"There was nothing dearer to the Messenger of Allah after women than horses."  

لَمْ يَكُنْ شَىْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ