It wasn't just what Aidan O'Brien said about Auguste Rodin - it was more the way he said it

How is Little Big Bear still 4-1 for the 2,000 Guineas? After clambering out of the cot shortly after 4am for the annual media morning at Ballydoyle, it was that bizarre miscalculation from odds compilers that helped keep me awake as I drove down the M7 in the pitch black. They rarely get one wrong, but they have here. 

Did nobody see what he did in the Phoenix Stakes? Was nobody watching the post-race gallop at the Curragh on Saturday, when he finished full of running? And don’t you dare argue with me that he won’t stay.

All I needed from the bodies at Ballydoyle was clarity – confirmation that my suspicions were spot on.