Hadith 3890
Mishkat al-Masabih
Jihad · Preparing Equipment for Jihad - Section 3
Arabic
عَن أنسٍ قَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ من الْخَيل. رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ
English translation
Anas said that, after women, nothing was dearer to God's Messenger than horses. Nasa’i transmitted it.