'People have offered me congratulations while I've been shopping in Tesco'

The best quotes from the racing world this week . . .

People have been so kind, coming up to me and offering congratulations even as I walk around the aisles of Tesco doing my shopping!
Kirsten Rausing on the Alpinista effect after the Arc-winning mare's retirement

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You always hope to find another one as good, but I don’t know whether I’d find another as brave and honest as her
Alpinista's jockey Luke Morris also hails the Arc heroine

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That was relief, elation and all sorts of emotions. I’ve dreamed about this moment since I started riding and I couldn’t believe it when we pinged the last
Conditional jockey Kieren Buckley shares his feelings on riding his first Cheltenham winner

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Kieren Buckley: enjoyed a first Cheltenham success on Sweet Will on FridayCredit: John Grossick

It's an amazing gesture and is such a lovely thing for Michael to have done. We really do appreciate the sentiment
Henry de Bromhead thanks Michael O'Leary for renaming the Mares' Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in honour of the trainer's late son Jack

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They took around 40 minutes working the distance out. There were suggestions it was seven and three-quarter lengths or eight and a quarter; all this while everyone was gasping for a drink waiting at the bar!
Pub owner Freddie Tulloch on promising customers a free drink if Flightline won the Breeders' Cup Classic by eight lengths or more

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If you're not on regularly enough it can be hard to build the relationship between the sport's participants and the public, but through the coming weeks we'll be giving people a chance to latch on
Jane Mangan hails the decision for RTE to broadcast a blockbuster sequence of Sunday racing in Ireland

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You never used to see that on racecourses; your biggest enemy was the bookmaker, not the guy sat next to youRacegoer Steve Kilmartin speaks at Cheltenham about the ongoing behaviour issues racecourses face

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