'I think back to that night and ask, how could I have been thinking like that?'

The best quotes from the racing world this week...

I've shared that weighing room with the best males and females in the business. The best there has ever been and I'm just privileged to have ridden in an era of some great, great jockeys.
Robbie Power reflects on his career after he brought down the curtain on his glittering career

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I don't like comparing champions of different eras, but she's the one of these times. She just keeps pulling out – God knows how good her engine is.
Willie Mullins waxes lyrical about Honeysuckle following golden girl's Punchestown Champion Hurdle success

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He’s a unique specimen in his own way. He’s the exact opposite of a morning glory.
Mullins also finds an unconventional way of describing rising star The Nice Guy

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You'll have an awful lot more disappointment. Because you'll be driving an awful lot longer, an awful lot more, for an awful lot less.
Denis O'Regan explains his move back to Ireland following his spell in Britain

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It's all about the Cribbin family. What a lifetime achievement it is for them to come to Punchestown and have a winner with their son riding.
Ted Walsh is all praise for Iain Cribbin following his Bishopscourt Cup success with Jezarus at Punchestown

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I need to rebuild brick by brick. I'm not going to set the world on fire doing this, but I intend on getting to the top.
A fired-up George Scott has his sights on further glory throughout his career

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Christ, Allaho is an absolute machine. I was flat out everywhere and he was doing a half speed. He is a seriously classy horse.
Harry Cobden has some kind words for Allaho having been beaten by him in the Punchestown Gold Cup

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I think back to that night and ask, how could I have been thinking like that? But my thinking was gone by then. I was gone by then. Those people are gone.
Johnny Murtagh speaks about a troubled time in his life ahead of a documentary on his career

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