The six-time champion jockey and former Ballydoyle number one recalled a conversation he had with the Coolmore supremos

Kieren Fallon has revealed the part he played in helping Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore better prepare their horses for the Breeders' Cup.

The six-time champion jockey and former Ballydoyle number one recalled a conversation he had with the Coolmore supremos while on holiday in Barbados, which led to a game-changing implementation at Ballydoyle.

Speaking to Bets And Horses, Fallon said: “When I went to Aidan’s [O’Brien], he didn’t have that many Breeders’ Cup horses, he was just really starting to send more over.

“I was on holiday in Barbados with Derek Smith, John Magnier and Michael Tabor, and I happened to be at Michael’s house one morning. He said to me, ‘How come our horses always miss the break? When we go to America, we’re always last away and having to play catch up all the time.’

“I said, ‘The problem is we don’t have the bell at home and when the gates open and the bell goes, our horses get a fright before they jump out. The American horses, they’re so used to the bell, that they’re away and gone as soon as the gates open.’

“He said to me, ‘What bell?’, and I said, ‘Give me one of your videos there’. He got a big video player out, as this was over 20 years ago, and I said, ‘Turn it up and before the gates open, just listen’.

“American horses explode when they hear it, whereas our horses, unless you get them used to it, they actually get startled.

“Anyway, he looked at me like I was after discovering fire or something like that! He couldn’t wait to show it to John Magnier and the lads.

“Within a week, there were American stalls – which are much bigger – with the bell at Ballydoyle. That’s why you now see Aidan’s horses leave the stalls at the same time as the Americans.

“It’s their attention to detail. When you say something like that to Aidan, or to the lads, it’s happened even before you’ve finished telling them. That’s why Aidan is now so dominant at the Breeders’ Cup.

“That’s one of the little things I think I helped Aidan with, and little things are big things at that level.

“If horses leave the stalls on time, it makes a jockey’s life much easier, as they’re tight races over there and you can’t be sitting at the back unless they’re going too quick. But if you can’t get the position you want, you’re always playing catch up and then it makes life difficult.”

O'Brien now has 21 Breeders' Cup victories to his name and he will be hoping to add to that tally across the two-day meeting this weekend.

Sun Goddess looks to be one of the trainer's best chances this year and Fallon admits she is 'something special'.

“She’s a special filly,” he said. “What she’s done this year over different trips has been amazing to see.

“Her temperament too, everything about her, she’s just a dream. You could take that filly anywhere and she’d adapt to any ground, and to any trip.

“She wasn’t very expensive either. I think they bought her at Doncaster, but by God she’s something special.”