'I watch lads go around and I just think, 'What do you think you're doing?''

The best quotes from the last week in the racing world...

I couldn't believe the price. He's shown ability in the mornings and I thought he was in with a chance. Sadly, I'm not a brave gambler, I didn't want to jinx it, so I only had £1 each-way. The lad who rides him and took him to Kempton had £5 each-way, he was over the moon – a nice Christmas bonus for him
Marco Botti reflects on Giavellotto's 100-1 debut victory at Kempton

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Dan's doing his damnedest to beat me now and it's a nuisance. Winning the championship is all he's interested in and one day he'll do it and I'll be proud to shake his hand, but I'll still be annoyed. It ain't going to happen for a minute, though
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls isn't looking over his shoulder just yet as Dan Skelton bids to win the title for the first time

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I watch lads go around, they're getting paid nearly £200 a ride now, they come back in and I just think, 'What do you think you're doing?'
John Francome criticises the standard of modern-day jockeys in a new Racing Post video interview

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He's relit my career from the time I had out. I dropped away and tried my hand at a new career as a gardener, but I missed racing so much. When sport came back I was determined to come back as a conditional. It was the best decision I ever made
Conditional rider Danny Burton hails trainer Sam Drinkwater after the pair combined to score at Lingfield on Monday

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It’s disappointing again from a financial point of view, but I just think it’s indicative of the wider view of gambling, and how people’s opinions are changing, that it’s grouped together with sexual services, illegal activities and, even more worryingly, politics. It's a worrying time to be involved in the gambling industry
On-course bookmaker Jimmy Lovell describes the decision to force Chepstow’s Welsh Grand National meeting behind closed doors as “a sickener”

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The place had changed completely. It all got very serious. Jockeys started going to the gym instead of going to the pub
Paul Carberry on how different things were in his riding days

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Read more from our Quotes of the Week series:

'I'll carry on. What else am I going to do? What else do I know anything about?'

'Where would I get on anyway? I'm not interested in those types of bets'

'It was a 'whoa' moment. We didn't realise there was trouble'

'Sitting in that cell for 24 hours, I was thinking it was the end of my career'

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