Sir Alex Ferguson: "I broke my ribs in excitement...I was in agony!"

Sir Alex Ferguson: "It was brilliant. It made the decision to bring him here so important. I bred the horse too, which was even more important [to me].

"Unfortunately, he got a couple of chips in his knee in the run at Hong Kong last year. Between us, we will give him plenty of time to operate properly again. He did well, won seven races and won a fair bit of money for us and justified me going into a stud. That has been really important."

Sir Alex Ferguson: "I broke my ribs in excitement [celebrating the first win]! I was in agony, I was. There’s nothing you can do when you have broken your ribs, I broke two of them."

Sir Alex Ferguson: "Oh, he is the best. I bred him myself, by Frankel. Frankel has proved [himself] time and time again but to do it from my stud, from my point of view, was fantastic."