'I was happy to get to the end of the dance without standing on Pasquale's foot'

The best quotes from the last week in the racing world . . .

I don't want to sound like a miserable, disenchanted old sod, though. I'm sat here moaning because the business has changed, but the truth is I've changed as well. I'm sure there are lots of young people pedalling the bike as fast as I once did and enjoying it too
David Elsworth explains his decision to retire from the training ranks

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I was just so happy to get to the end of the dance without tripping or standing on Pasquale's foot!
Nina Carberry admits she is surprised at how well she is faring on RTE's Dancing With The Stars television programme

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In an age when kids don't want to leave their bedrooms and don't want to get off their computers, these two are a rarity
Donald McCain praises the work ethic of brothers William and Charlie Maggs after William's winner at Doncaster on Tuesday

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It might be a trickle of owners looking to run their horses elsewhere at the minute but it might well become a tsunami
Trainer George Baker worries for British owners following a decline in all-weather field sizes

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Maybe I was trying to put a square peg into a round hole. He seems to love Cheltenham and he comes alive every year when he gets over there
Henry de Bromhead remains upbeat about Minella Indo's Cheltenham Gold Cup chances

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Tony McCoy used to tease me, saying I was very unsophisticated because it's the Gold Cup that's the pinnacle, but I would say, 'No, no, it's the Grand National for me'
Caroline Tisdall is adamant about the one race she would love to win as an owner

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Read more from our Quotes of the Week series:

'If you want to hear hard-luck stories, come to the bookies'

'I've been going to England for years buying tractors and felt it was hardship'

'I watch lads go around and I just think, 'What do you think you're doing?''

'I'll carry on. What else am I going to do? What else do I know anything about?'

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