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'This has probably been the toughest season we've ever had - it's hard on everybody, and it has certainly tested our character'
The best quotes from the racing world this week

It makes me so driven. I don’t chill out on the sofa on a Sunday, I’ll go ride out for free. I want to do well, I want to please, normal people would work out if it was worth it whereas someone with ADHD, I want to do it
Lilly Pinchin opens up on how her condition helps her with her racing life
I found it hugely inspiring to spend time with someone of his class who did so much for racing. It has always been a huge pleasure to go racing with a horse carrying those silks
Francis Graffard pays tribute to the Aga Khan after his death at the age of 88
He was very quiet and a lovely man to speak to. He was also a lovely man to ride for as he didn't put you under any pressure and just said, ‘Do your best and we’ll hope for the best’
Ray Cochrane, who rode a Derby winner for the Aga Khan, also remembers the esteemed owner
'I owe the Aga Khan a great debt of gratitude' - Luca Cumani remembers the prestigious owner-breeder
If I run her in the Champion Hurdle, would I have ever had a horse with as good a chance as her? Probably not. She's a lot faster than Apple's Jade
Gordon Elliott waxes lyrical about his stable star Brighterdaysahead
It blew my mind, especially against a field of top-class horses. Ted Walsh rang me the following morning and he said he hadn’t seen a performance like that since Golden Cygnet, which is something huge for someone like Ted to say
Willie Mullins is shocked by the manner of Kopek Des Bordes's Dublin Racing Festival performance
Willie Mullins is amazing, especially with the logistics of having that many runners and all the different owners. How on earth do you cope with everything? I watched with admiration but we've got to get on, mind our own business and try and make sure we get our horses to Cheltenham
Nicky Henderson is preparing to take on the Mullins might at Cheltenham next month
I have to say this has probably been the toughest season we've ever had. Not just the fact the horses haven't been running very well, but the weather has been atrocious here. It's hard on everybody, and it has certainly tested our character
Jeremy Scott hopes stable flagbearer Golden Ace can turn around his campaign
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- 'They couldn't give me drugs strong enough to keep me asleep – my body was that strong, they couldn't keep me in a coma'
- 'Racing is a conveyor belt where it's just relentless and you can't take your foot off the gas'
- 'If you're good and you look like you ride like a boy, you'll be fine. But there is a disadvantage being a girl'
- 'Big yards or small yards, everyone has their five minutes of fame and then it's just somebody else's turn'
- 'Willie can be quite understated but I think even he was keen to acknowledge that this one looks like the real deal'
- 'They couldn't give me drugs strong enough to keep me asleep – my body was that strong, they couldn't keep me in a coma'
- 'Racing is a conveyor belt where it's just relentless and you can't take your foot off the gas'
- 'If you're good and you look like you ride like a boy, you'll be fine. But there is a disadvantage being a girl'
- 'Big yards or small yards, everyone has their five minutes of fame and then it's just somebody else's turn'
- 'Willie can be quite understated but I think even he was keen to acknowledge that this one looks like the real deal'