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‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

'People love having horses with Willy rather than a miserable git like me'

'People love having horses with Willy rather than a miserable git like me'

'I'm not here to tell people how to train but if you hide something from me, I'm gone, I'm done - and you won't see me again'

'I'm not here to tell people how to train but if you hide something from me, I'm gone, I'm done - and you won't see me again'

'The lads often give out to me for saying what I say - but if I didn't say what I thought I wouldn't be being true to myself'

'The lads often give out to me for saying what I say - but if I didn't say what I thought I wouldn't be being true to myself'

'I'm not retiring just yet. It'll come to me, I'm sure, but I hate idleness - I haven't had an idle moment in 60 years'

'I'm not retiring just yet. It'll come to me, I'm sure, but I hate idleness - I haven't had an idle moment in 60 years'

'The next target has to be number one spot. It's a massive dream and it's going to be hard, but you have to keep aiming high'

'The next target has to be number one spot. It's a massive dream and it's going to be hard, but you have to keep aiming high'

'I know how lucky I am. I'm in a very privileged position and not many get the chance I've been given'

'I know how lucky I am. I'm in a very privileged position and not many get the chance I've been given'

'You're unfashionable all of a sudden. I was struggling to pay my mortgage, wondering what I was going to do'

'You're unfashionable all of a sudden. I was struggling to pay my mortgage, wondering what I was going to do'

'Dad can be a grumpy old bugger at times - but he has all those years of experience and you'd be a fool not to use that'

'Dad can be a grumpy old bugger at times - but he has all those years of experience and you'd be a fool not to use that'

'With Stoute and Swinburn there was a certain magic' - the inside story of one of racing's great relationships

'With Stoute and Swinburn there was a certain magic' - the inside story of one of racing's great relationships

Sir Michael Stoute: 'I still enjoy it but probably not as much as I ever did'

Sir Michael Stoute: 'I still enjoy it but probably not as much as I ever did'

'I'm single-handedly trying to bring up my father and it's not going well - I'm 22 and he's still 18'

'I'm single-handedly trying to bring up my father and it's not going well - I'm 22 and he's still 18'

'I don't need to chase rides any more. I've been there, done that, and there comes a time when you've got to let go'

'I don't need to chase rides any more. I've been there, done that, and there comes a time when you've got to let go'

'It was for more than the craic. It was for the money' - 50 years on, the Gay Future gambling coup is no less extraordinary

'It was for more than the craic. It was for the money' - 50 years on, the Gay Future gambling coup is no less extraordinary

‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

'People love having horses with Willy rather than a miserable git like me'

'People love having horses with Willy rather than a miserable git like me'

'I'm not here to tell people how to train but if you hide something from me, I'm gone, I'm done - and you won't see me again'

'I'm not here to tell people how to train but if you hide something from me, I'm gone, I'm done - and you won't see me again'

'The lads often give out to me for saying what I say - but if I didn't say what I thought I wouldn't be being true to myself'

'The lads often give out to me for saying what I say - but if I didn't say what I thought I wouldn't be being true to myself'

'I'm not retiring just yet. It'll come to me, I'm sure, but I hate idleness - I haven't had an idle moment in 60 years'

'I'm not retiring just yet. It'll come to me, I'm sure, but I hate idleness - I haven't had an idle moment in 60 years'

'The next target has to be number one spot. It's a massive dream and it's going to be hard, but you have to keep aiming high'

'The next target has to be number one spot. It's a massive dream and it's going to be hard, but you have to keep aiming high'

'I know how lucky I am. I'm in a very privileged position and not many get the chance I've been given'

'I know how lucky I am. I'm in a very privileged position and not many get the chance I've been given'

'You're unfashionable all of a sudden. I was struggling to pay my mortgage, wondering what I was going to do'

'You're unfashionable all of a sudden. I was struggling to pay my mortgage, wondering what I was going to do'

'Dad can be a grumpy old bugger at times - but he has all those years of experience and you'd be a fool not to use that'

'Dad can be a grumpy old bugger at times - but he has all those years of experience and you'd be a fool not to use that'

'With Stoute and Swinburn there was a certain magic' - the inside story of one of racing's great relationships

'With Stoute and Swinburn there was a certain magic' - the inside story of one of racing's great relationships

Sir Michael Stoute: 'I still enjoy it but probably not as much as I ever did'

Sir Michael Stoute: 'I still enjoy it but probably not as much as I ever did'

'I'm single-handedly trying to bring up my father and it's not going well - I'm 22 and he's still 18'

'I'm single-handedly trying to bring up my father and it's not going well - I'm 22 and he's still 18'

'I don't need to chase rides any more. I've been there, done that, and there comes a time when you've got to let go'

'I don't need to chase rides any more. I've been there, done that, and there comes a time when you've got to let go'

'It was for more than the craic. It was for the money' - 50 years on, the Gay Future gambling coup is no less extraordinary

'It was for more than the craic. It was for the money' - 50 years on, the Gay Future gambling coup is no less extraordinary

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