'It was millions to one and really impossible for him to come back from what he came back from. At one stage we weren't sure he'd live'

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

The minute he was born I put him on a rocking horse and he just gelled in it. I'm biased but we all believe in our kids and he's doing everything I thought he would. This is what dreams are made of
Mark Loughnane is overcome with emotion after his son, Billy, struck at Royal Ascot for the first time on Rashabar in the Coventry Stakes

'This is what dreams are made of' - 80-1 Rashabar provides Billy Loughnane with first Royal Ascot winner 

I’ve had some amazing horses, and Montjeu and Thunder Gulch come to mind, and when you have a horse like this you never get tired of it. When he hits the front, it’s just a great feeling
Michael Tabor hails Auguste Rodin among his greats following his Prince of Wales's Stakes success

'Very special' Auguste Rodin bounces back to his best and earns high praise from Aidan O'Brien and Michael Tabor 

Training racehorses is like a rollercoaster. I was so down after my filly finished tailed off in the Coronation Stakes and he has won easily. It's unbelievable
Francis Graffard reflects on the emotions the week has on you following Calandagan's stunning King Edward VII Stakes win

'Pretty special' Calandagan romps home on rollercoaster day for French trainer Francis Graffard 

I'd say it's millions to one and really impossible for him to come back from what he came back from. At one stage we weren't sure he'd live. No horse has ever been x-rayed or scanned more in their life than him
Aidan O'Brien reveals just how remarkable Kyprios has been following another Gold Cup victory

'Ryan was masterful' - Kyprios is king of the stayers again as he regains his Gold Cup crown in an epic 

I couldn't believe he got beaten in the Guineas the way he was travelling that day. He went and won the Irish Guineas very well and he's the complete package. He's as good as I've ever seen in our place
Richard Hannon is thrilled Rosallion proved himself as the star three-year-old miler in the St James's Palace Stakes

'He's as good as I've seen in our place' - Rosallion repays Hannon's faith with stunning surge in St James's Palace Stakes 

When those plans go right you're churlish if you don't enjoy them. Normally when I have one of these concocted things, the temptation to be a clever dick overcomes me and I overthink it and it goes wrong, but today it went right
Sir Mark Prescott revels in the plan for Pledgeofallegiance coming off in the Ascot Stakes

Pledgeofallegiance ends 28-year wait for another Royal Ascot win for jubilant Sir Mark Prescott 

I gave her an impossible task and she got me out of a hole. I kind of wanted to be towards the stands’ side a little bit, the fancied horses were there, but we didn’t go mad. There was a wall of horses in front of me and around me and it’s incredible that she was able to win from that position
Ryan Moore heaps praise on Fairy Godmother after her remarkable Albany Stakes success

'She got me out of a hole' - Fairy Godmother answers Ryan Moore's prayers for an unlikely Albany success 

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'Ryan was masterful' - Kyprios is king of the stayers again as he regains his Gold Cup crown in an epic 

'He's as good as I've seen in our place' - Rosallion repays Hannon's faith with stunning surge in St James's Palace Stakes 

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