TIMEFORM says Irish stewards have a “newly-found appetite for questioning performances” but in Britain they “all too often turn a blind eye, or actually seem blind, to non-triers.”

In the latest edition of Chasers & Hurdlers, Timeform tackles the subject of non-triers. The authors say there are “clear-cut” examples of jockeys in both Britain and Ireland not making maximum effort to achieve the best possible placing in races, as the rules demand.