Here’s a question. If you want to give a horse every opportunity to jump off with the others at the start, do you tell him to stay away from the others, well behind them and 10 yards to the left, and not regard him when you release the tape, or – given that they are herding animals and all – do you make sure that he is as close to the other horses as possible, behind them if not among them, before you let them go?

And, if it looks like he is proving recalcitrant and reluctant, in a high-profile valuable handicap chase, live on Saturday afternoon terrestrial television, do you let them go regardless or do you wait for a moment and give him a chance?