Irish Examiner view: Trainer's actions were appalling but we need a sense of proportion

Living in a bubble can encourage the idea of exceptionalism

Envoi Allen on way to winning for trainer Gordon Elliot and owner Cheveley Park Stud at Cheltenham last year.

We all, to some degree, live in a bubble and the scale of our immersion in that bubble informs our worldview. Living in a bubble can encourage the dangerous idea of exceptionalism.

It can encourage the indulgence that ordinary rules may be sidestepped as the bubble demands. It also shapes how we respond when the culture of a bubble is challenged from outside.