HE’S in, he’s out, he might be in again, he’s definitely out. It’s the Altior hokey cokey, or the Nicky Henderson hokey cokey, to be more accurate, as those with longer memories will remember two years of Binocular being out then in, in then out, with considerable shaking all about – or direct intervention from the BHA – in between.

Can you think of another trainer who has twice been told to scratch horses from major engagements by the ruling authority? Me neither.