'She was a massive price!' - Michael Tabor lands a punt on Opera Singer as Ryan Moore's Arc tip starts to look shrewd

Believe me or don't believe me, it's up to you.

That might be a mild paraphrasing of what Aidan O'Brien said at Goodwood on Tuesday but it accurately sums up what he meant.

"I only say what I think," he stressed, refuting any claims of spin, and adding: "People can it accept or not." Anyone who listened, accepted and believed what O'Brien has been saying about Opera Singer, and particularly what he said in an ITV interview minutes before the Qatar Nassau Stakes, may now be slightly richer.