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'I came in for a lot of ridicule and some of it was rough - but everyone here always had my back'

'I came in for a lot of ridicule and some of it was rough - but everyone here always had my back'

'You always look up to the champion jockey - and I can't believe that's going to be me'

'You always look up to the champion jockey - and I can't believe that's going to be me'

'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

'I've still got the fire in me' - why it will take more than a brush with death to stop Nicky Richards

'I've still got the fire in me' - why it will take more than a brush with death to stop Nicky Richards

'If things aren't quite right I'm amazed at how some people can start doubting you - and that hurts'

'If things aren't quite right I'm amazed at how some people can start doubting you - and that hurts'

'It was the lowest I've ever been, struggling to see the light - and within a few months we've won the Champion Hurdle!'

'It was the lowest I've ever been, struggling to see the light - and within a few months we've won the Champion Hurdle!'

'I'm not the fella at a football match who is roaring and shouting from the stands' - inside the mind of Barry Geraghty

'I'm not the fella at a football match who is roaring and shouting from the stands' - inside the mind of Barry Geraghty

'Don't think it was all plain sailing - there were times when I couldn't believe how stupid I had been'

'Don't think it was all plain sailing - there were times when I couldn't believe how stupid I had been'

The making of a champion: Ruby Walsh, Patrick Mullins and Paul Townend tell the incredible story of Galopin Des Champs

The making of a champion: Ruby Walsh, Patrick Mullins and Paul Townend tell the incredible story of Galopin Des Champs

'I knew how hard it was going to be to resist Willie last season - but if we get beat this year it will feel very different'

'I knew how hard it was going to be to resist Willie last season - but if we get beat this year it will feel very different'

'This is what I've always aimed for and now it's come along - it's been quite surreal'

'This is what I've always aimed for and now it's come along - it's been quite surreal'

Make-out buses, car-park scraps and a whole lot of love: how life in this unique family rejuvenated Sam Twiston-Davies

Make-out buses, car-park scraps and a whole lot of love: how life in this unique family rejuvenated Sam Twiston-Davies

'I've achieved what I wanted to and the most important thing was ending with a double green winner - the stars aligned'

'I've achieved what I wanted to and the most important thing was ending with a double green winner - the stars aligned'

‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

'I came in for a lot of ridicule and some of it was rough - but everyone here always had my back'

'I came in for a lot of ridicule and some of it was rough - but everyone here always had my back'

'You always look up to the champion jockey - and I can't believe that's going to be me'

'You always look up to the champion jockey - and I can't believe that's going to be me'

'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

'I've still got the fire in me' - why it will take more than a brush with death to stop Nicky Richards

'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

'I've still got the fire in me' - why it will take more than a brush with death to stop Nicky Richards

'If things aren't quite right I'm amazed at how some people can start doubting you - and that hurts'

'If things aren't quite right I'm amazed at how some people can start doubting you - and that hurts'

'It was the lowest I've ever been, struggling to see the light - and within a few months we've won the Champion Hurdle!'

'It was the lowest I've ever been, struggling to see the light - and within a few months we've won the Champion Hurdle!'

'I'm not the fella at a football match who is roaring and shouting from the stands' - inside the mind of Barry Geraghty

'I'm not the fella at a football match who is roaring and shouting from the stands' - inside the mind of Barry Geraghty

'Don't think it was all plain sailing - there were times when I couldn't believe how stupid I had been'

'Don't think it was all plain sailing - there were times when I couldn't believe how stupid I had been'

The making of a champion: Ruby Walsh, Patrick Mullins and Paul Townend tell the incredible story of Galopin Des Champs

The making of a champion: Ruby Walsh, Patrick Mullins and Paul Townend tell the incredible story of Galopin Des Champs

'I knew how hard it was going to be to resist Willie last season - but if we get beat this year it will feel very different'

'I knew how hard it was going to be to resist Willie last season - but if we get beat this year it will feel very different'

'This is what I've always aimed for and now it's come along - it's been quite surreal'

'This is what I've always aimed for and now it's come along - it's been quite surreal'

Make-out buses, car-park scraps and a whole lot of love: how life in this unique family rejuvenated Sam Twiston-Davies

Make-out buses, car-park scraps and a whole lot of love: how life in this unique family rejuvenated Sam Twiston-Davies

'I've achieved what I wanted to and the most important thing was ending with a double green winner - the stars aligned'

'I've achieved what I wanted to and the most important thing was ending with a double green winner - the stars aligned'

‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

‘I could be in a bar and some drunk would come up to me and say, ‘Are you the fella who rode her mother?'

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

'Peter O'Sullevan didn't speak to me for 18 months' - the dramatic inside story of how Channel 4 stole Cheltenham from the BBC

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

‘We were like a kid who’d had his ball taken away - now we’ve got it back but I’m sure Willie will be trying to nick it’

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

'It's been ten months since Mark died and I still come back into the house and think he's here'

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

Barbados beginnings and BBC rejection: the extraordinarily eclectic roots of Sir Michael Stoute's life in racing

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

'You're all doom and gloom but you don't know what's been going on, so I hope we can prove you all wrong and shut you all up'

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

It's been a quarter of a century since we started - here's how we've seen the sport we love change

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

‘When you’re in the moment and you’re starved, you’re ready to explode - everything built up and I just lost my s**t’

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'I still remember the look on Paul Nicholls' face - but it would have been a lot worse if I hadn't held on!'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'It was devastating – but as a leader you've got to stand up, pick everyone else up and take them forward with you'

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

'He was still 100-1 at the post, so it was hopefully quite well planned' - renowned punter Patrick Veitch on a life in betting and a new venture

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