I’VE toyed with the idea of writing about racing expressions, and how those are utilised, particularly by commentators, and the sport has built up a dazzling array of idiomatic expressions, which can delight, but often merely enrage.

My mind was made up on this subject listening to the Belmont Park commentator describing how Surprising Soul had won the Lonesome Glory Hurdle on Thursday by leading “from flagfall to that’s all!”.