ONE can imagine a lot of jockeys taking a dislike to Lorcan Wyer. Not because they don’t approve of his work as a clerk of nine racecourses, responsible for ground, track configuration and other factors that affect them directly.

No, it will be more do with the fact that at 53, 18 years removed from his retirement as a successful pilot, he weighs only nine and a half stone, less than when he hung up the boots.