In a marquee at Sandown Park at the conclusion of one of the most beautiful, emotional tear-stained goodbyes any great sportsman can ever wished to have been accorded came the dreaded, nagging question. What the hell will A.P McCoy do now?

Considering that he had just scuppered a sporting fairytale, it was warming to see just how genuinely chuffed the racing world was for Leighton Aspell, who had scripted his own tale of the wholly unexpected at the Grand National and appeared not quite able to take it all in.

I certainly don’t ride any certainties at Kempton today, but have reasonable prospects of getting among the winners all of the same.

Wayward Prince provided Dougie Costello with the biggest success of his career in the Grade One John Smith’s Sefton Novices’ Hurdle.