LOOKS like Hurricane Fly started a trend. No sooner had the HF-embroidered pipe and slippers been ordered than Hayley Turner (HT) announced that she would cease being a jockey at the end of this season. She might ride out at Newmarket if circumstances and the mood allowed, but she wouldn’t be a jockey any more.

Olly Stevens had already announced that he would not be renewing his trainer’s licence, and James Toller followed. Then, on Thursday evening, the evergreen Clive Brittain announced that he would not be renewing his.