KIEREN Fallon’s decision to retire last year amidst the revelation that he’d been battling severe depression made for a big story at the time. But it’s far from the final chapter for the six-time British champion jockey, and news that he is enjoying the opportunity to ride work in Dubai, while also getting treatment for his condition, is welcome.

Fallon’s career in the saddle was marked by extreme peaks and troughs, and he will always be a divisive figure in bar-room discussion, but as much as his current struggle is a very personal one, it is also strongly indicative of that battle which so many jockeys face, and which so few of us outside that arena can understand.