YOU think that some things are important, you think that who wins the July Cup is important, you think that a Galway prospect running a nice race is important. Then a young rider has a horrific fall and there is perspective.

We know that it is part of it all. Even those of us who do not take our lives into our hands three or four or five or six times in one day know that it is a part of it. There have been too many jolting reminders of late. We know that there is always the probability of injury and the possibility of serious injury. We put it to the back of our minds until something happens to bring it to the front.