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

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
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

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
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
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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'