The Cup Quotes
Sir Michael Smurfit: I hear you're taking Vinnie to Australia?
Dermot Weld: Actually, Michael, I'm taking both.
Sir Michael Smurfit: Media Puzzle? I thought we decided he was headed for the knackery?
Dermot Weld: Hm, it's taken him eighteen months to build his nerve back, but believe me, it's back. He is flying.
Dermot Weld: Actually, Michael, I'm taking both.
Sir Michael Smurfit: Media Puzzle? I thought we decided he was headed for the knackery?
Dermot Weld: Hm, it's taken him eighteen months to build his nerve back, but believe me, it's back. He is flying.
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Irish Journalist: Dermot, is there any truth in the rumour you're taking Media Puzzle to Australia with Vinnie?
Dermot Weld: There is. It's really more company for Vinnie. They're stable mates, you know, great friends.
Irish Journalist: But he hasn't won anything in years.
Dermot Weld: There is. It's really more company for Vinnie. They're stable mates, you know, great friends.
Irish Journalist: But he hasn't won anything in years.
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RTE Reporter: How about Australia? Is Vinnie good enough to take them on in the Melbourne Cup?
Dermot Weld: Ah, I wouldn't say that. I'd say he's good enough to win it.
Dermot Weld: Ah, I wouldn't say that. I'd say he's good enough to win it.
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Jason Oliver: [seeing a pony among the race horses being unloaded from an intercontinental airplane]What's that?
Damien Oliver: That would be Henry. Jardine's Lookout's little friend.
Jason Oliver: Friend?
Damien Oliver: Apparently they're inseparable. Even sleep together.
Jason Oliver: How very British.
Damien Oliver: That would be Henry. Jardine's Lookout's little friend.
Jason Oliver: Friend?
Damien Oliver: Apparently they're inseparable. Even sleep together.
Jason Oliver: How very British.
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Pat Oliver: [after Damien has won the Geelong Cup on Media Puzzle]I just hope those Irish appreciate what they got.
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Sir Michael Smurfit: That's seven losses on seven top horses, and he couldn't even get a place.
Dermot Weld: All very true.
Sir Michael Smurfit: Surely enough is enough. We have to replace him.
Dermot Weld: Not necessarily. He's actually riding very well.
Sir Michael Smurfit: All I know is he's not winning. I put a lot of money into this venture already, I'm the owner and I say he goes.
Dermot Weld: I'm the trainer and I say he stays. The man and the horse are champions. It has to add up to something.
Sir Michael Smurfit: Both have huge problems. We don't even know if the horse will go the distance and the jockey is paralyzed with grief.
Dermot Weld: He's still our best option.
Dermot Weld: All very true.
Sir Michael Smurfit: Surely enough is enough. We have to replace him.
Dermot Weld: Not necessarily. He's actually riding very well.
Sir Michael Smurfit: All I know is he's not winning. I put a lot of money into this venture already, I'm the owner and I say he goes.
Dermot Weld: I'm the trainer and I say he stays. The man and the horse are champions. It has to add up to something.
Sir Michael Smurfit: Both have huge problems. We don't even know if the horse will go the distance and the jockey is paralyzed with grief.
Dermot Weld: He's still our best option.
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Sir Michael Smurfit: He's not the same man, Dermot, you know.
Dermot Weld: I believe he's the only man to ride that horse in the Cup. And if it means risking the copious amounts of money you give me to prove it, I'm prepared to do that.
Dermot Weld: I believe he's the only man to ride that horse in the Cup. And if it means risking the copious amounts of money you give me to prove it, I'm prepared to do that.
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Dermot Weld: [being interviewed]As far as the Melbourne Cup, you know, as a horse race it has no equal, so it attracts the very best. Australia has more racehorses than Ireland and England and the United States and Canada combined, you know? That's a fact. Makes it pretty special, doesn't it?
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Dermot Weld: You've been to Ireland, Damien. You know the rare sunny day always punctures a long stretch of darkness.
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Saeed Bin Suroor: [Coming into the stable block in the night before the race, seeing Dermot Weld sitting outside his horse's stable]I'm not surprised to find you here.
Dermot Weld: Nor you... It's never easy. I'll never forget the first time.
Saeed Bin Suroor: Ninety three.
Dermot Weld: Yeah.
Saeed Bin Suroor: Real or imaginary problems?
Dermot Weld: All anyone remembers is that we won. They don't realize that anything that could go wrong with that horse did go wrong. Vintage Crop had an inflamed sacroiliac.
Saeed Bin Suroor: He won a two miler with a bad back?
Dermot Weld: And ulcers. And he hadn't traveled well. Getting him out of the starting gates was a victory in itself. And still, after all that, every time I come back to race for the Cup they treat me like a catburglar.
Dermot Weld: Nor you... It's never easy. I'll never forget the first time.
Saeed Bin Suroor: Ninety three.
Dermot Weld: Yeah.
Saeed Bin Suroor: Real or imaginary problems?
Dermot Weld: All anyone remembers is that we won. They don't realize that anything that could go wrong with that horse did go wrong. Vintage Crop had an inflamed sacroiliac.
Saeed Bin Suroor: He won a two miler with a bad back?
Dermot Weld: And ulcers. And he hadn't traveled well. Getting him out of the starting gates was a victory in itself. And still, after all that, every time I come back to race for the Cup they treat me like a catburglar.
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Dermot Weld: I guess we are a little bit like Phar Lap's connections, Saeed. They want us here, they want the prestige we bring, but they definitely don't want us to win. It's not just the prize, it's who they are. You come these shores to race for the Cup, you're up against more than twenty trainers, you're up against the whole of Australia.
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[Last Lines]Damien Oliver: [Speaking to the crowd after winning the race]To all the people out there in the crowd, you've been wonderful support during the last three days for this trying time, and my brother Jason... I know you're out there, mate... and I couldn't have done it without you, buddy. So this one's for you.
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