Quotes of the week: Gosden's mea culpa and a devastating blow for Lavery

Too Darn Hot has been the worst managed horse of the year
John Gosden on his own campaigning of last season’s champion juvenile Too Darn Hot

If they are going to persist with this approach then it needs to be fair and all trainers should be interviewed, not just Irish ones
Charles Byrnes after he was called before raceday stewards in Britain for the third time this year to outline riding instructions at the request of the BHA’s integrity department

I think there are definitely more chances over jumps. You see the likes of Bryony Frost and Lizzie Kelly riding in Pattern races every Saturday – you don’t necessarily see that on the Flat
Dual-purpose trainer Amy Murphy weighs in on the debate regarding opportunities for female riders on the Flat

For four or five months of the year I’m just messing about. I’m not going to Wolverhampton and Lingfield every day in the winter – that’s what you call graft – and last winter I spent time with Wesley Ward, which was pretty much like a holiday
Jamie Spencer on how his life in the saddle has evolved

I’m amazed that Le Brivido, who was only fifth [in the Lockinge], is ahead of us in the betting. We’re just looking forward to her running her usual huge race
A bullish Karl Burke talks up the chance of his stable star Laurens in the Queen Anne Stakes

I’m delighted to win because Johnnie Lewis was a lovely, lovely man. He was a guru to lots of us and I’m a pal of his two boys. "In a game full of sharks he was a man of great integrity and a genuinely kind man who promoted the younger generations"
Ralph Beckett following Antonia De Vega’s win in the Listed Johnnie Lewis Memorial Stakes