'We've won almost three times the amount we won for winning the Tolworth Hurdle'

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

Going to the races is a way of getting off the farm – we don't do anything else. We don't go on holidays and we don't go to the pub. But we still get as excited about having a winner as we did 30 years ago
Anne and Ian Hamilton reflect on the remarkable success of their four horse string

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He's very laid-back at home but he gets anxious at the races, but Jamie is great with him. She's got an iPod she plays to him to dull out the sound of the commentary
Lucinda Russell explains how Kelso specialist Big River relaxes at the races after his eighth win at the Scottish track

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At the start of the season I hoped it'd be nice to get 100 again, but to do it now is a surprise. It's sneaked up on us, but it's lovely and a mark of how hard everyone has worked
Donald McCain reacts to becoming the first British jumps trainer to hit a century of winners this season

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That day, as a jump jockey riding four with chances on the Flat, it was money for jam, but s*** happens. I wouldn't say I'm at total peace with retirement and would have loved another five or six years, but I knew my fate before Christmas and I've accepted it better than I thought
Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Jerry McGrath announces his retirement from riding due to injury at the age of 31

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I have always followed racing and enjoyed having a bet. Now, the racing has become more important to me because it gives me something that I really love to follow. The Injured Jockeys Fund have made sure I have the racing to watch by very kindly getting me Sky.
Owner Stevie Fisher, who has locked-in syndrome, explains the importance of racing in his life after watching his horse Mark Of Gold win at Plumpton

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We didn't expect to see Sheikh Mohammed here, like we didn't expect to see the Queen last week when she had a winner, but it's good to see the colours flying round. It's creating a bit of a stir and it's really positive.
Southwell's chief executive Mark Clayton pleased to see big name owners flocking to the Nottinghamshire track after Godolphin's first winner on the Tapeta surface

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We've won almost three times the amount we got for winning the Tolworth Hurdle. It's a great initiative and you can count on Metier being here next year.
Trainer Harry Fry praises Lingfield's inaugural Winter Million after his Tolworth winner Metier bounces back to form in the £100,000 handicap hurdle

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Read more from our Quotes of the Week series:

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

'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?''

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