The list of those who prove you are old enough if you are good enough is endless but what Billy has achieved is incredible

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I was blown away by it. I rang Neil [Smith, part-owner] just before the race and said 'don’t be disappointed if he doesn’t win, because the ground is pretty soft and it’s a lot of weight'.

Dan Skelton was impressed by the chase debut success of Sinnatra at Ffos Las on Wednesday

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I've been training nearly 35 years now and I've enjoyed every minute of it. If it wasn't for the two boys I'd carry on, but you've got to give everyone a chance in this sport. It's a young man's game as far as I'm concerned.

Gary Moore revealed his decision to quit training, with his sons Josh and Jamie taking over the licence next week

Gary Moore brings his training career to an end with sons Josh and Jamie to take on new partnership from next week

Billy Loughnane: a star of the sport and now a championCredit: Alan Crowhurst (Getty Images)

The list of those who prove you are old enough if you are good enough is endless: Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen, Martina Hingis, to name a select few, but none of them was competing at the highest level and trying to live on fresh air. What Billy has achieved and what he does daily to keep himself at a respectable weight is incredible.

Ruby Walsh was full of praise for freshly crowned champion jockey Billy Loughnane in his latest exclusive Racing Post column

Billy Loughnane is already miles ahead of where Frankie and Ryan were at his age - and he has to overcome a daily challenge they never had

His progression was supernatural. Billy went and won on Rebel's Romance, and from there on it just became second nature that he would always be here on a Wednesday and a Saturday. He became a proper part of the team. I saw him maturing into a rider of real substance.

Charlie Appleby similarly paid his compliments to Loughnane

'His progression was supernatural' – inside the rise of Billy Loughnane, Britain's youngest champion for a century

The high streets are already so devoid of life [due to retail closures] and Lambourn would become a ghost town if betting shops shut and racing's funding gets slashed. The whole area is built on one thing – horseracing – and it's the same for Newmarket, Middleham and elsewhere.

Nicky Henderson was among the sport's biggest names to deliver a stark warning to the chancellor before the upcoming budget

Tax rise will create 'ghost towns' and destroy the sport - racing's biggest names deliver stark warning to chancellor

Dubawi: a legend of racingCredit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

He gets whatever he wants because he's Dubawi . . . he’s still the king of Dalham Hall Stud, and he knows it.

Martin Stevens spoke to Darley’s director of stallions Sam Bullard about Dubawi and his immense legacy

'He's the king and he knows it' - Dubawi defying time by making a deep impact on pedigrees while still covering mares

She’s definitely probably my favourite to have trained because she’s just been such a joy to have in the yard for so long.

Andrew Balding paid tribute to stable star Kalpana

'She's everybody's favourite' - Andrew Balding salutes stable star Kalpana as she looks to end on a high on likely Champions Day swansong

Kalpana; Andrew Balding's 'favourite'Credit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

Some rides seem to be last-gasp but, when you go back and watch again, the signs were there from the start. Most were suckered into taking it up too soon, whereas Moore, on a horse who had hit the crossbar more often than Jimmy Bullard on Soccer AM, knew he had to wait.

Ross Brierley relived a peach of a ride from Ryan Moore in his awards for the 2026 Flat season

The £4,000 buy who proved a star and the star trainer who deserves £400,000 buys - these are my alternative champions for 2026

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