he isn't $2,500.

- Les

You can't push a horse on a lunge line.

- Les

If you approach within 50 feet of the barn in your "street clothes", you will get dirty.

- Les

Clipper motors will quit only when you have the horse's head left to trim.

- Les

Clipper blades will become dull only when the horse is half finished.

- Les

Horses you hate cannot be sold and will outlive you.

- Les

Blankets you hate cannot be destroyed.

- Les

Tack you hate never wears out.

- Les

Hoof picks migrate.

- Cecilia Porter

If you're wondering if you latched the pasture gate, you didn't.

- Cecilia Porter

If you left the water in the barn, you did.

- Cecilia Porter

A horse's misbehavior will be proportional to the number of people watching.

- Cecilia Porter

The least useful horse in your barn will eat the most, require shoes every four weeks, and need the vet at least once a month.

- Cecilia Porter

No one notices how you ride until you fall off.

- Cecilia Porter

There is no sterile barn cat.

- Cecilia Porter

If you don't thoroughly check your trailer before hauling, your truck will break down.

- Cecilia Porter