Sight of fight victim lying on ground left us with horrible memory

In terms of what happened on the track, we had a good time at Lingfield last Saturday night, yet we didn't really go home too happy. The reason for that is the experience we had while there and some of the things we saw.

One thing I want to stress is I am not trying to single out Lingfield or its owners for criticism. What happened there seven days ago could have happened at many other racecourses. I'm writing about Lingfield because we were at Lingfield and were very concerned by the events we witnessed.

For 20 years I spent most of my time on Britain's racecourses cocooned inside weighing rooms. If I was not riding the only meetings I ever went to were the Cheltenham and Leopardstown Christmas festivals. At those jumps fixtures the only folk you come across are proper racing people who love the sport and have paid to attend because of the sport.