Quotes of the week: bookmakers rejoice as Frankie five-timer is thwarted

He's got a white face, white socks and everyone says he looks like a palomino pony but, the tougher they make it for him, the more he wants to fight
John Gosden on his star stayer Stradivarius after the five-year-old won his second Ascot Gold Cup

Twenty years ago I'd have won that! I loved it. He was 16-1 this morning and went off favourite. He gave me a great spin. I've had a great day and I'm not going to cry
Frankie Dettori after the Ralph Beckett-trained Biometric thwarted his mount Turgenev and a sensational Royal Ascot five-timer on Thursday

I'm not sure if we've got enough cash left in the expense budget, but hopefully the powers that be will be sending a bunch of flowers and a bottle of champers to Ralph Beckett and Harry Bentley
Paddy Power spokesman Paul Binfield on the sensational impact Frankie Dettori had on their profits at Royal Ascot on Thursday

As soon as I knew Enable wasn't running I rang Michael's office the same morning
Frankie Dettori reveals he approached Sir Michael Stoute to ride Crystal Ocean before the five-year-old’s breakthrough Group 1 victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes

I'm so angry with myself for subjecting her to that awful weather
William Haggas rues running Sea Of Class in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes after it bucketed down with rain

We were pleased with the way the horse has taken the race, we spoke about it at length yesterday and added the pros and cons. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed is very sporting and he felt the horse deserved to take his chance
Trainer Charlie Appleby after Godolphin gave Blue Point the green light to line up in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes just four days after winning his second King’s Stand

This is a really important moment for the sport and it just shows if the horse is good enough, the girls are good enough. It's all about getting opportunities and the four girls that rode in the race all had good positions
Gay Kelleway, the first female jockey to strike at Royal Ascot in 1987, on Hayley Turner's historic Royal Ascot success aboard Thanks Be in the Sandringham Stakes

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