'Ronnie's words were always the same - could Maradona's brother play football?'
God, he was awesome
David Bass eulogises over Imperial Aura's Colin Parker success
He'll probably run in all those good Graded hurdles this season. If he's no good I'll threaten him with going chasing to do a Faugheen!
Jessica Harrington plots Supasundae's campaign in our stable tours series
He's been very difficult to train and he usually loses his race in the horsebox before he gets to the track. So I actually trotted him to the track to take the idea of the horsebox out of his head! We also kept him away from other horses. He has phobias about everything. Horseboxes, other horses, anything – he's a wimp!
Trainer David Dunne on Fairyhouse winner Vodka Society
In February I was getting stretchered off there and when the fall happened it was one of the scariest moments of my life. I tried to get up and I couldn't. You can imagine the thoughts that were going through my mind, being very good friends with Freddy Tylicki who wasn't as lucky as I was. So you're going from one extreme to riding my 2,000th winner at the same place – it's pretty unbelievable
Paul Hanagan after riding his 2,000th winner at Newcastle
It's a fantastic achievement from everyone at David Pipe's. If you see him walking around he's still got a belly on him! He's unbelievable and it's a pleasure to ride him
Ben Curtis waxes lyrical over Pipe's training of Main Fact, who secured his eight straight victory at Nottingham
We've looked at lots of Simonsig's relations over the years and Ronnie's words were always the same – could Maradona's brother play football?
Nicky Henderson points out that not all siblings have the same ability after Simonsig's half-brother Dusart made a winning debut
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