Darryll Holland feels Falbrav would rate as one of the best winners of the Coral-Eclipse in any era – but two decades later admits he is still smarting from the colt’s defeat in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

When is a bargain a bargain? When you are given an unraced young horse for “nothing” – and don’t have to pay unless it wins two races!

You wouldn't call Aidan O'Brien's relationship with the Breeders' Cup an obsession, though unrequited love might be a good analogy.