Ethical Diamond Stuns in $5M Breeders' Cup Turf

Willie Mullins produced a shock win in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar when Ethical Diamond — an ex-hurdler and recent Ebor Handicap winner — powered down the outside under newly crowned Irish champion jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle to take the $5 million race in course-record time. The outsider circled the field to overhaul defending dual winner Rebel’s Romance, who finished second; El Cordobes was third and Aidan O’Brien’s favourite Minnie Hauk faded to sixth. Ownership group HOS Syndicate collect the prize. It is the most valuable victory of Mullins’s career, and Mullins and his team were swiftly travelling on to further international engagements, including plans for a possible Melbourne Cup double. The result has been widely hailed as one of the biggest shocks and landmark moments in Breeders’ Cup history.