READING of another young jockey receiving a ban for not pulling up before the last at Aintree set me thinking to the days when a ‘P’ or ‘PU’ for ‘Pulled-Up’ after a horse’s name was very much not a positive.

It was ironic that earlier in ITV’s coverage of the big event I watched a segment whereby Ruby sat with a first-timer in the weighing-room tutoring in what to expect and mentoring in how to proceed.