'I haven't seen a horse of ours win like that for years' - what they said

I served my time with Mick Easterby and he always said this game can tame lions. It's character-building and all you can do is stay humble, dust yourself off and keep working
Paul Mulrennan takes stock after losing the ride on Mabs Cross in the Nunthorpe Stakes to Gerald Mosse

I went from the ecstasy of thinking I was going to win the race easily to the agony of thinking we had thrown it away, to the ecstasy of getting back up to win to the agony of thinking we might lose it in the stewards’ room, to finally the ecstasy of eventually keeping the race. It was unbelievable
Brian Hayes reflects on the emotional roller coaster he encountered when keeping the partnership with Dolly Dancer intact, before going on to win Sunday’s Tramore beginners’ chase in remarkable fashion

It would have been easy to underestimate him. He’d be whistling away, apparently without a care in the world, but underneath it all his brain never stopped working
James Fanshawe, who was assistant to Sir Michael Stoute for seven years from 1982, describes the approach of his former boss

We thought Mums Tipple was a very nice horse when he won at Ascot but I haven’t seen a horse of ours win like that for years. He’s one of the nicest horses we’ve had in terms of the way he looks, behaves and moves. He’s a little bit different
Richard Hannon after the sensational performance of Mums Tipple in the lucrative two-year-old sales race at York on Thursday

I'm lost for words, and it's incredible to see how special she is to everyone
Enable’s groom Imran Shahwani after the superstar mare landed her tenth Group 1 victory in the Yorkshire Oaks on Thursday

He loves York and so do I!
Charlie Hills jokes after Battaash settles the score in the Nunthorpe at York on Friday after defeats the previous two years

Of course we'll have a celebration tonight – it'll be pretty good. It's a privilege to own him and he's a special horse
An emotional Bjorn Nielsen after Stradivarius provided the owner with a second £1m bonus in the Lonsdale Cup at York on Friday

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