'The buzz was back - and that adrenaline of nearly falling was half a second that you just can’t get back until you’re in that situation'

It was supposed to be a quick call about a couple of juvenile winners. Instead, it became 45 minutes of fascinating insight into one of the most varied careers in the sport's recent history. 

Dougie Costello has achieved what most jockeys could only dream of and is now appreciating the latest twist in a career that has seen him become one of only two jockeys this century to ride more than 300 winners in Britain both on the Flat and over jumps. 

The Cheltenham Festival winner reinvented himself as a Flat jockey on the champion sprinter Quiet Reflection nearly a decade ago and for the last 18 months has been a major cog in the wheel at Charlie Appleby's yard.