G. HOME STRAIGHT

Everyone's thinking: This is it!

You go over the last road, hoping the horse doesn't give a little jump or do something silly.

Perhaps you will go after somebody who's going well, get on his heels, and that fellow takes you through.

With two furlongs left, not many jockeys can sit still. Lester Piggott and I could, Pat Eddery might, but most of them see the pot of gold and go for it.

The course has a camber and when a horse is tired, he is liable to lug down, so you have to hold him straight.

It's nearly all downhill from Tattenham Corner until there's a quarter-of-a-furlong left, when the ground starts to rise.

If it's a tight finish, a real head-bobber, you might not know if you've won even when you go past the finishing line. It might not be the result you want to hear.