A TRIED and trusted formula regarding obituaries is usually employed when an important racing personality dies. A list of great horses, the big races won and the associated stories are documented.

I cannot offer those customary honours to Coral Pritchard-Gordon, who died last week after a bravely borne, year-long illness. The reason is simple: her whole life was primarily about looking after others ahead of herself. Coral was the personification of selfless generosity.