'She's once in a lifetime' - the best quotes from the 2022 Cheltenham Festival

To have that roar back and to get to walk back in when you can’t see space and you can just see bodies is just incredible. It is the closest thing to feeling like a rock star you will ever feel without being able to sing

Rachael Blackmore appreciates the return of racegoers to Cheltenham after her Gold Cup success on A Plus Tard

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He was like Patrick Swayze, he danced that well. Honest to God I've never seen anything like it
Sir AP McCoy on Edwardstone's awesome sidestep from a faller in the Arkle on Tuesday

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He has an enormous turn of foot. It's as if he is racing two gears below everything else because it's all so easy for him. And the turbo works
Nicky Henderson salutes Constitution Hill after his staggering Supreme Novices' Hurdle victory

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Where's Matt [Chapman]? I haven't managed to find him yet. I'd love to have a word with him
Henry de Bromhead goads the racing broadcaster after Honeysuckle's second Champion Hurdle success

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Jockeys dream of getting on good horses, but she takes that to a whole new level. She's special, she's once in a lifetime
Rachael Blackmore pays tribute to Honeysuckle after their win

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I was really, really relaxed and calm but then three years of emotion burst out, about ten lengths from the line I was in tears
Owner Andy Edwards lets it all out after L'Homme Presse's Brown Advisory Novices' Chase victory

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The plan was to pop out and be up there over the first and settle where we saw fit, but he just couldn't get to them. He couldn't get out of the ground going to the first fence
Nicky Henderson reflects on Shishkin's disappointing effort in the Queen Mother Champion Chase

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We looked well beaten. I was surprised to see him come off the bridle as early as he did. I didn't think I'd ever see a horse make him look like that
Henry de Bromhead on Bob Olinger's fortuitous win in the Turners Novices' Chase

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The world's going to say you should've done this or that, but he made a decision and his intentions were right. He'll get vilified, I know it, I got vilified for years
Ruby Walsh defends Paul Townend following Galopin Des Champs' heartbreaking final-fence fall in the Turners

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The horse was due it, we were due it, the parish was due it and the country was due it! Hopefully we'll all celebrate in comfort now and drink a few pints on Paddy's Day. These are memories we'll never forget
Flooring Porter's part-owner Ned Hogarty gears up for some major celebrations following a second Stayers' Hurdle triumph

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Danny was magic on him, it takes bravery – and I could use a couple of other words I can't say on national television
Ruby Walsh is full of praise for Danny Mullins after his ride on Flooring Porter

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For a moment in my mind I thought, 'That's me gone' but I've pulled him out, given him a crack and I could feel the fire in his belly. He's an angry horse but that made him angrier
Adam Wedge hails Coole Cody's tenacity following his win in the Irish Craft Whiskey Plate

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We got excited for a moment and thought we were in with a good chance, but he's only a seven-year-old. The dream is still on for next year
The Protektorat camp are already eyeing revenge in next year's Gold Cup following his gallant third

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I've got a 12-year-old at home, who is probably gutted because she wanted to do something Rachael Blackmore has just done and be the first lady to win the Gold Cup. She's inspiring kids everywhere
Ruby Walsh leads the appreciation for Rachael Blackmore after she became the first female jockey to win the Gold Cup

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