The week in words: 'The memory that will stick with me forever was the July Cup'

I've had a good innings. I ache a little bit here and there and get so frustrated I can't do everything I used to. After a day's driving now I have a bad back so I thought I'd let someone younger take over the reins
Peter Hedger calls time on his training career at Windsor, the same course he rode his last winner at as a jump jockey when getting the better of Stan Mellor in a handicap chase in 1965

The memory that will stick with me forever was the July Cup, and he didn't even win any prize-money. That's not a place your average youth-turned-knobhead from Immingham should be frequenting, let alone stood in the parade ring before one of the biggest races of the year
Owner Stuart Graham nominates Intisaab's seventh in the 2017 July Cup as a career highlight after the retirement of his stalwart through injury

There's no question, in this game you struggle, which is why a horse like Pyledriver is so important to us. He's taken his coat off, rolled up his sleeves and showed he can do whatever you ask him to, and all of a sudden you've got what could be your first Derby runner, and it means the world
William Muir on his Investec Derby runner Pyledriver, who propelled the yard into the spotlight after his King Edward VII Stakes triumph

I'd do a long day trading, then come back and plough through pedigrees for hours. That may have a lot to do with the fact that I'm no longer married!
Top owner Bjorn Nielsen recalls his career as a trader

I personally haven't come across a horse born at that time of year before
Donnacha O'Brien ponders the peculiar breeding of his first turf winner Great House, a four-year-old who if born a few days later would register as a three-year-old

He’s one of those horses who puts a smile on your face every time you see him. That sounds really corny but he literally does
Donald McCain reminisces about his retired stable stalwart Overturn in the latest edition of our Fans' Favourites series

I know some jockeys say they're happy to have a partner who knows nothing about racing and doesn't want to talk about it, but how would I be able to justify going to Australia for four months of the year and leave behind a girlfriend who's stuck in an office?
Tom Marquand on his relationship with weighing room colleague and fellow top rider Hollie Doyle

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