No winners in Noble Yeats farce - except fans of competitive form-filling

"We're all in this together" is one of those things that people feel they ought to say, even though their listeners will instinctively understand it isn't true. When hard times come, some will suffer and others will carry on as before.

Still, it is surprising to me how often people in racing find themselves pulling in different directions and then having to play the blame game when, inevitably, we don't end up where anyone wanted to go. The latest example is the vaccinations stramash that torpedoed Noble Yeats's entry for Lingfield's newish feature chase on Sunday.

Lest you imagine otherwise, this was not a case of a necessary vaccination having been missed. Noble Yeats has had his vaccination and is reported to be in the pink of health. There would have been no risk whatever in his mixing with other horses in Surrey this weekend.