OT: Songs about horses

[nwhoopfan]

Maybe this has been done before, but I don't remember it. Can be about a specific horse, or it can be generic.


edited--song title/content or name of the band, I think there are a few of those

 

[nwhoopfan]

edited--I know this is a Rolling Stones song, but I like this version better

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

I think this one has been done bunch of times. Here's a nice bluegrass rendition.

 

[JordyG]

One of my favorites of this genre.

 

[JordyG]

Another of my favorites in and from another genre.

 

[JordyG]

Third genre, another fave. But only if you want to ride.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Gotta do this one too. It's not in the title but it's recurring throughout the song, don't have to listen very long to hear it.

 

[JordyG]

And this. Lived nine lives. The countdown's 10.

 

[Plebe]

Another of my favorites in and from another genre.

Not sure that's really about a horse, but hey I'm a fan

 

[bantamlaker]

 

[Sonny44]

 

[Sonny44]

 

[Sonny44]

 

[8893]

 

[meyers7]

Go Big and Rich or go home. Some sage advice in this one.

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big and Rich

 

[meyers7]

Please don't ask how I remember this one.

Crazy Horses - The Osmonds

 

[k9fanatic]

Rolling Stones -- Wild Horses
rolling stones wild horses youtube - Bing

 

[Orangutan]

 

[Golden Husky]

Having covered thoroughbred racing for 45 years the song that comes to mind is "Fugue for Tinhorns ("I got the horse right here...") from Guys and Dolls.

But horse racing is better known for sayings and poems than songs:

One white foot, ride him for your life.
Two white feet, give him to your wife.
Three white feet, keep him not a day.
Four white feet, send him far away.

Of course, Secretariat had three white stockings so I wouldn't put too much stock in that one.

Racing is a business and it takes a lot of jack,
To train and raise your horses but the way to get it back,
Is by putting over longshots with a nice, big, juicy bet,
But when you spread the word around, short odds is what you get.
So why should a guy who spends his time to train and race his plugs.
Go and tell a hot tip to a bunch of racetrack mugs?
--Ken Kling

"There are a hundred ways to lose a race."
Yeah, and the horse I bet knew every one of them."

"That horse is so slow he's just wearing horseshoes for luck."

"The horse I bet went off at 25/1.
Unfortunately he came home at ten after two."

 

[UConnNick]

 

[JordyG]

Not sure that's really about a horse, but hey I'm a fan

Oh, it's generic for sure.

 

[JordyG]

Having covered thoroughbred racing for 45 years the song that comes to mind is "Fugue for Tinhorns ("I got the horse right here...") from Guys and Dolls.

But horse racing is better known for sayings and poems than songs:

One white foot, ride him for your life.
Two white feet, give him to your wife.
Three white feet, keep him not a day.
Four white feet, send him far away.

Of course, Secretariat had three white stockings so I wouldn't put too much stock in that one.

Racing is a business and it takes a lot of jack,
To train and raise your horses but the way to get it back,
Is by putting over longshots with a nice, big, juicy bet,
But when you spread the word around, short odds is what you get.
So why should a guy who spends his time to train and race his plugs.
Go and tell a hot tip to a bunch of racetrack mugs?
--Ken Kling

"There are a hundred ways to lose a race."
Yeah, and the horse I bet knew every one of them."

"That horse is so slow he's just wearing horseshoes for luck."

"The horse I bet went off at 25/1.
Unfortunately he came home at ten after two."

"The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong; but that is the best way to bet".

My mother's first husband:

"I bet on the nose, the horse led down the stretch and the jockey fell off onto his".

 

[JordyG]

 

[JordyG]

Man, I love that "Big Iron" too.