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Quotes of the week

'Sheikh Fahad has been an amazing supporter and it's been a great relationship but things have changed'

Andrew and Anna-Lisa Balding Cartier Awards 20.11.24
Anna-Lisa Balding, wife of trainer Andrew, spoke about Qatar Racing leaving the Kingsclere yard this weekCredit: Dan Abraham/focusonracing.com

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


The entry fee was £750, so even if we come for a day out she should run — and there was £2,265 for finishing sixth. Watching the race I was cheering 'go on, get sixth'. It was so exciting because you don't really expect it
Tracy Waggott revels in the glory of her 200-1 winner on All-Weather Championships finals day

200-1 shot beaten almost 50 lengths in five previous starts becomes joint-biggest-priced British Flat winner 

All good things come to an end. Sheikh Fahad has been an amazing supporter of the yard. We're very grateful to him. We've had four individual Group 1 winners for him in Elm Park, Side Glance, Kameko and New Century. It's been a great relationship but things have changed
Andrew Balding's assistant and wife Anna Lisa reflects on the news Qatar Racing have removed their horses from his yard

Setback for Andrew Balding as Sheikh Fahad's Qatar Racing remove all their horses from his yard 

Unless someone is collating data from all 60 courses and analysing it over many years, it's pointless – there is no one-stick-reading-fits-all across the country
Thirsk's clerk of the course James Sanderson defends the practice of amending GoingStick readings before publishing them

'If we published the readings they would be misleading' - clerk defends decision to amend GoingStick reports before release 

Keith Donoghue: top-class rider who rates alongside the very best
Keith Donoghue: still baffled by Sixandahalf's defeat at the festivalCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

We paid €6,000 and the plan was this race. We just can’t believe it, we’re over the moon about the whole thing. We’ve won a few quid, we’re in Cheltenham on Thursday night and we’ll paint it red
Eddie Kinirons is thrilled with Lagoon Nebula's win at Cheltenham

'We'll paint Cheltenham red' - Irish syndicate plans big celebration after pulling off 28-1 coup with first-time winner in opener 

In ten years' time, I’m sure Thady’s not going to want me hobbling around in the background. What I can assure you is that I'm not going anywhere any time soon
John Gosden remains as hungry as ever in the training game

John Gosden changes company name but trainer promises 'I'm not going anywhere any time soon' 

I'll treat him to a few carrots. He used to hate people and all of this. The first year we did this we had to stop people coming in, but now he doesn't care
Jonbon's work rider Paddy Murphy is impressed by his star's laid-back attitude at the Lambourn open day

'It's like queueing up to see Messi' - crowds flock to Constitution Hill on hugely successful Lambourn Open Day 


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Confirmed runners and riders for the 2025 Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse 

A runner-up 22 times and placed another 13 - joy as one of racing's unluckiest horses ends two-year drought 


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