'If you f***ed up you would lose your job. You might have got away with one bad ride, but not two'

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

It got to the point where it was almost unbearable. I was struggling to manage everything and basically burnt myself out. I didn't want to stop riding, but I needed a break
Oli Stammers reveals why he took time away from the sport after riding his first winner of the year

'It's been a crazy ten months but I'm back where I want to be' - Oli Stammers returns to saddle after weight battle 

I am surprised and very disappointed. It was one of those things and it's not like I intentionally set out to do what happened. I feel like I didn't do anything wrong
Shark Hanlon confirms he is going to appeal his ten-month training suspension

Shark Hanlon 'surprised and disappointed' at ten-month suspension over transport of dead horse in open trailer 

As a young teenager trying to get going in the sport, I idolised him and I thought he had such an amazing mindset. He's obviously made of different stuff. There's only one McCoy
Gina Mangan is excited to be riding out with Sir Anthony McCoy after losing her claim

'There’s only one McCoy' - Gina Mangan rides out with multiple champion as she plans for life without a claim 

All of us trainers have to make that decision when we cut a horse. You can work your way around it, there's just a few races in which you can't run. You can't have everything, can you?
Sir Mark Prescott gives his opinion on whether geldings should be allowed to run in the Arc

Major Arc change could be on the cards with door open for geldings to run in Europe's biggest Flat race 

Back when I was riding against the greats, the likes of Pat Eddery, Walter Swinburn and Steve Cauthen, if you f***ed up you would lose your job. You might have got away with one bad ride, but not two
Kieren Fallon speaks about losing the ride on Bosra Sham in the latest part of The Horses Who Made Me series

‘No-one knew how good she was - but all the owners and quite a few of my friends did. They absolutely smashed into her’ 

It's dropping off a cliff. It's like running a bank now. Back in the day you'd have little fellas selling you cloth and two bits of chalk for your board and field books, and you'd get the stories of bookmakers before my time, but the buzz has gone
Bookmaker Keith Johnson gives his opinion on the current state of the ring

'My worst day as a bookie? Don't Push It's Grand National cost me 16½ pence an inch' 

He was given a ridiculous handicap mark by the handicapper. I thought he was a 55 [rated] horse and they gave him 32, which was a bit of an embarrassment
Trainer Tony Newcombe celebrates his first winner of the year with a 32-rated horse at Chepstow

‘He was given a ridiculous handicap mark’ - odds-on favourite trades at 1.01 but is beaten by 66-1 outsider 

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'This result came from Stefano' - emotional Cieren Fallon pays tribute to late rider as 25-1 shot Montassib stuns rivals in Sprint Cup  

'A ridiculous position for a sport to find itself in' - Henry Daly blasts cancellation of small-field Newton Abbot race   

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