Thompson, Jayne

Of her 18 winners, nine had been gained on Kindred, who was trained and partly owned by Jayne's father.

Kindred was clearly distaught by the absence of Jayne: the horse went down hill rapidly. He lost weight and seemed to pine for his former rider. Then the horse collapsed in his box.

The kinder option was taken: Kindred was put down.

Those closest to her will tell you that Jayne had a vivacious and bubbling personality.

Even Phil Tuck - who had sworn at her during a race for taking his ground, only to find her swearing back at him - expressed genuine sorrow at her passing.

Jayne was the first lady rider to be killed on a British racecourse - on the day she died, jockeys, valets and racegoers at Market Rasen observed a minute's silence in her memory.

A fund was set up to buy specialist equipment for the neuro-surgical intensive care unit at Middlesbrough General Hospital in her memory.

Peter Scudamore summed it up the best.

'The oldest adage in racing,' he said. 'is that a good day is when you drive home safely in one piece.'

When young Tom Halliday was killed in similar circumstances, jockey Keith Mercer said, in 1986: 'jockeys do not ride for money. They receive £119. 57 per race. Of that, at least £10 goes to the weighing room valet. Take out fees taken out by their agents and ever mounting travelling expenses and the glamour of the Sport of Kings soon appears in a very different perspective even with 10% of the prize money.'