'A bollocking from a trainer can be so demoralising - I felt destroyed'

I don't want to race him on like an old boxer who still thinks he's got it when everyone can see he doesn't
Bjorn Nielsen considers the future of Stradivarius after his gallant second to Trueshan in the Prix du Cadran

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German racing is always hanging on a thread. It's, in many ways, a mystery that it continues
Bloodstock consultant Jocelyn de Moubray on the state of German racing after Torquator Tasso's stunning Arc victory

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I’m all for things to be written and discussed, but don’t try to expose stuff that’s not there. Speak the truth, and don’t be afraid to speak the truth, but people in Irish racing have worked too hard for 50 years to build its reputation as a racing jurisdiction that isn’t reliant on drugs
Aidan O'Brien has his say on doping allegations in Irish racing

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I wanted to see a steward straight away because I was pretty pissed off watching the race. I feel it was intentional interference that cost us the race and I thought the inquiry was a formality
John Berry on the failure to overturn the verdict in favour of his horse Dereham at Pontefract

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A bollocking from a trainer can be so demoralising - I felt destroyed
Ex-jockey Nathan Horrocks talks to senior features writer Peter Thomas about his new film, The Fall

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People tell me I’m the only jockey with a smile on my face when one gets beat. And I’m thinking, 'We’re here! We’re getting paid to ride horses!' Others say I’m so smiley when I have a winner and I’m thinking, 'Well, it would be a bad job if I wasn’t smiling then.'
High-flying jockey Joanna Mason on her superb season since turning professional

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If you don't want to be champion jockey, there's no point being in the game
Rossa Ryan outlines a personal long-term ambition after riding his first century at Lingfield

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Read more from our Quotes of the Week series:

'Lads who had a fiver each-way on her would have got the guts of 400 quid back'

'When he was right, there wasn't a horse in the world who could beat him'

'It was a savage piece of work with some good horses – he just blew them away'

'It's a form of madness buying horses nobody wants and trying to beat O'Brien'

'It's quite creepy someone was watching and knew exactly what they wanted'

'I could be riding at Newbury and three hours later making everyone steaks'

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