MY colleague Mark Boylan has written about the latest controverse du jour in British racing, which is the delayed disqualification of Alphonse Le Grande after finishing first past the post in last Saturday’s Cesarewitch at Newmarket.

He makes the excellent point that what was put off until Tuesday could have been sorted on the day, with the delay unsatisfactory for connections of both the disqualified winner and the promoted race winner Manxman, with Jamie Powell, Cathy O’Leary and the syndicate which owns Alphonse Le Grande living like those condemned to the gallows and hoping against hope for a last-minute reprieve.