Frost-Dunne hangover begins to dissipate but one word is still causing concern

Michael Caulfield, the former chief executive of the Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) and a leading sports psychologist, had some simple but refreshingly sage advice following a tumultuous and divisive week for the sport when he said on Friday: "Racing needs to take a deep breath."

It had not yet taken one at Cheltenham that same day on the first afternoon of the track's two-day International meeting. The wounds from the disciplinary verdict a day earlier that resulted in jockey Robbie Dunne being suspended for 18 months were still too raw for reflection.

The shocking details of the case involving Bryony Frost had clearly rocked British racing to its core, but what seemed to cut deeper for many was the assertion by BHA counsel Louis Weston that the weighing room culture was "rancid" and in some way unwelcoming.