- ''You have to give the horse what he wants and not what you want. If a race is over five furlongs then you have to use the horse's energy to get the required result. The clever jockeys understand the right time to use the horse and this is what makes them great.''
- ''If you get nervous in racing, the horse will know. The horse knows everything about you… who you are and what you want. He is like a well programmed machine. He has a micro-chip in his brain… if you panic then he panics… so I ask the horse what he wants from it and after the race I thank him irrespective of the result.''
- ''Small trainers, or big trainers… they are the same for me. From Jebel Ali, to Sharjah, to the Dubai World Cup, or the Breeders' Cup… all trainers are the same. Because you want to give everyone who trusts you and gives you his horse to ride everything that you can give.''
Ahmad Ajtebi
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