The Horse Crucified and Risen Quotes

“But barely 1 % of those involved in equestrianism are genuine sadists. All others either do not know what they are doing or are afraid to think about it.”
― Alexander Nevzorov, The Horse Crucified and Risen

“The horse, to its misfortune, has been created in such a way that it will conceal any pain, except the most intolerable, until the end, not demonstrating it in any way and striving to show almost no external change in her behavior.”
― Alexander Nevzorov, The Horse Crucified and Risen

“It is very funny to listen to the lady renters (of any sex): having played the sport, having bashed the horse on its sore spine with their fat bottoms and dragged it with all their might by the mouth with the “iron,” and finally having dismounted — they, for some reason, resort to baby talk, absolutely convinced of the horse’s love for them.”
― Alexander Nevzorov, The Horse Crucified and Risen

“Equestrian sport is possible only with full deafness to the feelings of the horse. The more deafness, the more insensitivity — the better the results. All the chronicles of equestrian sport are written with the blood of horses.”
― Alexander Nevzorov, The Horse Crucified and Risen

“I am positive that for those who have made equestrianism, harness racing, flat racing, driving and the like their profession or their hobby it is not worth reading or even opening this book.”
― Alexander Nevzorov, The Horse Crucified and Risen