PADDY Young asked Danny Mullins. He asked Liam Heard. He asked other jockeys around Britain and Ireland. Nothing happened.

By April, Young and his wife Leslie had a barn full of horses and no jockey. Investigation turned into resignation, forcing Young to pull his tack bag off the tack room shelf for another season. With four championships in the books and ticking ever closer to 40, Young didn’t relish another season. Then Mullins, Heard and others said no. Then Jack Fisher called about Grade 1 winner Mr Hot Stuff…