I certainly don’t want to suggest a bet on this sort of thing but as Royal Ascot Betting got underway yesterday and we saw an unbelievably close finish in the Queen Anne Stakes, Frankie Dettori did his usual celebratory leap from his mount on completing his victory.

Great to see, lots of fun for everyone with a few “Wah-heeeys” from the crowd but does anyone else think that if his foot doesn’t come out of his stirrup one day, he’s going to do himself some serious damage. If it happened – and honestly, I sincerely hope it doesn’t! – I don’t think his boss is going to be too thrilled with him. I do wonder if his wealthy employers have ever had a word about “the victory leap” as he did off Ramonti yesterday. When you think of the money that’s involved for these guys, you could forgive the top men for amending the contract of employment to get Frankie to refrain from such frivolity.

I hope he continues with it, it’s his trademark after all. I just had a thought about it and imagined that if I was in charge of Frankie, I would be more of a nervous wreck if he’d won a race than actually during one!

I must be getting old.