It's the prerogative of youth to be young and foolish. Some of us don't even need to be young. And for a lot of people the impulse to be foolish with drugs contains little direct impact on anyone but themselves. But jockeys aren't a lot of people. Being under the influence of drugs isn't just foolish on the back of a racehorse, it is dangerous. That this is obvious and the rate of positive tests for cocaine among riders is increasing appears like rank irresponsibility rather than foolishness.

I may be in the minority among National Hunt trainers at the moment, but the way things have been going for us lately, I am definitely not in any hurry to see buckets of rain.