It is a sad reflection on racing that £300,000 cannot be found to combat cocaine

After the crowning of two new Guineas winners this weekend, May promises to deliver Derby trials, Oaks trials and saliva trials. All three are important. All three should be revealing.

Benoit de la Sayette was the latest in an increasingly long list of British-based jockeys to provide a positive test for cocaine. He will most definitely not be the last, a fact about which we can be sure given Professional Jockeys Association chief executive Paul Struthers revealed last week that two more cases are in the pipeline.

Then, and before, Struthers was commendably candid. Indeed, as the spotlight has shone more intensely on the weighing room's relationship with cocaine, the PJA and its members have been vocal in calling for more testing and stronger action against those who put themselves, their colleagues and horses at risk by taking an illegal drug that is pernicious and ever more pervasive throughout society.