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'Barney's absolutely livid, I'm there like a timid schoolboy'

Luke Harvey: recalled his feisty encounter with Barney Curley at Folkestone in 2005
Luke Harvey: recalled his feisty encounter with Barney Curley at Folkestone in 2005Credit: Getty Images

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I'm very lucky I've been able to walk away from this. A few inches different and I would have been in a wheelchair. I'm lucky to be able to think about getting on a horse
Jockey Henry Brooke looks on this bright side after breaking three vertebrae in his neck in a schooling fall

He's not the Bill Bailey everyone thinks he is!
Trainer Richard Hughes confirmed the winning owner of One Last Dance at Wolverhampton last Sunday was sadly not the comedian turned Strictly Come Dancing cult hero

Barney's absolutely livid, I'm there like a timid schoolboy and John was very subservient, which was most unlike him.
Luke Harvey recalls his vivid memories of the grilling he received off Barney Curley on that fateful day at Folkestone in 2005

A lot of people have been in a dark area for a long time and this offers them that little bit of light, and when you can see that light there's always hope.
Jockey Daryl Jacob echoed the views of not only the weighing room but the racing community after the return of spectators was confirmed

It's absolutely soul destroying – it breaks my heart.
Gowran boss Eddie Scally had differing emotions with the prospect of no racegoers at tracks in Ireland for the foreseeable future

What I would love is for people to be allowed to be who they are without fear or judgement. That is not just for racing, that is across the board in all walks of life.
Broadcaster Rishi Persad hopes racing can help the world tackle prejudice and discrimination in a Racing Post interview


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