THERE is a fascinating video on YouTube, uploaded by Racing’s Inside Track TV, which shows the start, and everything before it, of a race at a quiet Wexford Friday evening meeting in 2017.

Paddy Graffin is standing on a rostrum trying to negotiate to ensure a fair beginning to this handicap chase. He speaks sternly, like that strict teacher you had, and his words are even more stern when he has to call a false start.