Cake for Cobden as jump jockeys make the most of enforced break by tucking in

Racing continues to look for some light relief on Twitter during the current coronavirus crisis as well as backing the government advice for staying safe.

Following Ben Curtis showcasing his son Brodi on his rocking horse, leading jump jockey Harry Cobden pictured himself in self-isolation, solemnly tucking into a sponge cake.

He hashtagged the post with #keepingfit and #weightcontrol while adding sorry @PFNicholls with a crying with laughter emoji.

Daryl Jacob posted a picture of his bacon and egg breakfast on Sunday as a food-inspired theme seems to be developing in the British weighing room.

Perhaps Cobden expects the BHA to follow New Zealand and Racing Victoria's lead of raising the minimum riding weight to help jockeys stay healthy against the coronavirus threat.

This involved raising handicap weights by 2kg (4.4lb) to ensure the minimum riding weight was no less than 56kg or 8st 11lb.

The stay at home toilet roll challenge continues apace among weighing room colleagues and conditional Jamie Neild set quite a high bar with his keep-ups.

Less impressive were efforts from Rob Hornby, Luke Morris and Jason Watson, which were also recorded on Twitter.

While some of the country was reported to be flouting government advice to stay at home and employ social distancing, one of racing's folk heroes Mad Moose joined in the fray, telling off humans for their madness.

You can always rely on trainer Jamie Osborne to come up with some entertainment on Twitter and he did not disappoint with his racing croquet balls, which has been adapted by Goodwood for their own promotion, dubbing over Simon Holt's commentary on Battaash's King George win.

The cancellation of the Dubai World Cup meeting has caused some consternation and concerns about where this leaves participants.

Leading jockeys were quickly able to show they were on their way home, taking all sensible precautions as they were pictured with face mask in the airport and on their plane.

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