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You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

— Arrigo Sacchi

I never realised that to become a jockey you needed to be a horse first.

— Arrigo Sacchi

Sometimes you buy the horse, sometimes you invest in the jockey. It really comes down to the actual business and the upside.

— Mark Cuban

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

— Joe Torre

When a jockey retires, he just becomes another little man

— Eddie Arcaro

Great trainers and great jockeys keep a horse from getting beat.

— Bob Baffert

I bought a racehorse, Tropical Saint, that belonged to the Queen Mother. I used to go down to Banbury and watch him train, but…

— Rick Wakeman

Owning a racehorse is probably the most expensive way of getting on to a racecourse for nothing.

— Clement Freud

No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the…

— John Kessel

A good jockey doesn't need orders and a bad jockey couldn't carry them out anyway; so it's best not to give them any.

— Lester Piggott

I hope to be remembered as a very good jockey.

— Chantal Sutherland

I've won the Derby with the best horse and I've lost the Derby with the best horse.

— Bob Baffert